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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed persons (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
Industry and class of worker	May 2018	May 2019	May 2018	May 2019
Total, 16 years and over(1)	5,756	5,503	3.6	3.4
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	4,467	4,204	3.5	3.3
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	23	35	3.0	5.0
Construction	415	294	4.4	3.2
Manufacturing	546	369	3.4	2.3
Durable goods	340	215	3.4	2.2
Nondurable goods	206	154	3.5	2.5
Wholesale and retail trade	885	822	4.5	4.2
Transportation and utilities	223	299	3.2	4.1
Information	100	77	3.5	3.0
Financial activities	167	162	1.7	1.7
Professional and business services	669	600	4.0	3.4
Education and health services	563	609	2.3	2.4
Leisure and hospitality	706	745	4.9	5.0
Other services	171	194	2.5	2.9
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	95	99	5.8	5.4
Government workers	425	445	2.0	2.1
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	239	198	2.3	2.0
Footnotes (1) Persons with no previous work experience and persons 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.

Last Modified Date: June 07, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey