HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1996 | _______________________________________________________________________________ | | | Thousands of persons | Weeks | | ___________________________________________________________ ___________________ Occupation and industry | | | | | | | | | | 15 weeks and over | | | | Less | 5 to 14 | | Average | Median _____________________________ | Total | than | weeks | | | | (mean) |duration | | 5 weeks | | Total |15 to 26 |27 weeks |duration | | | | | | weeks | and over| | | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...............| 869 | 299 | 255 | 316 | 139 | 177 | 18.3 | 9.3 Technical, sales, and administrative support........| 1,766 | 655 | 553 | 558 | 263 | 295 | 15.9 | 8.1 Service occupations.................................| 1,334 | 507 | 431 | 396 | 176 | 220 | 16.1 | 7.7 Precision production, craft, and repair.............| 795 | 286 | 246 | 262 | 118 | 144 | 17.6 | 8.6 Operators, fabricators, and laborers................| 1,570 | 558 | 497 | 516 | 237 | 280 | 17.2 | 8.6 Farming, forestry, and fishing......................| 293 | 106 | 96 | 91 | 49 | 42 | 15.4 | 8.2 | | | | | | | | 1/ | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | Agriculture.........................................| 213 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 36 | 29 | 14.7 | 8.4 Construction........................................| 684 | 255 | 221 | 208 | 103 | 105 | 15.6 | 8.0 Manufacturing.......................................| 1,020 | 335 | 311 | 374 | 168 | 207 | 18.4 | 9.6 Durable goods.....................................| 568 | 188 | 173 | 207 | 90 | 116 | 18.5 | 9.6 Nondurable goods..................................| 453 | 147 | 138 | 168 | 77 | 90 | 18.4 | 9.7 Transportation and public utilities.................| 329 | 106 | 104 | 118 | 56 | 62 | 17.7 | 9.3 Wholesale and retail trade..........................| 1,692 | 656 | 549 | 486 | 235 | 251 | 14.9 | 7.6 Finance, insurance, and real estate.................| 211 | 68 | 63 | 80 | 34 | 46 | 19.0 | 9.5 Services............................................| 2,032 | 756 | 626 | 649 | 287 | 363 | 17.1 | 8.1 Public administration...............................| 151 | 44 | 43 | 63 | 26 | 37 | 20.7 | 10.9 | | | | | | | | No previous work experience.........................| 580 | 214 | 200 | 166 | 66 | 100 | 17.0 | 7.7 | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Includes wage and salary workers only.