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	March 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	1,580	445	520	615	286	329	20.9	10.3
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	717	176	227	314	150	163	23.2	12.1
Professional and related occupations	863	268	293	301	136	166	19.0	9.3
Service occupations	1,241	372	419	449	168	280	26.4	9.9
Sales and office occupations	1,288	377	384	527	266	261	20.1	11.9
Sales and related occupations	700	192	190	318	147	172	21.9	13.3
Office and administrative support occupations	588	185	194	209	120	89	18.0	10.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	794	221	277	297	203	94	16.7	11.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	100	15	37	47	32	15	23.3	14.0
Construction and extraction occupations	579	169	201	209	148	60	15.8	11.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	116	37	38	41	22	19	15.3	8.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	1,112	351	323	439	189	250	24.4	10.3
Production occupations	389	112	154	122	61	61	16.1	9.0
Transportation and material moving occupations	724	238	169	317	128	189	28.9	11.7

INDUSTRY(1)
Agriculture and related industries	111	4	49	57	40	17	24.7	14.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	17	5	7	5	5	0	-	-
Construction	571	147	199	225	157	68	17.8	12.0
Manufacturing	469	141	170	158	52	106	19.2	9.8
Durable goods	311	92	126	93	25	68	18.2	9.0
Nondurable goods	158	49	44	65	27	38	21.2	12.1
Wholesale and retail trade	940	305	237	398	188	211	20.8	11.4
Transportation and utilities	415	112	144	160	75	85	24.4	11.6
Information	106	12	44	50	25	24	23.3	13.5
Financial activities	232	73	69	90	51	40	19.9	11.4
Professional and business services	849	210	300	339	150	189	26.1	11.1
Education and health services	735	240	250	245	115	130	18.2	9.6
Leisure and hospitality	756	243	207	307	134	173	21.8	10.8
Other services	300	114	94	91	25	67	27.7	8.2
Public administration	170	51	47	72	15	57	33.0	11.4

No previous work experience	582	143	215	224	79	145	25.5	10.3
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: April 05, 2024