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	April 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	1,399	396	389	615	285	330	21.9	12.4
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	743	178	239	327	134	193	25.0	12.7
Professional and related occupations	656	218	150	288	151	137	18.4	12.0
Service occupations	1,162	404	278	480	191	289	22.7	10.6
Sales and office occupations	1,061	284	312	466	212	254	23.1	11.8
Sales and related occupations	543	158	164	221	91	130	23.7	10.8
Office and administrative support occupations	518	126	148	245	121	124	22.5	13.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	749	295	228	225	143	82	13.5	8.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	59	26	16	17	13	4	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	545	205	165	176	115	60	13.3	8.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	144	64	47	32	15	17	14.8	6.0
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,057	389	326	342	151	191	20.0	8.9
Production occupations	419	162	91	166	81	84	20.9	9.5
Transportation and material moving occupations	638	227	234	177	70	107	19.4	8.6

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	84	29	21	33	23	10	13.9	12.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	8	1	2	5	5	0	-	-
Construction	556	223	166	168	99	69	13.0	8.0
Manufacturing	417	178	110	128	54	74	17.5	7.0
Durable goods	282	134	70	79	33	45	16.3	6.3
Nondurable goods	134	45	40	49	21	28	20.0	8.6
Wholesale and retail trade	726	211	254	261	95	166	22.5	9.8
Transportation and utilities	359	111	147	102	58	43	15.7	10.5
Information	136	36	35	65	37	28	22.4	13.9
Financial activities	285	67	42	176	69	107	31.6	21.0
Professional and business services	773	223	189	361	189	171	23.9	13.0
Education and health services	637	208	144	285	130	155	22.3	11.9
Leisure and hospitality	797	269	229	299	116	183	19.4	9.9
Other services	236	68	66	102	29	72	25.1	11.7
Public administration	119	43	51	25	16	9	10.7	8.3

No previous work experience	453	110	134	208	83	125	29.0	13.2
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). 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: May 03, 2024