HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2015

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,296 2,399 2,302 3,595 1,267 2,328 29.2 11.6

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 879 242 259 379 130 248 28.5 11.8

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,504 426 416 662 220 442 32.3 11.8

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 144 160 298 97 202 36.4 14.3

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 902 282 256 364 123 241 29.5 10.2

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,855 563 504 788 275 513 28.3 11.1

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,792 492 492 809 288 521 29.5 12.3

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 909 249 252 409 142 267 29.2 12.2

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 883 243 240 400 146 254 29.9 12.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,058 329 293 436 171 265 27.4 10.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 48 44 40 19 21 18.6 8.6

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 221 190 290 117 173 27.5 10.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 225 60 59 105 35 71 32.1 13.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,182 342 332 508 176 331 27.9 11.5

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 145 144 225 76 149 30.0 11.8

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 668 197 188 283 100 183 26.3 11.2

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 54 53 54 27 27 18.3 9.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 31 28 28 12 15 18.2 8.4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 196 177 264 103 161 27.4 10.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 189 183 311 110 202 31.5 12.7

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 115 109 189 67 123 32.4 12.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 74 75 122 43 79 30.1 12.4

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146 308 317 522 185 336 29.9 12.6

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 95 85 135 46 90 25.8 11.4

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 30 27 53 13 40 41.3 13.3

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 59 66 130 48 82 33.7 15.2

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 239 247 429 148 281 31.0 13.0

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,074 325 306 443 153 289 29.2 10.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,132 369 323 441 159 281 25.7 9.9

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 96 90 156 50 105 31.6 12.5

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 36 35 74 26 47 34.8 15.0

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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