HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2014

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,617 2,471 2,432 4,714 1,497 3,218 33.7 14.0

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 277 296 512 172 340 33.3 13.3

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,777 444 449 884 259 625 36.2 14.4

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704 141 170 392 110 282 40.3 18.8

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,073 303 278 492 149 343 33.5 12.5

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,048 561 502 984 311 673 32.3 13.6

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,119 492 527 1,099 338 760 35.3 15.9

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022 245 263 515 177 338 32.9 14.7

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096 247 265 584 161 423 37.6 17.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171 340 297 534 188 346 31.2 12.4

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 39 36 59 26 33 27.6 12.1

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813 245 206 361 128 233 30.6 12.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 224 56 55 113 34 79 35.8 14.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,385 350 352 683 222 461 32.6 14.2

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 153 158 321 99 222 33.1 15.1

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 754 197 194 362 123 239 32.3 13.6

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 46 42 66 29 37 27.6 11.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 16 14 23 10 13 24.8 11.3

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776 230 206 340 122 218 29.8 11.8

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 165 190 410 120 291 37.0 17.3

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 103 117 246 73 172 36.0 16.7

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 63 74 165 46 118 38.7 18.3

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,275 313 328 635 208 427 32.7 14.4

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 93 87 212 71 141 35.8 17.3

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 38 39 84 24 60 37.8 16.1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 77 89 220 64 156 39.3 19.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,114 276 296 541 172 369 33.5 13.9

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,222 330 304 588 171 417 33.5 13.5

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,209 330 317 562 183 379 30.7 12.9

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 107 85 179 53 126 35.4 13.7

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 38 40 101 27 74 42.4 19.6

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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