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	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,524	7,324	3.9	4.3
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	4,968	5,587	3.7	4.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	12	33	2.0	6.8
Construction	403	404	3.7	3.8
Manufacturing	481	571	3.2	3.7
Durable goods	278	361	2.9	3.6
Nondurable goods	204	210	3.9	4.0
Wholesale and retail trade	848	928	4.4	4.8
Transportation and utilities	373	340	4.6	3.9
Information	98	177	3.8	7.0
Financial activities	238	244	2.4	2.3
Professional and business services	746	803	3.7	3.9
Education and health services	816	888	3.1	3.3
Leisure and hospitality	761	939	5.6	6.7
Other services	192	257	2.8	3.7
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	135	111	7.9	7.0
Government workers	434	547	1.9	2.4
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	356	272	3.4	2.7
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: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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: November 20, 2025