HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2017

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,982 2,270 2,008 2,704 1,017 1,687 25.0 10.0

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 227 201 262 98 164 25.7 9.8

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,383 415 402 566 196 370 27.7 10.6

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 141 155 263 94 169 31.6 13.3

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825 274 247 303 102 201 25.1 9.3

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,530 521 427 582 222 360 23.5 9.8

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443 452 400 591 216 375 25.9 10.5

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699 220 191 289 105 184 25.2 10.5

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 744 232 210 302 111 191 26.5 10.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 903 310 269 325 131 194 23.2 9.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 42 40 31 17 14 14.0 8.0

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 214 183 214 89 125 22.3 8.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 179 53 46 80 25 55 31.7 12.1

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,014 339 302 373 152 221 23.0 9.4

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 138 128 169 71 99 25.0 10.0

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 579 201 174 204 81 122 21.5 9.0

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 48 45 35 19 16 16.3 8.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 9 6 17 6 11 – –

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 191 175 206 97 109 21.3 9.5

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569 173 167 229 90 139 27.2 10.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 113 103 148 62 86 27.4 10.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 61 64 81 28 54 26.9 10.3

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 295 276 383 143 240 25.7 10.3

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 98 80 117 40 78 25.4 10.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 34 34 56 20 36 30.6 12.5

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 66 67 115 38 77 33.5 13.0

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796 247 234 315 111 204 24.4 10.5

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953 314 289 351 135 216 23.6 9.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888 331 248 309 131 178 20.5 8.6

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 82 65 109 32 77 27.8 10.6

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 39 34 68 26 43 30.9 13.8

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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