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	Aug. 2016	Aug. 2017	Aug. 2016	Aug. 2017
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,996	7,287	5.0	4.5
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,820	5,399	4.6	4.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	42	31	5.4	4.5
Construction	454	448	5.1	4.7
Manufacturing	652	596	4.2	3.9
Durable goods	415	371	4.2	3.9
Nondurable goods	237	225	4.1	4.0
Wholesale and retail trade	985	919	4.9	4.6
Transportation and utilities	331	320	5.0	4.6
Information	130	131	5.0	5.1
Financial activities	269	243	2.8	2.5
Professional and business services	749	783	4.4	4.5
Education and health services	956	880	4.1	3.8
Leisure and hospitality	962	765	6.6	5.2
Other services	290	284	4.2	4.2
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	67	75	3.7	4.3
Government workers	778	766	3.7	3.6
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	371	321	3.7	3.3
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: September 01, 2017

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey