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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-31. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024
Total Men Women
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2023
Mar.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,043 6,604 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.2 3.7

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,842 5,201 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.3 3.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

36 17 6.5 3.3 6.6 2.4 5.5 -

Construction

598 570 5.6 5.4 5.7 5.7 4.9 2.5

Manufacturing

459 469 2.9 3.0 3.2 2.5 2.1 4.2

Durable goods

257 311 2.5 3.1 2.8 2.4 1.7 5.3

Nonmetallic mineral products

31 0 7.4 0.0 5.9 0.0 13.5 0.0

Primary and fabricated metal products

46 60 2.6 3.8 2.8 3.1 1.9 7.4

Machinery manufacturing

23 18 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.1 1.4 2.0

Computer and electronic products

15 13 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.0 1.0

Electrical equipment and appliances

19 38 4.6 7.9 4.9 8.0 3.6 7.8

Transportation equipment

57 104 2.1 3.9 2.5 2.8 0.7 7.9

Wood products

15 5 4.1 1.1 4.9 1.3 - -

Furniture and related products

5 10 1.5 3.3 0.9 0.0 2.6 10.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing

46 65 2.9 3.9 3.7 2.5 1.5 6.2

Nondurable goods

202 158 3.6 2.9 4.1 2.8 2.7 3.0

Food manufacturing

63 50 3.7 3.0 4.4 1.9 2.7 4.4

Beverage and tobacco products

13 19 3.8 5.9 4.6 4.1 - 9.4

Textile, apparel, and leather

30 22 6.1 4.5 10.2 6.2 2.8 2.8

Paper and printing

17 10 2.3 1.2 2.6 1.1 1.6 1.5

Petroleum and coal products

14 17 4.8 6.7 5.5 8.1 - -

Chemicals

42 32 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.5 3.5 1.5

Plastics and rubber products

24 9 4.5 2.1 5.1 2.7 2.8 0.5

Wholesale and retail trade

846 939 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.1 5.1

Wholesale trade

103 112 3.3 3.4 3.4 2.8 3.3 4.4

Retail trade

744 828 4.5 5.1 4.8 5.1 4.2 5.2

Transportation and utilities

390 401 4.6 4.9 3.8 4.7 7.2 5.5

Transportation and warehousing

362 378 5.0 5.4 4.1 5.1 7.9 6.3

Utilities

28 23 2.4 1.9 2.4 2.4 2.3 0.0

Information(3)

84 96 3.1 3.6 2.0 3.3 5.0 4.2

Publishing, except Internet

29 13 4.5 2.2 4.8 0.2 4.0 5.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries

30 38 6.4 8.6 2.2 7.5 14.6 11.1

Broadcasting (except internet)

4 2 1.6 0.7 0.0 1.3 4.8 0.0

Telecommunications

11 26 1.3 3.1 1.0 4.1 2.2 0.8

Financial activities

189 225 1.8 2.2 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.6

Finance and insurance

134 155 1.7 2.0 1.4 1.5 2.0 2.5

Finance

91 108 1.9 2.2 1.2 1.9 2.5 2.6

Insurance

42 47 1.5 1.7 1.8 0.7 1.3 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

56 71 2.1 2.7 2.3 2.3 1.8 3.1

Real estate

49 63 2.0 2.8 2.3 2.2 1.8 3.3

Rental and leasing services

7 8 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.8 1.6 0.0

Professional and business services

744 826 3.9 4.4 4.2 4.4 3.6 4.4

Professional and technical services

312 424 2.5 3.4 2.4 3.5 2.6 3.3

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

432 401 6.7 6.3 7.5 6.1 5.6 6.6

Administrative and support services

432 381 7.4 6.6 8.5 6.3 5.9 7.1

Waste management and remediation services

0 15 0.0 3.3 0.0 4.0 - 0.0

Education and health services

604 611 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.3

Educational services

129 128 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3

Health care and social assistance

475 483 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.3

Hospitals

104 117 1.5 1.7 0.8 2.1 1.8 1.5

Health services, except hospitals

297 263 2.8 2.4 2.9 2.0 2.8 2.5

Social assistance

74 102 2.7 3.5 7.6 2.9 1.7 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

684 746 5.0 5.5 4.9 4.7 5.0 6.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

106 148 3.9 5.6 3.1 6.1 4.8 5.1

Accommodation and food services

578 598 5.2 5.4 5.5 4.3 5.0 6.5

Accommodation

53 58 4.2 5.1 3.0 2.9 5.0 6.7

Food services and drinking places

525 540 5.4 5.5 5.7 4.4 5.0 6.4

Other services

208 300 3.3 4.4 2.9 5.1 3.6 3.7

Other services, except private households

190 249 3.3 4.1 2.8 5.1 3.9 3.0

Repair and maintenance

33 100 1.9 4.9 1.7 5.4 3.8 1.7

Personal and laundry services

61 73 3.2 3.8 2.9 4.4 3.3 3.6

Membership associations and organizations

95 76 4.6 3.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 2.7

Private households

18 50 3.1 6.9 - - 2.5 6.8

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

108 105 7.4 7.1 6.7 7.3 9.3 6.7

Government wage and salary workers

372 372 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.6

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

334 343 3.3 3.3 3.8 3.4 2.5 3.0

No previous work experience

385 582 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
(2) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(3) Includes other industries, not shown separately.

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, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised.

 

Last Modified Date: April 05, 2024