Unemployment levels and rates by detailed occupation : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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25b. Unemployment levels and rates by detailed occupation, 2025 Annual Averages [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation	Unemployment rates	Unemployed	Labor force
Total, 16 years and over(1)	4.3	7,314	170,807
Management, professional, and related occupations	2.5	1,811	73,149
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	2.3	729	31,778
Management occupations	2.1	442	21,318
Chief executives	1.0	19	1,821
General and operations managers	1.9	27	1,406
Legislators	-	1	19
Advertising and promotions managers	2.6	2	63
Marketing managers	3.3	23	692
Sales managers	3.4	20	583
Public relations and fundraising managers	3.9	6	146
Administrative services managers	1.1	1	114
Facilities managers	1.2	2	130
Computer and information systems managers	2.9	19	666
Financial managers	2.0	28	1,460
Compensation and benefits managers	-	2	18
Human resources managers	3.9	13	327
Training and development managers	3.0	2	71
Industrial production managers	2.2	8	353
Purchasing managers	4.5	10	232
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	0.6	3	418
Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers	1.2	9	820
Construction managers	1.8	21	1,220
Education and childcare administrators	1.6	17	1,070
Architectural and engineering managers	2.1	4	201
Food service managers	2.7	33	1,192
Funeral home managers	-	0	10
Entertainment and recreation managers	2.9	2	67
Lodging managers	4.3	5	123
Medical and health services managers	1.7	15	920
Natural sciences managers	-	0	44
Postmasters and mail superintendents	-	0	42
Property, real estate, and community association managers	2.7	22	812
Social and community service managers	3.5	17	489
Emergency management directors	-	0	27
Personal service managers, all other	1.5	3	186
Managers, all other	1.9	107	5,579
Business and financial operations occupations	2.7	287	10,460
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes	4.7	3	62
Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products	-	0	10
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	5.0	9	189
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	2.1	6	303
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators	2.4	10	399
Compliance officers	1.5	5	317
Cost estimators	1.7	2	149
Human resources workers	3.6	33	931
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	0.8	0	61
Training and development specialists	4.1	9	219
Logisticians	1.9	4	213
Project management specialists	3.1	37	1,187
Management analysts	3.6	40	1,125
Meeting, convention, and event planners	3.2	7	207
Fundraisers	4.1	3	82
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	3.8	21	564
Business operations specialists, all other	3.8	23	618
Accountants and auditors	2.0	35	1,801
Property appraisers and assessors	2.3	2	71
Budget analysts	0.0	0	67
Credit analysts	-	0	36
Financial and investment analysts	1.7	7	429
Personal financial advisors	2.2	13	589
Insurance underwriters	0.4	1	142
Financial examiners	-	0	20
Credit counselors and loan officers	0.6	2	355
Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents	4.9	3	55
Tax preparers	6.8	10	144
Other financial specialists	0.3	0	115
Professional and related occupations	2.6	1,082	41,372
Computer and mathematical occupations	3.3	228	6,939
Computer and information research scientists	-	2	31
Computer systems analysts	2.6	15	584
Information security analysts	2.1	5	266
Computer programmers	2.2	8	389
Software developers	3.3	76	2,330
Software quality assurance analysts and testers	7.1	5	77
Web developers	10.6	8	74
Web and digital interface designers	7.8	6	75
Computer support specialists	3.0	21	698
Database administrators and architects	2.4	4	152
Network and computer systems administrators	2.3	4	158
Computer network architects	2.3	2	98
Computer occupations, all other	3.4	41	1,222
Actuaries	-	1	33
Mathematicians	-	0	8
Operations research analysts	2.0	4	182
Statisticians	1.0	1	50
Other mathematical science occupations	4.9	25	512
Architecture and engineering occupations	1.8	67	3,742
Architects, except landscape and naval	2.2	6	259
Landscape architects	-	0	32
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists	-	0	42
Aerospace engineers	0.3	0	168
Agricultural engineers	-	0	7
Bioengineers and biomedical engineers	-	1	25
Chemical engineers	0.0	0	85
Civil engineers	1.5	8	533
Computer hardware engineers	1.0	1	95
Electrical and electronics engineers	2.1	6	290
Environmental engineers	-	1	49
Industrial engineers, including health and safety	1.2	3	278
