HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2022

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,996 2,216 1,711 2,070 756 1,314 22.6 8.7

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 183 148 150 53 98 22.6 8.3

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,355 473 402 481 170 310 24.2 9.0

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 170 159 201 74 128 25.9 9.9

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 303 243 279 97 183 23.2 8.4

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,281 487 346 447 157 290 22.3 8.4

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,176 412 342 423 171 252 22.2 9.3

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 211 163 205 82 123 22.0 9.0

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 200 179 218 89 129 22.4 9.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658 277 176 205 73 132 19.9 7.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 28 22 20 9 11 17.7 7.6

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 206 126 144 52 93 19.6 6.8

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 110 43 27 40 12 28 22.6 9.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,027 379 292 356 130 226 23.1 8.7

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 127 92 112 41 72 22.8 8.6

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 695 252 200 243 89 154 23.3 8.8

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 31 29 28 13 16 18.4 8.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 4 9 3 6 – –

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 203 129 142 49 92 19.3 7.0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 162 125 172 68 104 24.0 9.6

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 96 79 108 42 66 25.8 9.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 66 47 64 26 38 21.1 9.3

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 279 232 295 118 177 22.7 9.2

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 135 108 128 48 80 22.3 8.9

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 26 25 30 11 19 23.7 9.7

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 68 61 76 29 47 24.7 9.9

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 238 212 234 84 149 22.5 9.0

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866 323 254 288 103 185 21.6 8.3

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789 317 221 251 94 157 20.8 7.7

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 74 49 80 28 52 25.6 9.8

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 40 36 50 16 34 23.9 9.8

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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