A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	November 2019
	Unemployed						Weeks of unemployment
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration	Median duration
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,208	380	349	479	157	323	21.6	10.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	453	135	122	196	71	124	22.7	10.8
Professional and related occupations	755	245	227	284	86	198	21.0	10.7
Service occupations	1,141	393	384	364	159	205	18.3	8.9
Sales and office occupations	1,098	291	327	479	203	276	24.1	12.1
Sales and related occupations	531	116	160	255	90	165	25.2	13.9
Office and administrative support occupations	567	175	168	224	113	111	23.0	9.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	655	313	198	144	63	81	15.3	5.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	134	77	39	17	7	10	8.9	3.8
Construction and extraction occupations	437	211	133	93	41	52	14.4	5.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	84	25	26	33	14	19	30.0	11.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	802	315	221	266	124	143	18.4	7.3
Production occupations	334	140	101	94	50	43	16.3	6.4
Transportation and material moving occupations	468	175	120	173	74	99	20.0	8.1

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	136	79	35	23	7	16	11.7	3.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	28	11	12	6	0	6	-	-
Construction	431	192	116	124	59	65	15.6	6.1
Manufacturing	442	131	166	146	56	90	21.2	9.1
Durable goods	301	101	112	88	16	71	24.0	8.8
Nondurable goods	141	29	54	58	39	19	15.0	9.7
Wholesale and retail trade	686	192	215	279	105	173	21.1	11.6
Transportation and utilities	228	77	56	95	46	49	29.3	10.9
Information	41	9	11	22	6	16	-	-
Financial activities	222	42	73	107	38	69	24.7	13.7
Professional and business services	663	231	204	229	105	124	17.7	9.4
Education and health services	754	229	251	274	120	153	18.2	9.2
Leisure and hospitality	715	268	205	242	113	129	19.2	8.9
Other services	216	93	37	86	30	56	22.3	8.3
Public administration	130	43	48	39	11	28	22.8	8.8

No previous work experience	522	177	121	224	110	114	27.8	10.7
Footnotes (1) Includes wage and salary workers only.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: December 06, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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