HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2023

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,080 2,112 1,866 2,102 925 1,177 20.6 8.9

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556 180 187 189 83 106 21.2 9.0

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,432 450 466 515 235 281 21.0 9.6

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 174 199 231 107 125 21.3 10.3

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828 277 267 284 128 156 20.8 9.1

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240 463 387 391 161 230 20.0 8.0

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,146 377 346 423 178 245 21.9 9.5

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 200 172 209 87 122 21.9 9.1

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 176 175 214 91 123 21.9 9.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 266 188 206 95 111 18.0 7.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 31 20 23 10 12 18.7 7.2

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480 199 139 142 69 72 16.8 7.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . 105 35 28 42 15 26 23.3 10.5

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,030 371 288 370 173 198 20.4 9.0

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 127 91 110 50 60 18.8 8.0

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . 702 244 197 260 123 137 21.2 9.4

INDUSTRY2

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 35 29 28 13 15 19.1 8.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5 4 7 4 2 – –

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 195 147 146 71 75 16.9 7.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 157 127 166 78 88 20.5 9.2

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 88 77 95 48 47 20.0 9.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 69 50 71 30 41 21.1 8.9

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 285 253 303 133 170 20.2 9.2

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 125 112 137 61 76 20.7 9.6

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 30 29 35 18 17 17.0 9.1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 67 67 95 40 55 24.5 11.1

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 217 235 260 125 135 20.1 9.7

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 298 260 259 103 156 20.6 8.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 289 242 231 96 135 19.8 7.8

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 75 62 74 36 37 21.2 8.9

Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 34 36 51 21 30 25.2 11.0

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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