Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	2011
	Unemployed						Weeks
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration(1)	Median duration
Total unemployed(2)	13,747	2,677	2,993	8,077	2,061	6,016	39.3	21.4

No previous work experience	1,284	270	335	678	203	474	35.1	16.9

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,458	466	510	1,482	361	1,121	41.6	22.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,067	157	215	695	164	531	45.1	27.2
Professional and related occupations	1,392	309	295	788	197	591	39.0	20.0
Service occupations	2,727	587	639	1,500	415	1,086	36.1	18.4
Sales and office occupations	3,135	545	641	1,949	463	1,486	40.6	24.7
Sales and related occupations	1,481	277	310	894	211	683	40.0	23.3
Office and administrative support occupations	1,653	267	331	1,055	252	803	41.2	26.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	2,000	421	430	1,150	295	855	39.2	20.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	181	45	58	77	36	42	23.8	12.0
Construction and extraction occupations	1,414	315	292	807	196	611	39.5	20.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	406	60	80	265	63	202	44.9	27.4
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	2,099	383	426	1,290	317	973	41.4	23.5
Production occupations	1,025	180	204	641	142	499	43.8	25.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,073	203	222	648	175	474	39.0	21.8

INDUSTRY(3)
Agriculture and related industries	195	49	60	86	38	48	25.0	12.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	52	11	11	31	9	22	40.4	21.3
Construction	1,407	293	292	822	205	617	39.7	21.3
Manufacturing	1,391	218	251	922	197	725	47.1	29.9
Durable goods	899	131	157	611	125	486	48.3	33.2
Nondurable goods	492	86	94	311	72	239	44.9	26.2
Wholesale and retail trade	1,861	333	410	1,118	285	833	39.8	22.4
Transportation and utilities	533	88	102	343	78	265	43.8	26.9
Information	230	43	41	146	30	116	43.6	27.8
Financial activities	601	85	105	411	96	315	45.4	29.1
Professional and business services	1,475	278	320	878	237	641	38.6	21.4
Education and health services	1,642	352	380	910	239	671	36.2	18.8
Leisure and hospitality	1,588	359	399	830	234	596	33.5	16.3
Other services	559	111	112	336	87	249	41.3	22.5
Public administration	279	43	51	185	45	140	40.6	27.4
Footnotes (1) Beginning in January 2011, these series reflect a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm. (2) Persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately. (3) Industry data refer to wage and salary workers. Persons who were unpaid family workers or self-employed, unincorporated, on their last job are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Occupational data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012