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	2020
	Unemployed						Weeks
	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
Total unemployed(1)	12,947	3,708	4,728	4,511	2,516	1,995	16.5	9.7

No previous work experience	526	161	166	198	80	118	24.2	10.2

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	3,029	837	1,098	1,094	602	493	17.1	10.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	1,149	312	377	460	244	216	18.1	10.9
Professional and related occupations	1,880	525	720	634	357	277	16.5	9.6
Service occupations	3,407	932	1,292	1,183	690	493	15.4	9.8
Sales and office occupations	2,591	755	948	889	498	391	16.3	9.6
Sales and related occupations	1,367	399	504	465	257	208	15.8	9.6
Office and administrative support occupations	1,224	356	445	424	241	183	16.9	9.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	1,298	415	456	427	228	199	16.1	9.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	120	43	35	42	24	18	14.7	9.6
Construction and extraction occupations	862	274	303	285	151	134	16.4	9.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	316	98	118	100	53	47	15.7	8.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	2,076	602	763	711	414	297	16.0	9.7
Production occupations	747	238	267	242	141	101	15.6	9.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	1,329	364	496	469	273	196	16.2	10.0

INDUSTRY(2)
Agriculture and related industries	138	46	41	51	28	24	17.0	10.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	86	21	25	40	21	19	18.1	12.8
Construction	857	267	303	287	158	129	15.9	9.2
Manufacturing	1,035	341	368	326	180	145	15.6	8.8
Durable goods	644	217	234	193	105	88	15.6	8.5
Nondurable goods	390	124	133	133	76	57	15.5	9.3
Wholesale and retail trade	1,658	510	612	536	305	231	15.2	9.2
Transportation and utilities	726	190	264	272	159	113	16.7	10.4
Information	205	47	70	88	43	45	19.9	12.2
Financial activities	403	106	130	168	82	86	19.3	11.4
Professional and business services	1,194	338	419	437	234	203	18.0	10.0
Education and health services	2,004	593	802	609	353	256	15.4	8.9
Leisure and hospitality	2,613	662	993	958	574	384	15.4	10.3
Other services	628	181	246	201	123	77	15.0	9.2
Public administration	211	69	65	76	42	35	17.0	8.9
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. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021