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	May 2024	May 2025	May 2024	May 2025
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,235	6,815	3.7	4.0
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	4,872	5,228	3.7	3.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	19	23	3.1	4.2
Construction	406	373	3.9	3.5
Manufacturing	398	547	2.7	3.6
Durable goods	188	356	2.0	3.6
Nondurable goods	210	191	3.9	3.7
Wholesale and retail trade	718	1,005	3.7	5.1
Transportation and utilities	413	322	5.0	3.9
Information	119	143	4.7	5.5
Financial activities	286	281	2.8	2.7
Professional and business services	726	673	3.7	3.4
Education and health services	745	750	2.9	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	824	891	5.9	6.4
Other services	219	221	3.4	3.2
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	116	97	7.3	6.6
Government workers	410	455	1.8	2.0
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	212	322	2.0	3.1
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). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: June 06, 2025