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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry2019
UnemployedWeeks
TotalLess
than
5 weeks
5 to 14
weeks
15 weeks and overAverage
(mean)
duration
Median
duration
Total15 to 26
weeks
27 weeks
and over

Total unemployed(1)

6,0012,0861,7892,1268601,26621.69.1

No previous work experience

5911961822148113224.89.4

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

1,31043638848718130622.69.5

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

4991531382097713223.011.1

Professional and related occupations

81128325027810417422.48.8

Service occupations

1,25546536442618124520.08.6

Sales and office occupations

1,27442237547619328322.69.9

Sales and related occupations

6142101762288414422.39.6

Office and administrative support occupations

65921220024810913922.910.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

70326621622110012117.88.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

123443840221815.08.5

Construction and extraction occupations

452183139131597216.37.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

129393851193126.110.4

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

84729625929212117121.58.9

Production occupations

350126109116516519.68.6

Transportation and material moving occupations

4971701501767010722.99.2

INDUSTRY(2)

Agriculture and related industries

133454543222116.18.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

25117734--

Construction

442174138131547617.37.8

Manufacturing

476158147171739920.99.6

Durable goods

280938899386021.39.5

Nondurable goods

197655973343820.39.8

Wholesale and retail trade

81326325129912017822.49.7

Transportation and utilities

2719569108396926.29.6

Information

93262740152527.811.2

Financial activities

222616793355825.111.8

Professional and business services

67121519526010715321.210.1

Education and health services

85031127925910715219.28.1

Leisure and hospitality

77330322324811113718.78.0

Other services

218785486335324.09.7

Public administration

138393762263627.612.2

Footnotes
(1) Persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately.
(2) 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

 

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2020