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	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2019	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2019
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,189	7,140	4.5	4.4
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,622	5,401	4.5	4.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	29	44	4.1	5.3
Construction	707	638	7.3	6.4
Manufacturing	526	533	3.4	3.3
Durable goods	318	334	3.3	3.3
Nondurable goods	207	199	3.7	3.4
Wholesale and retail trade	1,081	942	5.3	4.8
Transportation and utilities	232	253	3.5	3.6
Information	146	120	5.3	4.7
Financial activities	216	242	2.2	2.4
Professional and business services	849	847	5.0	4.9
Education and health services	641	648	2.7	2.6
Leisure and hospitality	903	875	6.8	6.4
Other services	293	259	4.4	3.9
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	168	257	10.0	14.1
Government workers	474	567	2.2	2.6
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	354	369	3.5	3.7
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: February 01, 2019

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey