2017 Annual Averages ‐ Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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 duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration	Median duration
Total unemployed(1)	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

INDUSTRY(2)
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
Footnotes (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.

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2019