Marine engineers and naval architects	-	0	15
Materials engineers	1.7	1	57
Mechanical engineers	1.3	6	425
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers	-	0	6
Nuclear engineers	-	0	7
Petroleum engineers	-	0	15
Engineers, all other	2.3	16	700
Architectural and civil drafters	-	2	42
Other drafters	1.0	1	80
Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians	2.5	2	81
Other engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters	2.7	11	395
Surveying and mapping technicians	3.9	2	54
Life, physical, and social science occupations	3.1	59	1,917
Agricultural and food scientists	-	0	27
Biological scientists	5.0	5	105
Conservation scientists and foresters	-	0	27
Medical scientists	1.6	2	104
Life scientists, all other	-	0	5
Astronomers and physicists	-	0	24
Atmospheric and space scientists	-	0	11
Chemists and materials scientists	5.0	6	111
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	2.9	2	65
Geoscientists and hydrologists, except geographers	-	1	44
Physical scientists, all other	3.6	13	376
Economists	-	3	37
Survey researchers	-	0	0
Clinical and counseling psychologists	-	0	19
School psychologists	-	1	47
Other psychologists	0.3	0	152
Sociologists	-	0	2
Urban and regional planners	-	1	40
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers	-	1	47
Agricultural and food science technicians	2.3	1	57
Biological technicians	-	2	27
Chemical technicians	0.7	1	75
Environmental science and geoscience technicians	-	2	18
Nuclear technicians	-	0	3
Social science research assistants	-	1	8
Other life, physical, and social science technicians	3.2	13	399
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians	3.5	3	86
Community and social service occupations	2.1	61	2,906
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors	5.3	9	173
Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors	2.1	7	356
Marriage and family therapists	-	0	40
Mental health counselors	1.8	4	222
Rehabilitation counselors	-	0	16
Counselors, all other	3.0	8	265
Child, family, and school social workers	1.1	1	84
Healthcare social workers	2.1	3	120
Mental health and substance abuse social workers	-	0	37
Social workers, all other	1.6	10	606
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	1.6	1	68
Social and human service assistants	4.6	10	221
Other community and social service specialists	3.8	5	126
Clergy	0.3	1	407
Directors, religious activities and education	0.0	0	82
Religious workers, all other	1.4	1	83
Legal occupations	1.6	30	1,910
Lawyers	0.8	10	1,155
Judicial law clerks	-	5	20
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers	0.0	0	57
Paralegals and legal assistants	2.0	10	496
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers	3.4	3	100
Legal support workers, all other	1.7	1	81
Education, training, and library occupations	2.9	284	9,736
Postsecondary teachers	2.5	27	1,086
Preschool and kindergarten teachers	2.3	15	659
Elementary and middle school teachers	2.2	77	3,589
Secondary school teachers	1.0	8	798
Special education teachers	0.9	3	352
Tutors	8.7	16	181
Other teachers and instructors	4.4	47	1,065
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians	7.4	6	85
Librarians and media collections specialists	0.8	2	196
Library technicians	-	1	32
Teaching assistants	4.9	75	1,538
Other educational instruction and library workers	3.6	6	157
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	5.2	194	3,697
Artists and related workers	4.6	15	317
Commercial and industrial designers	-	1	22
Fashion designers	12.4	6	51
Floral designers	5.8	3	52
Graphic designers	4.8	14	299
Interior designers	4.3	6	131
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers	-	1	32
Other designers	3.5	14	393
Actors	26.8	16	59
Producers and directors	5.4	12	228
Athletes and sports competitors	-	2	46
Coaches and scouts	2.5	9	371
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials	-	6	33
Dancers and choreographers	-	2	20
Music directors and composers	0.3	0	58
Musicians and singers	4.6	8	174
Disc jockeys, except radio	-	2	18
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other	3.9	3	65
Broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys	-	3	21
News analysts, reporters, and journalists	6.5	6	92
Public relations specialists	4.3	6	142
Editors	3.8	4	118
Technical writers	6.0	3	58
Writers and authors	8.5	22	256
Interpreters and translators	4.1	4	101
Court reporters and simultaneous captioners	-	0	24
Media and communication workers, all other	-	0	24
Broadcast, sound, and lighting technicians	4.6	6	127
Photographers	2.6	6	221
Television, video, and film camera operators and editors	9.3	13	143
Media and communication equipment workers, all other	-	0	2
