HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2016

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,751 2,362 2,226 3,163 1,158 2,005 27.5 10.6

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 231 241 351 115 236 30.6 11.4

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,513 442 438 634 219 414 28.3 11.1

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 152 176 302 107 194 30.9 13.7

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 290 262 332 112 220 26.5 9.5

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,655 538 468 649 251 398 25.8 10.0

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,623 484 460 679 251 429 27.9 11.0

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799 248 233 318 119 199 26.3 10.3

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 236 227 361 132 229 29.5 11.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 318 278 356 139 218 25.7 9.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 45 44 38 20 19 16.3 8.7

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618 222 181 215 80 135 24.9 9.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 207 51 53 102 39 63 33.6 14.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,160 343 332 485 179 306 27.4 11.0

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 144 144 228 85 143 29.1 12.1

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 644 200 187 257 95 163 26.0 10.3

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 48 52 47 24 24 19.7 9.3

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 18 22 28 9 18 24.6 11.9

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 206 169 195 77 117 23.7 9.0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 181 195 304 108 196 29.2 12.3

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 114 125 180 66 114 28.7 11.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 66 70 124 42 82 30.1 13.3

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,023 311 280 432 153 278 27.4 11.0

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 97 84 133 45 88 30.4 11.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 36 30 63 16 47 38.3 13.8

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 72 68 139 52 86 32.6 14.4

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 239 263 356 135 221 27.1 11.2

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,033 330 315 388 154 234 24.3 9.7

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 334 294 358 146 212 23.7 9.3

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 94 80 122 43 79 28.5 10.9

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 37 38 67 22 45 38.8 13.3

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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