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	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2025
Total, 16 years and over(1)	5,894	6,580	3.5	3.9
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	4,795	5,105	3.6	3.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	8	23	1.3	4.0
Construction	555	593	5.2	5.6
Manufacturing	416	551	2.7	3.6
Durable goods	281	319	2.9	3.2
Nondurable goods	134	233	2.4	4.3
Wholesale and retail trade	725	865	3.8	4.3
Transportation and utilities	358	281	4.4	3.3
Information	128	119	5.0	4.6
Financial activities	280	307	2.7	2.9
Professional and business services	746	699	4.0	3.6
Education and health services	559	678	2.1	2.5
Leisure and hospitality	784	732	5.7	5.3
Other services	235	257	3.5	3.8
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	83	107	5.4	7.0
Government workers	267	413	1.2	1.8
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	296	387	2.9	3.7
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: May 02, 2025