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	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,324	6,859	4.3	4.0
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,587	5,225	4.1	3.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	33	5	6.8	0.9
Construction	404	359	3.8	3.5
Manufacturing	571	423	3.7	2.9
Durable goods	361	256	3.6	2.6
Nondurable goods	210	167	4.0	3.4
Wholesale and retail trade	928	782	4.8	4.0
Transportation and utilities	340	364	3.9	4.2
Information	177	208	7.0	7.1
Financial activities	244	213	2.3	2.0
Professional and business services	803	753	3.9	3.9
Education and health services	888	992	3.3	3.6
Leisure and hospitality	939	874	6.7	6.6
Other services	257	251	3.7	3.6
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	111	54	7.0	2.8
Government workers	547	402	2.4	1.8
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	272	342	2.7	3.4
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: October 02, 2026