Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
Industry and class of worker	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,467	7,941	4.4	4.6
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	6,000	6,059	4.4	4.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	30	30	5.0	4.9
Construction	669	742	6.5	6.9
Manufacturing	605	541	3.9	3.5
Durable goods	316	316	3.2	3.0
Nondurable goods	289	225	5.2	4.4
Wholesale and retail trade	1,135	1,153	5.6	5.9
Transportation and utilities	274	356	3.2	4.1
Information	152	127	5.7	5.0
Financial activities	214	228	2.0	2.1
Professional and business services	958	903	4.9	4.5
Education and health services	739	867	2.7	3.2
Leisure and hospitality	983	886	7.4	6.5
Other services	240	226	3.6	3.3
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	138	147	8.8	10.1
Government workers	363	638	1.6	2.8
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	417	438	4.2	4.3
Footnotes (1) People with no previous work experience and people whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026