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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker Total unemployed Unemployment rates
2021 2022 Total Men Women
2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022

Total, 16 years and over(1)

8,623 5,996 5.3 3.6 5.5 3.7 5.2 3.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

6,889 4,658 5.4 3.6 5.5 3.5 5.4 3.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

74 18 11.2 3.0 12.0 3.3 6.3 1.4

Construction

640 466 6.5 4.6 6.6 4.7 5.9 3.4

Manufacturing

642 455 4.3 3.0 4.2 2.8 4.6 3.4

Durable goods

387 279 4.1 2.9 4.1 2.8 4.1 3.3

Nonmetallic mineral products

25 12 5.9 3.0 5.5 3.0 7.3 2.9

Primary metals and fabricated metal products

56 45 3.6 2.9 3.8 2.7 2.6 3.8

Machinery manufacturing

37 26 3.1 2.1 3.0 2.2 3.2 2.0

Computers and electronic products

22 16 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.4 2.6 1.8

Electrical equipment and appliances

20 18 4.4 4.7 3.9 3.0 5.6 8.9

Transportation equipment

113 63 4.5 2.5 4.7 2.5 4.1 2.4

Wood products

17 16 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.5 2.4 1.3

Furniture and related products

20 16 5.4 4.3 5.1 3.5 6.3 6.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing

78 67 5.1 4.0 5.2 4.0 4.9 4.0

Nondurable goods

255 176 4.7 3.1 4.3 2.9 5.2 3.5

Food manufacturing

95 65 5.5 3.6 4.6 3.3 6.7 4.1

Beverage and tobacco products

14 13 4.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 5.5 3.7

Textiles, apparel, and leather

30 18 6.8 3.9 6.9 3.4 6.6 4.4

Paper manufacturing and printing

36 19 4.7 2.5 4.1 2.1 6.3 3.3

Petroleum and coal products

20 6 9.2 3.0 9.8 3.6 - -

Chemicals

39 39 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.8

Plastics and rubber products

22 17 4.1 3.2 4.3 3.6 3.7 2.5

Wholesale and retail trade

1,171 799 5.9 4.1 5.5 3.9 6.4 4.4

Wholesale trade

150 74 4.3 2.4 3.8 2.0 5.7 3.3

Retail trade

1,021 725 6.2 4.4 5.9 4.4 6.5 4.6

Transportation and utilities

501 345 6.3 4.1 5.9 3.9 7.6 4.7

Transportation and warehousing

470 326 6.8 4.4 6.4 4.2 8.3 5.0

Utilities

31 19 3.0 1.9 3.2 1.8 2.3 2.3

Information(3)

137 77 5.4 2.9 5.2 2.5 5.8 3.8

Publishing, except Internet

16 12 4.3 2.5 4.2 2.5 4.5 2.5

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

62 30 12.9 5.8 12.5 5.4 13.7 6.6

Broadcasting (except internet)

17 10 4.4 3.3 4.4 1.8 4.5 5.5

Telecommunications

30 16 3.4 1.9 2.9 1.5 4.5 3.1

Libraries, archives, and other information services

4 2 4.3 1.9 - - 4.1 3.2

Financial activities

290 200 2.9 1.9 3.1 1.7 2.7 2.2

Finance and insurance

183 131 2.5 1.7 2.9 1.6 2.2 1.9

Finance

121 78 2.6 1.6 3.0 1.5 2.3 1.7

Insurance

62 52 2.4 1.9 2.7 1.6 2.1 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

107 69 3.9 2.6 3.8 2.1 4.1 3.1

Real estate

88 62 3.6 2.6 3.0 2.3 4.2 2.9

Rental and leasing services

19 8 6.2 2.4 7.5 1.1 2.2 6.3

Professional and business services

926 665 5.2 3.5 4.7 3.2 5.9 3.9

Professional and technical services

385 278 3.2 2.2 2.8 1.9 3.8 2.6

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

540 386 9.3 6.1 8.6 5.8 10.4 6.5

Administrative and support services

513 367 9.6 6.4 8.9 6.1 10.5 6.7

Waste management and remediation services

24 18 6.5 4.1 5.9 4.1 9.1 4.1

Education and health services

859 662 3.5 2.7 3.2 2.7 3.6 2.7

Educational services

212 181 4.3 3.5 4.2 3.6 4.3 3.4

Health care and social assistance

647 481 3.3 2.5 2.9 2.3 3.5 2.5

Hospitals

128 98 1.9 1.5 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.4

Health services, except hospitals

374 281 3.6 2.7 3.0 2.2 3.8 2.9

Social assistance

145 102 5.9 3.7 4.6 4.4 6.1 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

1,306 769 10.1 5.8 10.3 5.4 9.9 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

241 151 10.0 5.6 10.3 5.7 9.6 5.4

Accommodation and food services

1,065 618 10.1 5.8 10.3 5.3 10.0 6.3

Accommodation

178 77 14.5 6.0 14.9 4.8 14.3 6.8

Food services and drinking places

886 541 9.5 5.8 9.7 5.3 9.3 6.2

Other services

345 202 5.4 3.1 5.2 3.2 5.5 2.9

Other services, except private households

277 167 4.8 2.8 5.1 3.2 4.5 2.5

Repair and maintenance

94 62 5.1 3.2 5.0 3.2 5.2 3.1

Personal and laundry services

117 64 6.3 3.3 8.0 4.1 5.6 3.0

Membership associations and organizations

66 41 3.3 2.0 3.5 2.5 3.1 1.6

Private households

68 35 9.4 5.1 7.5 5.4 9.6 5.1

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

121 86 7.6 5.6 7.2 5.3 8.5 6.2

Government workers

571 445 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.8 2.0

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

524 326 4.9 3.2 5.1 3.3 4.7 3.0

No previous work experience

518 482 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
(2) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(3) Includes other industries, 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).

 

Last Modified Date: January 25, 2023