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	July 2017	July 2018	July 2017	July 2018
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,441	6,730	4.6	4.1
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,230	4,819	4.1	3.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	32	29	4.5	3.4
Construction	469	333	4.9	3.4
Manufacturing	639	596	4.0	3.8
Durable goods	399	339	4.0	3.5
Nondurable goods	240	257	4.1	4.4
Wholesale and retail trade	970	841	4.8	4.1
Transportation and utilities	262	254	3.9	3.6
Information	111	114	4.3	4.2
Financial activities	230	233	2.3	2.3
Professional and business services	687	632	4.0	3.6
Education and health services	830	767	3.5	3.2
Leisure and hospitality	739	779	4.9	5.2
Other services	262	242	4.0	3.5
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	89	112	5.0	5.9
Government workers	872	744	4.1	3.6
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	310	253	3.2	2.5
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: August 03, 2018

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics