Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
Industry and class of worker	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,242	7,337	4.2	4.3
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,567	5,625	4.1	4.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	8	28	1.4	4.7
Construction	573	698	5.4	6.7
Manufacturing	479	513	3.1	3.4
Durable goods	288	335	2.9	3.3
Nondurable goods	190	178	3.6	3.6
Wholesale and retail trade	933	833	4.7	4.4
Transportation and utilities	360	292	4.2	3.2
Information	133	94	5.0	3.6
Financial activities	290	309	2.8	2.8
Professional and business services	847	839	4.3	4.2
Education and health services	780	861	2.8	3.1
Leisure and hospitality	828	858	6.2	6.2
Other services	337	300	5.0	4.5
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	131	150	8.2	9.7
Government workers	423	554	1.9	2.5
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	444	398	4.3	4.0
Footnotes (1) People with no previous work experience and people whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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). Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: April 03, 2026