HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2013

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,460 2,584 2,759 6,117 1,807 4,310 36.5 17.0

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,247 295 347 606 202 404 32.6 13.9

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 2,036 447 473 1,116 315 801 37.5 18.0

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831 149 186 496 141 355 41.2 21.0

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,205 298 287 620 174 446 35.0 15.6

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,444 588 596 1,261 364 896 34.4 15.7

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,575 546 583 1,446 404 1,042 39.6 19.2

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,212 275 288 648 185 463 37.7 17.2

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363 270 295 798 218 579 41.4 20.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423 353 355 715 228 487 34.7 14.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 33 38 53 22 30 26.7 11.8

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016 259 254 503 161 342 34.7 14.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 284 61 63 160 45 115 38.5 19.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,690 351 396 944 288 656 37.9 18.3

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792 153 176 462 136 327 40.5 19.9

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 898 197 219 482 153 329 35.6 16.9

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 37 46 65 30 35 25.2 12.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 18 22 27 12 15 20.9 11.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 237 244 476 151 324 35.0 14.4

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,031 190 230 611 172 439 42.4 20.6

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619 112 140 367 95 273 43.5 21.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 78 90 244 77 166 40.8 19.7

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487 312 341 834 230 604 39.0 19.1

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 94 109 249 68 180 37.6 18.3

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 40 36 109 32 77 41.2 20.4

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 84 95 261 76 185 42.6 20.7

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321 271 311 739 221 518 36.9 18.5

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,447 342 334 772 211 561 35.5 17.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,421 368 370 682 211 472 32.1 13.6

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 108 104 236 75 161 35.9 16.3

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 50 46 141 40 101 40.5 21.8

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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