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	Sept. 2017	Sept. 2018	Sept. 2017	Sept. 2018
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,556	5,766	4.1	3.6
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,063	4,468	4.0	3.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	24	13	3.0	1.7
Construction	433	412	4.7	4.1
Manufacturing	587	547	3.8	3.5
Durable goods	365	305	3.8	3.1
Nondurable goods	221	242	3.9	4.3
Wholesale and retail trade	843	810	4.1	4.0
Transportation and utilities	282	189	4.1	2.6
Information	141	62	5.1	2.3
Financial activities	240	271	2.5	2.7
Professional and business services	723	557	4.1	3.2
Education and health services	804	666	3.4	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	708	722	5.0	5.4
Other services	280	219	4.2	3.3
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	111	71	6.7	4.1
Government workers	438	416	2.1	2.0
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	312	251	3.1	2.5
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: October 05, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey