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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Unemployed people by industry, class of worker, and sex

(See other file formats and annual average tables or tables for other years.)

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
26. Unemployed people by industry, class of worker, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of workerTotal unemployedUnemployment rates
20242025TotalMenWomen
202420252024202520242025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,7617,3144.04.34.14.43.94.2

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,2045,5183.94.14.04.13.84.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

18253.14.62.95.14.11.7

Construction

4944924.74.64.84.74.14.1

Manufacturing

4875403.23.53.03.33.84.2

Durable goods

2973223.13.22.93.13.53.7

Nonmetallic mineral products

15204.14.94.34.23.47.9

Primary metals and fabricated metal products

40492.63.22.53.43.42.2

Machinery manufacturing

31322.32.52.02.53.12.4

Computers and electronic products

22312.13.02.02.82.43.4

Electrical equipment and appliances

16133.62.64.22.22.13.7

Transportation equipment

88853.33.13.12.93.93.7

Wood products

17124.63.24.53.05.14.4

Furniture and related products

7122.33.62.21.72.48.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing

62673.73.83.54.04.13.6

Nondurable goods

1902183.54.13.23.74.24.8

Food manufacturing

76814.44.83.74.45.55.5

Beverage and tobacco products

15104.63.15.32.73.03.9

Textiles, apparel, and leather

16234.05.94.65.73.46.2

Paper manufacturing and printing

21322.74.42.34.23.84.7

Petroleum and coal products

421.81.11.81.3--

Chemicals

44532.93.42.42.83.74.3

Plastics and rubber products

13183.34.23.64.22.54.4

Wholesale and retail trade

8929654.64.94.24.65.05.2

Wholesale trade

93932.93.12.72.93.33.6

Retail trade

7998734.95.24.65.05.25.4

Transportation and utilities

3753364.64.04.03.66.15.1

Transportation and warehousing

3533155.04.44.44.06.95.5

Utilities

21201.81.62.01.51.22.3

Information(3)

1151354.45.24.35.14.65.4

Publishing, except Internet

15183.04.51.96.14.32.7

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

46489.89.910.39.68.710.4

Broadcasting and content providers

-25-5.1-5.1-5.1

Telecommunications

24312.93.92.83.73.24.6

Libraries, archives, and other information services

434.02.4-2.46.42.4

Financial activities

2462392.42.32.82.42.12.1

Finance and insurance

1851662.42.12.72.32.21.9

Finance

126992.62.03.02.42.21.6

Insurance

59672.12.32.12.32.22.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

61732.42.73.02.61.62.8

Real estate

43561.92.42.22.41.62.4

Rental and leasing services

19175.14.76.33.61.57.5

Professional and business services

8008194.14.13.83.94.44.3

Professional and technical services

3994283.13.23.02.93.33.5

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

4013916.05.95.45.76.96.2

Administrative and support services

3883686.46.25.86.17.26.3

Waste management and remediation services

10152.13.12.13.01.83.6

Education and health services

7558242.93.03.13.22.83.0

Educational services

2082193.73.93.44.33.93.6

Health care and social assistance

5476062.62.83.02.72.52.8

Hospitals

1151171.71.62.42.01.41.5

Health services, except hospitals

2983572.73.22.83.02.73.2

Social assistance

1341324.54.35.74.14.34.3

Leisure and hospitality

7848775.76.45.87.05.65.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

1551685.56.05.76.55.35.5

Accommodation and food services

6297095.76.55.87.25.75.9

Accommodation

60734.85.94.45.45.06.3

Food services and drinking places

5696365.96.66.07.45.75.9

Other services

2382653.53.93.84.03.23.8

Other services, except private households

1982383.23.83.83.92.73.7

Repair and maintenance

77844.04.14.04.34.02.7

Personal and laundry services

59783.04.03.74.32.73.8

Membership associations and organizations

62762.93.43.42.82.53.7

Private households

40275.84.58.17.75.64.1

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

1171147.27.26.66.58.78.9

Government workers

4615472.12.42.02.42.12.5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

3333663.23.63.43.72.93.3

No previous work experience

647770------

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of people 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). Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. 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