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

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A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	June 2024
	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	1,887	684	515	688	261	427	20.9	8.5
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	705	154	249	302	103	199	24.4	11.7
Professional and related occupations	1,182	530	266	385	158	228	18.8	6.0
Service occupations	1,418	545	321	553	207	346	19.3	8.3
Sales and office occupations	1,129	442	307	379	160	220	17.4	7.5
Sales and related occupations	666	266	180	221	100	121	18.4	7.3
Office and administrative support occupations	463	176	128	159	60	99	16.0	7.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	579	188	205	187	94	92	17.3	8.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	54	18	10	27	13	13	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	400	122	135	143	72	71	17.5	9.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	125	47	60	17	9	8	14.0	6.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,219	415	356	449	209	240	21.4	9.3
Production occupations	382	108	116	157	81	77	21.5	11.3
Transportation and material moving occupations	837	307	239	291	128	163	21.4	8.4

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	81	34	10	37	17	19	22.3	7.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	7	5	0	2	0	2	-	-
Construction	353	113	116	124	55	69	20.7	9.3
Manufacturing	473	138	135	201	89	111	19.7	11.5
Durable goods	278	86	81	111	42	68	21.7	9.6
Nondurable goods	195	52	53	90	47	43	16.7	13.3
Wholesale and retail trade	992	432	228	332	136	197	18.8	6.4
Transportation and utilities	394	93	131	170	73	97	23.0	12.4
Information	156	45	40	71	23	49	29.9	13.1
Financial activities	282	50	114	118	32	86	23.7	11.8
Professional and business services	758	226	209	324	158	166	19.6	10.4
Education and health services	1,190	537	308	345	157	188	16.4	5.5
Leisure and hospitality	783	293	207	283	92	190	19.1	9.0
Other services	263	88	64	111	46	65	22.2	10.9
Public administration	145	40	48	57	25	32	30.7	11.4

No previous work experience	997	561	216	220	81	139	16.9	4.1
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). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: July 05, 2024