HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2019

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,001 2,086 1,789 2,126 860 1,266 21.6 9.1

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 196 182 214 81 132 24.8 9.4

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,310 436 388 487 181 306 22.6 9.5

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 153 138 209 77 132 23.0 11.1

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811 283 250 278 104 174 22.4 8.8

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255 465 364 426 181 245 20.0 8.6

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 422 375 476 193 283 22.6 9.9

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614 210 176 228 84 144 22.3 9.6

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 212 200 248 109 139 22.9 10.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 266 216 221 100 121 17.8 8.2

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 44 38 40 22 18 15.0 8.5

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 183 139 131 59 72 16.3 7.5

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 129 39 38 51 19 31 26.1 10.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847 296 259 292 121 171 21.5 8.9

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 126 109 116 51 65 19.6 8.6

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 497 170 150 176 70 107 22.9 9.2

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 45 45 43 22 21 16.1 8.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11 7 7 3 4 – –

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 174 138 131 54 76 17.3 7.8

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 158 147 171 73 99 20.9 9.6

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 93 88 99 38 60 21.3 9.5

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 65 59 73 34 38 20.3 9.8

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813 263 251 299 120 178 22.4 9.7

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 95 69 108 39 69 26.2 9.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 26 27 40 15 25 27.8 11.2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 61 67 93 35 58 25.1 11.8

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 215 195 260 107 153 21.2 10.1

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850 311 279 259 107 152 19.2 8.1

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 303 223 248 111 137 18.7 8.0

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 78 54 86 33 53 24.0 9.7

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 39 37 62 26 36 27.6 12.2

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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values

not shown where base is less than 50,000).

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