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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
June
2023
June
2024
June
2023
June
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,351 7,233 3.8 4.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

4,449 5,173 3.3 3.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

7 7 1.3 1.3

Construction

381 345 3.6 3.3

Manufacturing

396 469 2.6 3.1

Durable goods

238 278 2.4 2.8

Nondurable goods

158 191 2.9 3.6

Wholesale and retail trade

855 988 4.4 5.1

Transportation and utilities

263 378 3.1 4.5

Information

85 147 3.1 5.9

Financial activities

226 274 2.2 2.7

Professional and business services

628 738 3.3 3.7

Education and health services

733 823 2.8 3.1

Leisure and hospitality

735 743 5.1 5.2

Other services

140 263 2.1 3.9

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

85 77 5.1 4.3

Government workers

649 631 3.0 2.9

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

340 356 3.3 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: July 05, 2024