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	1.5	161	10,525
Chiropractors	4.4	3	69
Dentists	0.9	2	194
Dietitians and nutritionists	1.4	2	138
Optometrists	-	0	48
Pharmacists	2.2	8	373
Emergency medicine physicians	-	0	25
Radiologists	-	0	19
Other physicians	1.2	11	940
Surgeons	0.2	0	73
Physician assistants	1.1	2	155
Podiatrists	-	0	9
Audiologists	-	0	20
Occupational therapists	2.2	3	141
Physical therapists	0.6	2	340
Radiation therapists	-	0	10
Recreational therapists	-	0	13
Respiratory therapists	0.3	0	89
Speech-language pathologists	2.2	5	208
Exercise physiologists	-	0	5
Therapists, all other	1.0	3	326
Veterinarians	0.0	0	91
Registered nurses	1.2	43	3,572
Nurse anesthetists	-	0	25
Nurse midwives	-	0	11
Nurse practitioners	1.2	4	329
Acupuncturists	-	0	20
Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other	-	0	17
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians	1.6	5	319
Dental hygienists	0.4	1	204
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians	1.5	1	68
Diagnostic medical sonographers	1.3	2	120
Radiologic technologists and technicians	1.4	4	277
Magnetic resonance imaging technologists	2.9	2	66
Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists	-	0	41
Emergency medical technicians	2.6	4	139
Paramedics	1.4	2	119
Pharmacy technicians	3.4	13	386
Psychiatric technicians	4.6	7	149
Surgical technologists	1.4	1	108
Veterinary technologists and technicians	2.3	3	149
Dietetic technicians and ophthalmic medical technicians	11.0	8	76
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	2.1	12	557
Medical records specialists	1.0	2	167
Opticians, dispensing	0.0	0	50
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians	3.1	4	130
Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	1.6	2	142
Service occupations	5.3	1,537	28,767
Healthcare support occupations	4.3	260	6,090
Home health aides	5.2	40	766
Personal care aides	5.5	107	1,947
Nursing assistants	4.2	62	1,466
Orderlies and psychiatric aides	4.1	3	62
Occupational therapy assistants and aides	-	1	36
Physical therapist assistants and aides	3.2	4	135
Massage therapists	2.6	5	188
Dental assistants	1.9	5	292
Medical assistants	1.3	9	688
Medical transcriptionists	-	1	42
Pharmacy aides	-	1	33
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	4.8	3	66
Phlebotomists	4.5	7	151
Other healthcare support workers	5.9	13	218
Protective service occupations	3.1	106	3,450
First-line supervisors of correctional officers	0.4	0	51
First-line supervisors of police and detectives	0.0	0	107
First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers	2.7	2	56
First-line supervisors of security workers	2.6	2	87
First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other	-	0	2
Firefighters	1.8	7	359
Fire inspectors	-	0	31
Bailiffs	-	0	21
Correctional officers and jailers	1.2	4	300
Detectives and criminal investigators	0.4	1	155
Fish and game wardens	-	0	12
Parking enforcement workers	-	0	12
Police officers	0.5	3	708
Animal control workers	-	0	7
Private detectives and investigators	2.7	4	159
Security guards and gambling surveillance officers	6.3	65	1,027
Crossing guards and flaggers	5.0	3	58
Transportation security screeners	0.0	0	52
School bus monitors	-	4	42
Other protective service workers	5.6	12	205
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7.0	624	8,915
Chefs and head cooks	5.2	28	544
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	1.9	10	537
Cooks	7.7	175	2,275
Food preparation workers	7.9	79	1,009
Bartenders	5.7	26	458
Fast food and counter workers	7.5	78	1,036
Waiters and waitresses	6.5	123	1,877
Food servers, nonrestaurant	8.8	22	256
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	10.6	30	287
Dishwashers	12.0	33	278
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	4.8	16	342
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other	-	1	16
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	5.6	340	6,048
First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers	1.5	5	359
First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	3.1	9	297
Janitors and building cleaners	5.6	138	2,479
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	5.3	77	1,469
Pest control workers	1.5	1	95
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	8.5	104	1,218
Tree trimmers and pruners	4.3	5	105
Other grounds maintenance workers	-	0	26
Personal care and service occupations	4.8	206	4,263
Supervisors of personal care and service workers	5.9	3	51
Animal trainers	1.2	1	55
Animal caretakers	6.2	24	388
Gambling services workers	3.5	3	100
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers	-	4	43
Other entertainment attendants and related workers	9.6	24	248
