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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
2023 2024 Total Men Women
2023 2024 2023 2024 2023 2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,080 6,761 3.6 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.5 3.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,700 5,204 3.5 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.4 3.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

16 18 2.7 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 4.1

Construction

480 494 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8 3.7 4.1

Manufacturing

444 487 2.8 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.8

Durable goods

257 297 2.6 3.1 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.5

Nonmetallic mineral products

12 15 3.0 4.1 2.7 4.3 4.4 3.4

Primary metals and fabricated metal products

42 40 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.5 3.5 3.4

Machinery manufacturing

35 31 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.7 3.1

Computers and electronic products

24 22 2.1 2.1 1.6 2.0 3.3 2.4

Electrical equipment and appliances

15 16 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.2 3.3 2.1

Transportation equipment

54 88 2.0 3.3 1.9 3.1 2.3 3.9

Wood products

11 17 3.0 4.6 2.8 4.5 3.8 5.1

Furniture and related products

12 7 3.3 2.3 2.9 2.2 4.3 2.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing

53 62 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.5 2.9 4.1

Nondurable goods

186 190 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.0 4.2

Food manufacturing

68 76 4.0 4.4 4.4 3.7 3.2 5.5

Beverage and tobacco products

13 15 3.6 4.6 4.5 5.3 0.9 3.0

Textiles, apparel, and leather

23 16 5.5 4.0 7.9 4.6 3.6 3.4

Paper manufacturing and printing

24 21 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.3 3.9 3.8

Petroleum and coal products

11 4 4.6 1.8 5.0 1.8 - -

Chemicals

35 44 2.3 2.9 1.9 2.4 3.0 3.7

Plastics and rubber products

13 13 2.6 3.3 3.1 3.6 1.3 2.5

Wholesale and retail trade

832 892 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.0

Wholesale trade

83 93 2.6 2.9 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.3

Retail trade

749 799 4.5 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.5 5.2

Transportation and utilities

342 375 4.1 4.6 3.9 4.0 4.7 6.1

Transportation and warehousing

319 353 4.5 5.0 4.3 4.4 5.0 6.9

Utilities

24 21 2.0 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.8 1.2

Information(3)

88 115 3.2 4.4 3.0 4.3 3.6 4.6

Publishing, except Internet

21 15 3.5 3.0 3.4 1.9 3.7 4.3

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

24 46 5.0 9.8 5.0 10.3 5.1 8.7

Broadcasting (except internet)

9 8 3.3 3.2 2.1 4.6 5.0 1.3

Telecommunications

19 24 2.1 2.9 1.8 2.8 3.1 3.2

Libraries, archives, and other information services

3 4 3.3 4.0 - - 1.4 6.4

Financial activities

224 246 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.2 2.1

Finance and insurance

164 185 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.7 2.3 2.2

Finance

108 126 2.3 2.6 2.0 3.0 2.5 2.2

Insurance

55 59 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

61 61 2.2 2.4 2.5 3.0 2.0 1.6

Real estate

49 43 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6

Rental and leasing services

12 19 3.3 5.1 3.4 6.3 3.1 1.5

Professional and business services

704 800 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.7 4.4

Professional and technical services

335 399 2.6 3.1 2.5 3.0 2.9 3.3

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

369 401 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.6 6.9

Administrative and support services

357 388 6.3 6.4 6.6 5.8 5.8 7.2

Waste management and remediation services

9 10 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.7 1.8

Education and health services

625 755 2.4 2.9 2.6 3.1 2.4 2.8

Educational services

157 208 3.0 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.7 3.9

Health care and social assistance

468 547 2.3 2.6 2.2 3.0 2.3 2.5

Hospitals

103 115 1.5 1.7 1.4 2.4 1.6 1.4

Health services, except hospitals

259 298 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.7

Social assistance

106 134 3.6 4.5 3.7 5.7 3.6 4.3

Leisure and hospitality

740 784 5.3 5.7 5.2 5.8 5.4 5.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

130 155 4.6 5.5 4.8 5.7 4.3 5.3

Accommodation and food services

610 629 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.7

Accommodation

76 60 5.7 4.8 5.5 4.4 5.9 5.0

Food services and drinking places

534 569 5.5 5.9 5.3 6.0 5.6 5.7

Other services

204 238 3.1 3.5 2.9 3.8 3.2 3.2

Other services, except private households

167 198 2.8 3.2 2.8 3.8 2.8 2.7

Repair and maintenance

51 77 2.7 4.0 2.7 4.0 2.7 4.0

Personal and laundry services

59 59 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.7 2.8 2.7

Membership associations and organizations

57 62 2.8 2.9 2.7 3.4 2.8 2.5

Private households

37 40 5.3 5.8 7.8 8.1 5.0 5.6

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

88 117 5.6 7.2 5.0 6.6 7.0 8.7

Government workers

433 461 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.1

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

304 333 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.8 2.9

No previous work experience

556 647 - - - - - -

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 29, 2025