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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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Unemployed people by occupation and sex
(See other file formats and annual average tables or tables for other years.)
| Occupation | Total unemployed | Unemployment rates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2025 | Total | Men | Women | ||||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | |||
| Total, 16 years and over(1) | 6,761 | 7,314 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| Management, professional, and related occupations | 1,663 | 1,811 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Management, business, and financial operations occupations | 702 | 729 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Management occupations | 421 | 442 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 281 | 287 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Professional and related occupations | 961 | 1,082 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 187 | 228 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 63 | 67 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.8 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 41 | 59 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| Community and social service occupations | 64 | 61 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Legal occupations | 27 | 30 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Education, training, and library occupations | 270 | 284 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 167 | 194 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 142 | 161 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Service occupations | 1,381 | 1,537 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 215 | 260 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| Protective service occupations | 115 | 106 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 535 | 624 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 318 | 340 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 198 | 206 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Sales and office occupations | 1,211 | 1,344 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Sales and related occupations | 635 | 679 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 576 | 666 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations | 737 | 747 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 8.6 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 95 | 97 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 10.6 | 12.9 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 502 | 481 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 8.2 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 140 | 169 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 4.0 |
| Production, transportation, and material moving occupations | 1,108 | 1,089 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Production occupations | 378 | 337 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 4.9 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 730 | 752 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| No previous work experience | 647 | 770 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 to 19 years | 344 | 425 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 to 24 years | 155 | 188 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 years and over | 147 | 157 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Footnotes | ||||||||
| 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). Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years. | ||||||||
Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026