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 2016	May 2017	May 2016	May 2017
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,207	6,572	4.5	4.1
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,473	5,074	4.4	4.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	96	20	11.1	2.5
Construction	461	502	5.2	5.3
Manufacturing	738	504	4.7	3.2
Durable goods	466	327	4.7	3.3
Nondurable goods	272	178	4.8	3.1
Wholesale and retail trade	981	916	5.0	4.7
Transportation and utilities	254	262	3.9	4.2
Information	134	123	5.2	4.7
Financial activities	178	232	1.8	2.3
Professional and business services	713	690	4.3	4.1
Education and health services	679	675	2.9	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	933	905	6.6	6.3
Other services	305	245	4.6	3.6
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	116	103	6.5	6.0
Government workers	452	471	2.1	2.2
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	330	297	3.2	3.0
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 02, 2017

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey