Table 3. Employed people 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2024-2025

Table 3. Employed people 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2024-2025 [Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Industry and class of worker	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Industry and class of worker	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025	July 2024	July 2025
Total employed	21,259	21,116	16,457	16,079	2,531	2,601	1,072	1,078	5,017	5,187
Agriculture and related industries	316	271	269	250	10	15	7	3	88	69
Nonagricultural industries	20,943	20,845	16,188	15,829	2,521	2,586	1,065	1,075	4,929	5,118
Private wage and salary workers(1)	18,952	18,901	14,668	14,396	2,293	2,355	957	973	4,453	4,618
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	47	45	44	40	2	4	0	0	22	17
Construction	1,222	1,277	1,102	1,099	39	80	21	26	466	471
Manufacturing	1,215	1,241	938	1,022	115	121	73	45	307	318
Durable goods	684	842	542	669	56	108	63	31	118	179
Nondurable goods	531	399	396	353	60	13	10	14	189	138
Wholesale trade	199	178	184	157	8	18	8	0	18	55
Retail trade	3,686	3,564	2,768	2,685	515	486	153	123	925	908
Transportation and utilities	789	702	495	459	224	118	19	83	202	228
Information	226	157	182	130	13	8	19	1	29	44
Financial activities	613	778	473	565	58	91	54	78	126	145
Professional and business services	1,710	1,696	1,316	1,344	199	120	121	122	348	393
Education and health services	2,713	2,952	2,012	2,120	385	438	211	225	555	640
Leisure and hospitality	5,519	5,359	4,299	4,010	654	752	240	244	1,219	1,219
Other services	1,014	951	854	764	79	118	38	26	236	181
Government wage and salary workers	1,509	1,484	1,149	1,106	197	157	83	89	355	362
Federal	146	195	86	113	12	49	25	13	17	49
State	588	462	442	322	87	49	30	26	152	120
Local	775	826	621	671	98	59	28	49	186	193
Self-employed, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	483	461	371	327	32	74	25	13	120	138
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: August 21, 2025