HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2012

Unemployed Weeks

Total

Less

than

5 weeks

5 to 14

weeks

15 weeks and over Average

(mean)

duration1

Median

duration Total 15 to 26

weeks

27 weeks

and over

Total unemployed2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,506 2,644 2,866 6,996 1,859 5,136 39.4 19.3

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,316 302 341 673 209 464 35.6 15.5

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . 2,318 445 511 1,362 340 1,022 42.6 21.5

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 146 189 601 144 456 46.9 26.0

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383 299 322 762 196 566 39.7 18.7

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,540 584 600 1,356 386 971 35.9 17.2

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,775 534 618 1,622 411 1,211 41.8 21.4

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,318 276 304 738 191 547 39.7 19.3

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,457 258 314 884 220 664 43.6 23.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,668 381 373 914 238 676 39.3 18.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 46 54 67 31 37 22.9 11.6

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,181 272 252 658 173 484 39.5 18.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . 320 64 67 189 34 155 46.9 24.8

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,845 392 413 1,041 268 773 39.7 19.8

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865 168 190 507 127 379 43.0 21.7

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 980 224 223 534 140 394 36.7 18.2

INDUSTRY3

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 49 63 83 34 48 25.3 12.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 18 17 25 8 17 26.8 10.9

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,152 262 247 643 179 464 38.4 18.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,134 185 246 702 169 533 46.8 24.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701 113 145 443 103 341 48.5 26.2

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 72 102 259 66 192 44.2 21.7

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,684 339 375 971 240 731 40.7 20.8

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 96 91 262 65 198 39.6 21.3

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 41 42 142 35 107 46.2 25.9

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 72 98 312 67 245 48.1 28.3

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394 280 321 793 214 580 39.4 19.8

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,642 358 376 907 239 668 38.0 18.9

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,462 349 374 740 220 519 34.6 15.0

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475 107 107 261 69 192 39.6 18.5

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 48 54 144 31 112 39.9 23.1

1 Beginning in January 2011, these series reflect a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.

2 Persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately.

3 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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