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 2017	May 2018	May 2017	May 2018
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,572	5,756	4.1	3.6
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,074	4,467	4.0	3.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	20	23	2.5	3.0
Construction	502	415	5.3	4.4
Manufacturing	504	546	3.2	3.4
Durable goods	327	340	3.3	3.4
Nondurable goods	178	206	3.1	3.5
Wholesale and retail trade	916	885	4.7	4.5
Transportation and utilities	262	223	4.2	3.2
Information	123	100	4.7	3.5
Financial activities	232	167	2.3	1.7
Professional and business services	690	669	4.1	4.0
Education and health services	675	563	2.8	2.3
Leisure and hospitality	905	706	6.3	4.9
Other services	245	171	3.6	2.5
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	103	95	6.0	5.8
Government workers	471	425	2.2	2.0
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	297	239	3.0	2.3
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 01, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey