Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker	Total unemployed		Unemployment rates
	2019	2020	Total		Men		Women
	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,001	12,947	3.7	8.1	3.7	7.8	3.6	8.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)	4,522	10,599	3.5	8.4	3.5	8.1	3.4	8.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	24	85	3.2	11.3	3.4	11.9	2.0	7.4
Construction	435	838	4.5	8.7	4.5	8.8	3.8	7.5
Manufacturing	468	1,026	3.0	6.8	2.7	6.4	3.5	7.5
Durable goods	274	638	2.7	6.7	2.7	6.6	3.0	7.0
Nonmetallic mineral products	21	18	4.4	4.4	5.0	4.2	2.2	5.1
Primary metals and fabricated metal products	43	111	2.3	6.9	2.2	7.1	3.3	5.9
Machinery manufacturing	27	68	2.4	5.8	2.2	6.3	3.0	4.1
Computers and electronic products	20	45	1.8	4.2	1.7	4.8	2.2	2.7
Electrical equipment and appliances	7	22	1.7	5.6	1.9	5.3	1.1	6.4
Transportation equipment	73	201	2.9	8.2	2.6	7.6	3.6	10.3
Wood products	9	19	2.2	4.3	2.2	4.2	2.0	4.6
Furniture and related products	18	29	4.4	7.3	4.3	7.8	4.6	6.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing	56	125	3.5	7.8	3.8	7.3	3.0	8.7
Nondurable goods	194	389	3.3	6.8	2.9	6.1	4.1	8.1
Food manufacturing	92	132	4.8	7.5	4.2	6.5	5.7	8.7
Beverage and tobacco products	4	17	1.5	5.7	1.1	4.9	2.5	8.1
Textiles, apparel, and leather	22	52	4.0	11.3	3.1	11.4	4.8	11.3
Paper manufacturing and printing	22	58	2.5	6.9	2.5	6.1	2.6	9.1
Petroleum and coal products	8	25	3.7	11.3	4.0	9.4	-	-
Chemicals	27	66	1.8	4.3	1.6	4.0	2.1	5.0
Plastics and rubber products	20	39	3.6	6.8	3.1	6.8	5.0	6.7
Wholesale and retail trade	803	1,648	4.1	8.3	3.7	7.5	4.5	9.4
Wholesale trade	97	192	2.8	5.6	2.5	5.5	3.3	5.8
Retail trade	706	1,456	4.4	8.9	4.1	8.0	4.7	9.9
Transportation and utilities	256	688	3.5	9.3	3.3	8.7	3.9	11.3
Transportation and warehousing	237	662	3.8	10.4	3.6	9.7	4.2	12.6
Utilities	19	26	1.8	2.4	1.7	2.5	2.1	2.4
Information(3)	89	186	3.5	7.5	3.5	6.8	3.5	8.5
Publishing, except Internet	21	27	5.3	7.0	6.2	5.7	4.3	8.4
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	31	92	6.5	20.1	7.4	19.7	5.1	20.8
Broadcasting (except internet)	13	12	2.5	3.0	2.5	3.5	2.6	2.1
Telecommunications	17	37	2.1	4.4	1.6	4.1	3.1	5.2
Libraries, archives, and other information services	3	6	3.3	8.3	-	-	-	11.0
Financial activities	216	388	2.1	3.8	2.3	3.7	2.0	4.0
Finance and insurance	145	218	2.0	2.9	2.1	2.8	1.9	3.0
Finance	91	131	2.0	2.8	2.2	2.8	1.9	2.7
Insurance	53	86	2.0	3.2	2.0	2.7	1.9	3.6
Real estate and rental and leasing	71	170	2.5	6.4	2.7	5.9	2.3	7.0
Real estate	59	131	2.4	5.6	2.4	4.6	2.4	6.7
Rental and leasing services	12	39	3.3	12.1	4.1	12.7	1.6	10.8
Professional and business services	647	1,176	3.6	6.7	3.5	6.1	3.8	7.5
Professional and technical services	273	536	2.3	4.5	2.1	4.1	2.7	5.2
Management, administrative, and waste services(3)	374	639	6.1	11.0	6.1	10.1	6.1	12.3
Administrative and support services	355	606	6.4	11.4	6.5	10.5	6.3	12.6
Waste management and remediation services	11	29	2.5	7.1	2.7	6.9	1.4	8.0
Education and health services	621	1,394	2.5	5.7	2.6	5.1	2.5	5.9
Educational services	180	405	3.5	8.1	3.7	8.1	3.4	8.0
Health care and social assistance	441	988	2.2	5.1	2.1	3.9	2.3	5.5
Hospitals	86	164	1.3	2.5	1.2	2.4	1.3	2.5
Health services, except hospitals	248	542	2.4	5.4	2.3	4.0	2.4	5.7
Social assistance	107	282	4.0	10.9	4.5	9.3	3.9	11.2
Leisure and hospitality	746	2,544	5.2	19.4	5.3	19.6	5.2	19.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	141	586	5.1	23.1	5.0	22.7	5.2	23.6
Accommodation and food services	605	1,958	5.3	18.5	5.4	18.8	5.1	18.3
Accommodation	72	342	4.7	26.8	4.5	29.6	4.9	24.7
Food services and drinking places	533	1,616	5.3	17.4	5.5	17.5	5.2	17.3
Other services	217	626	3.2	9.8	2.9	7.9	3.4	11.5
Other services, except private households	171	529	2.9	9.4	2.7	7.9	3.1	11.1
Repair and maintenance	59	138	3.3	8.0	3.2	7.9	3.9	8.5
Personal and laundry services	62	292	3.1	15.8	2.6	13.2	3.2	16.9
Membership associations and organizations	50	99	2.4	4.8	1.9	4.7	2.8	4.9
Private households	46	97	5.3	13.0	11.0	10.7	4.7	13.2

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)	129	135	7.4	8.1	6.3	6.8	10.5	11.5

Government workers	496	1,045	2.3	4.8	2.2	3.9	2.4	5.5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	263	643	2.7	6.4	2.8	6.3	2.5	6.7

No previous work experience	591	526	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 50,000).

Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021