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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed people by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Sept.
2025		 Sept.
2026		 Total Men Women
Sept.
2025		 Sept.
2026		 Sept.
2025		 Sept.
2026		 Sept.
2025		 Sept.
2026

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,324 6,859 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.0

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,831 1,837 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 685 719 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.0 1.8 2.4

Management occupations

 422 359 2.0 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.8 1.6

Business and financial operations occupations

 264 360 2.5 3.4 3.4 3.0 1.8 3.8

Professional and related occupations

 1,146 1,118 2.8 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.4

Computer and mathematical occupations

 276 236 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.6 4.5 2.2

Architecture and engineering occupations

 106 74 2.9 2.0 3.2 1.5 1.8 3.6

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 59 30 3.3 1.6 1.3 1.8 5.6 1.4

Community and social service occupations

 77 54 2.6 1.8 3.5 3.6 2.2 1.0

Legal occupations

 23 18 1.2 1.0 0.6 1.9 1.7 0.4

Education, training, and library occupations

 296 277 3.0 2.7 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.6

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 154 246 4.0 6.6 3.9 6.1 4.1 7.2

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 155 183 1.5 1.7 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.7

Service occupations

 1,565 1,556 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.7

Healthcare support occupations

 257 287 4.3 4.8 4.8 3.7 4.3 5.1

Protective service occupations

 80 100 2.3 3.1 2.0 2.1 2.9 6.2

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 667 656 7.4 7.6 9.1 8.9 6.0 6.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 321 303 5.1 5.1 4.2 5.0 6.6 5.3

Personal care and service occupations

 240 210 5.7 5.3 5.0 3.7 5.9 5.7

Sales and office occupations

 1,484 1,047 4.6 3.4 4.2 3.5 4.9 3.3

Sales and related occupations

 702 463 4.8 3.2 4.0 2.9 5.5 3.5

Office and administrative support occupations

 782 585 4.5 3.5 4.5 4.4 4.5 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 565 537 3.7 3.7 3.2 3.5 9.0 6.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 85 52 7.4 4.2 5.4 3.3 12.0 7.8

Construction and extraction occupations

 340 358 3.8 4.3 3.6 4.1 8.4 9.6

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 139 126 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.6 6.2 1.5

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,067 1,007 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.7 6.3 4.8

Production occupations

 368 341 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 699 665 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.0 7.6 5.5

No previous work experience

 806 836 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 411 481 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 223 249 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 172 105 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of people whose last job was in the Armed Forces.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026