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	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,815	6,904	4.0	4.1
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,228	5,176	3.9	3.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	23	11	4.2	1.8
Construction	373	426	3.5	4.1
Manufacturing	547	458	3.6	3.1
Durable goods	356	232	3.6	2.3
Nondurable goods	191	225	3.7	4.6
Wholesale and retail trade	1,005	820	5.1	4.2
Transportation and utilities	322	285	3.9	3.4
Information	143	130	5.5	4.9
Financial activities	281	239	2.7	2.2
Professional and business services	673	738	3.4	3.7
Education and health services	750	957	2.7	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	891	798	6.4	5.8
Other services	221	315	3.2	4.5
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	97	85	6.6	5.0
Government workers	455	530	2.0	2.4
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	322	311	3.1	3.1
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). Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: June 05, 2026