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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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
2022 2023 Total Men Women
2022 2023 2022 2023 2022 2023

Total, 16 years and over(1)

5,996 6,080 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,658 4,700 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

18 16 3.0 2.7 3.3 2.7 1.4 2.9

Construction

466 480 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 3.4 3.7

Manufacturing

455 444 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.4 3.0

Durable goods

279 257 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.4 3.3 3.0

Nonmetallic mineral products

12 12 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.9 4.4

Primary metals and fabricated metal products

45 42 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.4 3.8 3.5

Machinery manufacturing

26 35 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.7

Computers and electronic products

16 24 1.6 2.1 1.4 1.6 1.8 3.3

Electrical equipment and appliances

18 15 4.7 3.7 3.0 3.8 8.9 3.3

Transportation equipment

63 54 2.5 2.0 2.5 1.9 2.4 2.3

Wood products

16 11 4.0 3.0 4.5 2.8 1.3 3.8

Furniture and related products

16 12 4.3 3.3 3.5 2.9 6.5 4.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing

67 53 4.0 3.2 4.0 3.4 4.0 2.9

Nondurable goods

176 186 3.1 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.0

Food manufacturing

65 68 3.6 4.0 3.3 4.4 4.1 3.2

Beverage and tobacco products

13 13 3.4 3.6 3.3 4.5 3.7 0.9

Textiles, apparel, and leather

18 23 3.9 5.5 3.4 7.9 4.4 3.6

Paper manufacturing and printing

19 24 2.5 3.0 2.1 2.6 3.3 3.9

Petroleum and coal products

6 11 3.0 4.6 3.6 5.0 - -

Chemicals

39 35 2.6 2.3 2.5 1.9 2.8 3.0

Plastics and rubber products

17 13 3.2 2.6 3.6 3.1 2.5 1.3

Wholesale and retail trade

799 832 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.3

Wholesale trade

74 83 2.4 2.6 2.0 2.3 3.3 3.1

Retail trade

725 749 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.5

Transportation and utilities

345 342 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.7 4.7

Transportation and warehousing

326 319 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 5.0 5.0

Utilities

19 24 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.8

Information(3)

77 88 2.9 3.2 2.5 3.0 3.8 3.6

Publishing, except Internet

12 21 2.5 3.5 2.5 3.4 2.5 3.7

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

30 24 5.8 5.0 5.4 5.0 6.6 5.1

Broadcasting (except internet)

10 9 3.3 3.3 1.8 2.1 5.5 5.0

Telecommunications

16 19 1.9 2.1 1.5 1.8 3.1 3.1

Libraries, archives, and other information services

2 3 1.9 3.3 - - 3.2 1.4

Financial activities

200 224 1.9 2.2 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.2

Finance and insurance

131 164 1.7 2.2 1.6 2.0 1.9 2.3

Finance

78 108 1.6 2.3 1.5 2.0 1.7 2.5

Insurance

52 55 1.9 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.1 2.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

69 61 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.5 3.1 2.0

Real estate

62 49 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.9 1.9

Rental and leasing services

8 12 2.4 3.3 1.1 3.4 6.3 3.1

Professional and business services

665 704 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.7

Professional and technical services

278 335 2.2 2.6 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.9

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

386 369 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.1 6.5 5.6

Administrative and support services

367 357 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.6 6.7 5.8

Waste management and remediation services

18 9 4.1 1.9 4.1 2.0 4.1 1.7

Education and health services

662 625 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.4

Educational services

181 157 3.5 3.0 3.6 3.5 3.4 2.7

Health care and social assistance

481 468 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.3

Hospitals

98 103 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.6

Health services, except hospitals

281 259 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.9 2.4

Social assistance

102 106 3.7 3.6 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

769 740 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.2 6.1 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

151 130 5.6 4.6 5.7 4.8 5.4 4.3

Accommodation and food services

618 610 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.4 6.3 5.7

Accommodation

77 76 6.0 5.7 4.8 5.5 6.8 5.9

Food services and drinking places

541 534 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.3 6.2 5.6

Other services

202 204 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.2

Other services, except private households

167 167 2.8 2.8 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.8

Repair and maintenance

62 51 3.2 2.7 3.2 2.7 3.1 2.7

Personal and laundry services

64 59 3.3 2.9 4.1 3.3 3.0 2.8

Membership associations and organizations

41 57 2.0 2.8 2.5 2.7 1.6 2.8

Private households

35 37 5.1 5.3 5.4 7.8 5.1 5.0

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

86 88 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.0 6.2 7.0

Government workers

445 433 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

326 304 3.2 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.8

No previous work experience

482 556 - - - - - -

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 26, 2024