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	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Feb. 2023
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,782	6,465	4.1	3.9
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,479	5,218	4.2	4.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	29	17	5.0	3.0
Construction	677	708	6.7	6.6
Manufacturing	497	464	3.2	3.0
Durable goods	324	268	3.3	2.6
Nondurable goods	174	196	3.1	3.6
Wholesale and retail trade	983	1,039	4.9	5.4
Transportation and utilities	409	377	5.1	4.5
Information	91	87	3.7	3.2
Financial activities	246	227	2.4	2.2
Professional and business services	737	801	3.9	4.2
Education and health services	754	611	3.0	2.4
Leisure and hospitality	849	693	6.6	5.2
Other services	207	194	3.5	3.1
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	144	105	9.4	7.1
Government workers	386	374	1.8	1.7
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	399	306	3.9	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. Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised.

Last Modified Date: March 10, 2023