Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
Industry and class of worker	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2025
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,415	7,747	4.4	4.5
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,420	5,610	4.0	4.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	22	20	3.5	4.0
Construction	338	347	3.2	3.2
Manufacturing	514	555	3.5	3.8
Durable goods	301	287	3.2	3.0
Nondurable goods	212	268	4.0	5.0
Wholesale and retail trade	931	891	4.8	4.7
Transportation and utilities	365	451	4.3	5.5
Information	148	118	6.0	4.5
Financial activities	297	174	3.0	1.6
Professional and business services	864	885	4.2	4.2
Education and health services	975	981	3.7	3.7
Leisure and hospitality	748	890	5.5	6.4
Other services	219	298	3.3	4.5
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	207	98	11.3	6.0
Government workers	659	754	3.0	3.3
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	309	361	2.9	3.5
Footnotes (1) People with no previous work experience and people 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 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: September 05, 2025