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	Feb. 2024	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2024	Feb. 2025
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,970	7,572	4.2	4.5
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,522	5,978	4.2	4.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	24	23	4.2	3.9
Construction	711	741	7.0	7.2
Manufacturing	450	456	3.0	2.9
Durable goods	270	316	2.8	3.1
Nondurable goods	180	141	3.4	2.6
Wholesale and retail trade	926	967	4.7	4.8
Transportation and utilities	424	349	5.2	4.1
Information	121	148	4.3	5.4
Financial activities	242	211	2.4	2.0
Professional and business services	962	1,038	5.1	5.3
Education and health services	587	785	2.2	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	810	983	5.9	7.4
Other services	265	277	3.9	4.2
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	140	117	9.0	8.0
Government workers	373	440	1.7	2.0
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	359	431	3.5	4.3
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: March 07, 2025