Embalmers, crematory operators, and funeral attendants	-	1	14
Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers	-	0	36
Barbers	0.6	1	142
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	3.0	23	771
Manicurists and pedicurists	1.8	5	282
Skincare specialists	3.0	4	116
Other personal appearance workers	-	3	34
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges	3.5	3	83
Tour and travel guides	10.5	7	62
Childcare workers	5.9	69	1,175
Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors	1.6	4	285
Recreation workers	9.7	18	189
Residential advisors	-	3	36
Personal care and service workers, all other	4.1	6	153
Sales and office occupations	4.2	1,344	31,948
Sales and related occupations	4.6	679	14,838
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	3.0	93	3,069
First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	1.7	18	1,054
Cashiers	9.1	251	2,740
Counter and rental clerks	9.1	7	80
Parts salespersons	0.9	1	130
Retail salespersons	5.8	165	2,826
Advertising sales agents	1.7	2	140
Insurance sales agents	2.0	12	631
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	2.0	4	204
Travel agents	5.2	4	85
Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel	4.3	31	727
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing	2.2	26	1,171
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters	-	5	44
Real estate brokers and sales agents	1.7	19	1,084
Sales engineers	0.2	0	58
Telemarketers	-	3	29
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers	6.4	17	271
Sales and related workers, all other	3.9	19	496
Office and administrative support occupations	3.9	666	17,110
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	1.7	23	1,406
Switchboard operators, including answering service	-	2	11
Telephone operators	-	2	28
Communications equipment operators, all other	-	0	4
Bill and account collectors	4.6	5	116
Billing and posting clerks	2.4	10	413
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	2.3	30	1,284
Gambling cage workers	-	2	24
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	0.9	2	168
Procurement clerks	-	1	44
Tellers	1.9	4	228
Financial clerks, all other	2.3	4	165
Brokerage clerks	-	0	2
Correspondence clerks	-	0	11
Court, municipal, and license clerks	4.3	3	67
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks	-	1	31
Customer service representatives	4.6	127	2,727
Eligibility interviewers, government programs	4.5	4	94
File Clerks	4.3	7	153
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	7.9	8	107
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan	8.9	17	188
Library assistants, clerical	4.1	3	74
Loan interviewers and clerks	2.8	2	87
New accounts clerks	-	0	10
Order clerks	6.5	6	93
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	2.7	3	128
Receptionists and information clerks	5.2	68	1,315
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks	1.3	2	126
Information and record clerks, all other	5.8	6	107
Cargo and freight agents	-	0	27
Couriers and messengers	5.7	57	1,007
Public safety telecommunicators	1.1	1	91
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance	7.1	14	194
Meter readers, utilities	-	1	18
Postal service clerks	1.4	1	97
Postal service mail carriers	2.7	10	381
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	0.3	0	52
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	7.7	18	230
Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks	4.0	25	629
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping	8.9	9	100
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants	3.8	10	259
Legal secretaries and administrative assistants	-	0	38
Medical secretaries and administrative assistants	3.7	4	107
Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	3.1	48	1,539
Data entry keyers	5.4	13	242
Word processors and typists	3.8	2	65
Desktop publishers	-	0	1
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	5.5	16	290
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service	3.1	2	66
Office clerks, general	4.2	63	1,498
Office machine operators, except computer	-	0	23
Proofreaders and copy markers	-	0	18
Statistical assistants	-	0	44
Office and administrative support workers, all other	3.1	27	886
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	4.9	747	15,298
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	8.8	97	1,097
First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers	5.0	3	53
Agricultural inspectors	-	1	12
Animal breeders	-	0	16
Graders and sorters, agricultural products	5.5	3	61
Miscellaneous agricultural workers	10.1	86	852
Fishing and hunting workers	-	2	37
Forest and conservation workers	-	0	19
Logging workers	-	1	47
