HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry June 2017
Unemployed Weeks of unemployment
Total Less
than
5 weeks		 5 to 14
weeks		 15 weeks and over Average
(mean)
duration		 Median
duration
Total 15 to 26
weeks		 27 weeks
and over

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,440 628 330 482 138 344 25.6 7.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 504 147 161 196 50 146 31.0 10.1

Professional and related occupations

 936 481 169 286 88 198 22.7 4.4

Service occupations

 1,540 613 399 528 182 347 20.5 7.5

Sales and office occupations

 1,503 568 370 565 219 346 25.2 9.0

Sales and related occupations

 797 319 200 278 89 189 23.2 8.3

Office and administrative support occupations

 706 249 170 287 130 157 27.5 10.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 747 290 161 296 93 203 25.4 9.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 95 43 22 31 12 19 13.8 10.8

Construction and extraction occupations

 459 173 102 183 61 123 25.1 8.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 192 73 37 82 20 62 32.1 9.8

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,027 426 247 354 153 202 21.5 8.2

Production occupations

 466 197 129 140 47 93 19.2 7.8

Transportation and material moving occupations

 560 229 117 214 106 109 23.5 8.5

INDUSTRY(1)

Agriculture and related industries

 107 45 25 37 12 25 18.6 10.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 25 11 0 14 0 14 - -

Construction

 434 167 104 164 73 91 20.8 8.2

Manufacturing

 533 176 138 218 72 146 28.1 10.3

Durable goods

 339 115 91 133 50 83 25.7 10.1

Nondurable goods

 193 61 47 85 22 63 32.4 10.6

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,000 375 291 334 116 218 21.0 8.5

Transportation and utilities

 259 100 52 107 62 45 21.7 8.8

Information

 122 20 43 59 18 41 41.0 13.6

Financial activities

 260 80 53 128 14 113 40.7 14.2

Professional and business services

 721 246 205 270 85 185 22.8 9.2

Education and health services

 1,139 644 197 298 113 185 19.8 4.0

Leisure and hospitality

 938 386 240 312 148 164 18.2 7.7

Other services

 269 126 53 90 34 56 22.9 5.2

Public administration

 169 51 33 85 26 59 36.2 15.0

No previous work experience

 981 533 229 218 82 136 17.3 4.2

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: July 07, 2017