HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2018

Unemployed Weeks

Total

Less

than

5 weeks

5 to 14

weeks

15 weeks and over Average

(mean)

duration

Median

Total duration 15 to 26

weeks

27 weeks

and over

Total unemployed1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,314 2,170 1,876 2,268 917 1,350 22.7 9.3

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 203 188 211 85 126 23.4 9.2

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,346 443 393 509 197 312 24.5 9.8

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 150 152 222 85 137 27.9 11.5

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 293 242 287 112 176 22.3 8.8

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353 506 400 447 191 257 21.5 8.5

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337 430 402 505 190 315 23.9 9.9

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669 210 190 269 105 164 24.3 10.3

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 668 220 211 236 85 151 23.5 9.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 286 217 277 127 151 20.1 8.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 42 33 38 20 18 15.9 8.4

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 197 146 187 83 104 20.4 8.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 136 46 38 52 24 28 22.3 9.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 298 273 310 126 185 21.6 9.3

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 123 114 125 50 75 21.3 9.4

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 520 175 159 185 75 110 21.8 9.2

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 47 40 42 22 20 17.1 8.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 9 6 12 7 5 – –

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 183 146 178 84 94 19.3 8.9

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 158 166 199 78 121 24.2 10.2

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 87 97 112 42 69 24.6 10.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 71 69 87 35 52 23.7 10.1

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888 270 275 344 144 200 23.8 10.3

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 88 70 99 34 64 23.7 9.7

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 27 29 46 14 32 27.1 12.5

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 68 67 89 34 54 24.4 10.5

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 231 210 249 96 153 23.2 9.4

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 321 255 305 124 182 21.4 8.6

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 326 244 248 103 145 19.8 7.8

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 87 64 80 32 48 23.7 8.6

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 39 40 54 21 33 29.0 11.2

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.

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