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	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Nov. 2025
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,708	7,401	4.0	4.3
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,186	5,521	3.9	4.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	12	50	1.9	9.0
Construction	482	431	4.6	4.1
Manufacturing	517	507	3.4	3.3
Durable goods	344	270	3.5	2.6
Nondurable goods	172	237	3.2	4.5
Wholesale and retail trade	924	1,092	4.8	5.6
Transportation and utilities	349	371	4.3	4.4
Information	58	125	2.3	5.0
Financial activities	240	210	2.4	2.1
Professional and business services	787	857	4.0	4.2
Education and health services	781	810	3.0	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	830	802	6.2	5.9
Other services	207	265	3.0	3.8
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	54	175	3.7	11.6
Government workers	372	613	1.6	2.7
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	429	360	4.2	3.4
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: December 16, 2025