Table 2. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefit applicants and recipients among unemployed persons who had worked in the past 12 months by characteristics of last job, 2018

Table 2. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefit applicants and recipients among unemployed persons who had worked in the past 12 months by characteristics of last job, 2018
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Unemployed who worked in the past 12 months (1)	UI benefit applicants					Did not apply for UI benefits
		Total	Percent of unemployed	UI benefit recipients
		Total	Percent of unemployed	Total	Percent of UI benefit applicants	Percent of unemployed
Total, 16 years and over	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Union status on last job (2)
Union member or represented by a union	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Nonunion	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Occupation of last job (3)
Management, professional, and related occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Professional and related occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Service occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Sales and office occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Sales and related occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Office and administrative support occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	-	99.9	99,999
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	99,999	99,999	-	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Construction and extraction occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Production occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Transportation and material moving occupations	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Industry of last job (3)
Agriculture and related industries	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	-	99,999
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Construction	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Manufacturing	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Wholesale and retail trade	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Transportation and utilities	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Information	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Financial activities	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Professional and business services	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Education and health services	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Leisure and hospitality	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Other services	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
Public administration	99,999	99,999	99.9	99,999	99.9	99.9	99,999
(1) Includes a relatively small number of persons who did not provide information about applying for UI benefits, not shown separately. (2) Refers to union members and those covered by a union contract on their last job. Data do not sum to total because some individuals did not respond to the question about union membership. (3) Persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total, but not shown separately.
NOTE: Estimates are an average of data collected in May and September 2018. Data exclude unemployed persons with no previous work experience and those who last worked more than 12 months prior to the survey. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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