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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.
2023
Feb.
2024
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,465 6,970 3.9 4.2

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

5,218 5,522 4.0 4.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

17 24 3.0 4.2

Construction

708 711 6.6 7.0

Manufacturing

464 450 3.0 3.0

Durable goods

268 270 2.6 2.8

Nondurable goods

196 180 3.6 3.4

Wholesale and retail trade

1,039 926 5.4 4.7

Transportation and utilities

377 424 4.5 5.2

Information

87 121 3.2 4.3

Financial activities

227 242 2.2 2.4

Professional and business services

801 962 4.2 5.1

Education and health services

611 587 2.4 2.2

Leisure and hospitality

693 810 5.2 5.9

Other services

194 265 3.1 3.9

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

105 140 7.1 9.0

Government workers

374 373 1.7 1.7

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

306 359 3.0 3.5

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. 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 08, 2024