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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
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