Construction and extraction occupations	5.4	481	8,971
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	3.2	26	814
Boilermakers	-	6	19
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons	5.5	7	128
Carpenters	5.0	62	1,239
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers	5.8	6	112
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers	10.1	6	56
Construction laborers	7.5	192	2,574
Construction equipment operators	6.3	27	431
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers	4.8	6	129
Electricians	3.0	33	1,096
Glaziers	-	1	33
Insulation workers	-	1	49
Painters and paperhangers	7.6	40	525
Pipelayers	-	3	49
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	3.1	20	644
Plasterers and stucco masons	-	2	29
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers	-	0	10
Roofers	5.7	16	274
Sheet metal workers	3.4	5	153
Structural iron and steel workers	-	5	47
Solar photovoltaic installers	-	0	23
Helpers, construction trades	3.5	2	55
Construction and building inspectors	1.9	2	122
Elevator and escalator installers and repairers	-	0	34
Fence erectors	-	2	45
Hazardous materials removal workers	-	1	24
Highway maintenance workers	4.0	3	63
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	-	0	8
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners	-	1	12
Miscellaneous construction and related workers	-	2	21
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil and gas	-	1	22
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining	-	0	4
Earth drillers, except oil and gas	-	0	25
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters	-	0	9
Underground mining machine operators	-	2	38
Roustabouts, oil and gas	-	0	9
Other extraction workers	-	1	47
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3.2	169	5,230
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers	0.9	3	287
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers	6.1	9	141
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers	5.5	8	148
Avionics technicians	-	0	14
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers	-	0	25
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment	-	0	5
Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility	-	1	11
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles	-	0	13
Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers	-	0	43
Security and fire alarm systems installers	4.0	2	61
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians	3.5	6	171
Automotive body and related repairers	3.3	4	135
Automotive glass installers and repairers	-	1	26
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	2.8	26	927
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	1.3	5	374
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics	2.0	4	172
Small engine mechanics	-	0	42
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers	4.6	5	112
Control and valve installers and repairers	-	1	24
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	5.0	30	590
Home appliance repairers	4.5	2	55
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics	3.0	10	339
Maintenance and repair workers, general	3.9	29	746
Maintenance workers, machinery	1.0	1	68
Millwrights	-	2	47
Electrical power-line installers and repairers	1.4	2	146
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	3.4	4	113
Precision instrument and equipment repairers	0.7	0	55
Wind turbine service technicians	-	1	10
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers	-	0	39
Commercial divers	-	0	1
Locksmiths and safe repairers	-	0	36
Manufactured building and mobile home installers	-	1	2
Riggers	-	1	16
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	-	2	16
Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers	4.4	10	221
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	5.2	1,089	20,859
Production occupations	4.1	337	8,227
First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	1.9	15	764
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers	-	0	3
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers	2.8	3	116
Engine and other machine assemblers	-	1	15
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	-	0	22
Other assemblers and fabricators	5.6	52	925
Bakers	4.1	12	289
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers	3.9	10	265
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders	-	1	14
Food batchmakers	2.2	2	95
Food cooking machine operators and tenders	-	1	16
Food processing workers, all other	8.8	11	130
Computer numerically controlled tool operators and programmers	6.5	5	83
Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	-	0	17
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	6.3	4	56
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	-	3	39
Other machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	-	0	4
Machinists	3.6	12	321
Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters	-	2	22
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic	-	1	3
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	-	2	37
Tool and die makers	-	1	30
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers	4.3	26	599
Other metal workers and plastic workers	2.0	6	314
Prepress technicians and workers	-	0	10
Printing press operators	4.3	6	148
Print binding and finishing workers	-	0	5
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	5.9	9	146
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials	-	1	21
Sewing machine operators	6.0	6	98
Shoe and leather workers	-	0	12
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers	4.5	3	63
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders	-	0	18
Upholsterers	-	0	20
Other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers	-	0	14
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	-	1	44
Furniture finishers	-	0	20
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	-	0	15
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	-	0	5
Other woodworkers	-	1	38
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers	-	0	45
Stationary engineers and boiler operators	1.6	2	110
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators	1.9	2	121
Miscellaneous plant and system operators	-	1	43
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders	4.3	2	57
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers	2.8	2	73
Cutting workers	-	3	43
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders	-	0	17
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	-	1	16
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	3.9	30	767
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers	-	0	42
Dental and ophthalmic laboratory technicians and medical appliance technicians	2.7	2	77
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	5.3	14	255
Painting workers	1.4	2	175
Photographic process workers and processing machine operators	-	1	25
Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders	-	0	7
Etchers and engravers	-	0	6
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	-	5	36
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	-	0	14
Tire builders	-	0	14
Helpers--production workers	7.1	5	73
Other production equipment operators and tenders	-	0	4
Other production workers	4.8	65	1,351
Transportation and material moving occupations	6.0	752	12,633
Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers	1.2	4	306
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers	0.3	1	202
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists	-	0	40
Flight attendants	0.9	1	130
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians	-	0	17
Bus drivers, school	5.1	11	221
Bus drivers, transit and intercity	4.8	14	282
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers	4.1	155	3,738
Shuttle drivers and chauffeurs	8.7	8	90
Taxi drivers	3.7	22	597
Motor vehicle operators, all other	2.5	4	147
Locomotive engineers and operators	-	0	33
Railroad conductors and yardmasters	0.4	0	56
Other rail transportation workers	-	0	26
Sailors and marine oilers	-	6	24
Ship and boat captains and operators	-	0	46
Ship engineers	-	0	3
Parking attendants	2.8	2	78
Transportation service attendants	9.9	10	102
Transportation inspectors	-	0	44
Passenger attendants	-	2	39
Other transportation workers	-	2	48
Crane and tower operators	2.3	1	60
Conveyor, dredge, and hoist and winch operators	-	1	35
Industrial truck and tractor operators	5.8	39	679
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	7.9	34	429
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	8.9	215	2,418
Machine feeders and offbearers	-	0	26
Packers and packagers, hand	8.6	55	637
Stockers and order fillers	8.3	154	1,851
Pumping station operators	-	0	14
Refuse and recyclable material collectors	6.7	9	136
Other material moving workers	2.5	2	79
Footnotes (1) People with no previous work experience and people whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the total, but not shown separately.
NOTE: Occupation is based on the last job held; this may or may not reflect one's current area of job search. Because the occupation for the unemployed is determined by their prior job, the occupational unemployment and labor force data reflect only the subset of total unemployed who have past job experience. This subset is called the experienced unemployed. 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