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. 2018	Sept. 2019	Sept. 2018	Sept. 2019
Total, 16 years and over(1)	5,766	5,465	3.6	3.3
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	4,468	4,099	3.5	3.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	13	13	1.7	1.7
Construction	412	319	4.1	3.2
Manufacturing	547	530	3.5	3.4
Durable goods	305	266	3.1	2.7
Nondurable goods	242	263	4.3	4.5
Wholesale and retail trade	810	666	4.0	3.4
Transportation and utilities	189	235	2.6	3.2
Information	62	109	2.3	4.4
Financial activities	271	192	2.7	1.9
Professional and business services	557	585	3.2	3.2
Education and health services	666	557	2.8	2.2
Leisure and hospitality	722	678	5.4	4.8
Other services	219	215	3.3	3.2
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	71	68	4.1	4.0
Government workers	416	389	2.0	1.8
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	251	259	2.5	2.6
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 04, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey