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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
Aug.
2019		 Aug.
2020		 Aug.
2019		 Aug.
2020

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,203 13,742 3.8 8.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

 4,566 11,099 3.5 8.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 8 93 1.1 12.4

Construction

 361 762 3.6 7.6

Manufacturing

 512 1,003 3.2 6.7

Durable goods

 282 610 2.8 6.5

Nondurable goods

 229 393 3.9 7.0

Wholesale and retail trade

 799 1,612 4.1 8.3

Transportation and utilities

 308 847 4.2 11.3

Information

 121 210 4.7 8.6

Financial activities

 217 430 2.1 4.2

Professional and business services

 582 1,286 3.2 7.2

Education and health services

 668 1,530 2.7 6.3

Leisure and hospitality

 728 2,751 5.0 21.3

Other services

 262 574 3.8 9.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

 63 83 3.8 5.6

Government workers

 659 1,232 3.1 5.7

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 283 708 2.8 6.8

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.

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Last Modified Date: September 04, 2020