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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
July
2024
July
2025
July
2024
July
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

7,685 7,847 4.5 4.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

5,636 5,487 4.2 4.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

31 22 5.4 4.2

Construction

420 379 3.9 3.4

Manufacturing

537 641 3.6 4.2

Durable goods

298 413 3.1 4.2

Nondurable goods

239 228 4.5 4.4

Wholesale and retail trade

965 877 4.9 4.4

Transportation and utilities

432 329 5.1 3.9

Information

145 140 5.6 5.5

Financial activities

256 238 2.5 2.2

Professional and business services

845 696 4.2 3.3

Education and health services

973 1,023 3.7 3.8

Leisure and hospitality

811 883 5.5 6.2

Other services

219 259 3.2 3.9

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

152 64 8.5 3.6

Government workers

762 793 3.5 3.7

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

322 354 3.1 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: August 01, 2025