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
Mar.
2017		 Mar.
2018		 Mar.
2017		 Mar.
2018

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,284 6,671 4.6 4.1

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

 5,733 5,136 4.6 4.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 30 55 4.1 6.9

Construction

 764 696 8.4 7.4

Manufacturing

 614 511 3.9 3.3

Durable goods

 420 304 4.2 3.1

Nondurable goods

 194 208 3.4 3.6

Wholesale and retail trade

 985 960 4.8 4.8

Transportation and utilities

 284 241 4.3 3.6

Information

 108 108 4.0 4.1

Financial activities

 235 181 2.3 1.8

Professional and business services

 904 714 5.5 4.2

Education and health services

 666 619 2.8 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

 883 808 6.3 5.8

Other services

 260 242 3.9 3.6

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

 126 147 7.7 9.7

Government workers

 393 522 1.8 2.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 341 333 3.4 3.3

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.

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