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	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,582	6,768	3.9	4.0
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,108	5,179	3.8	3.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	23	28	4.0	4.3
Construction	594	382	5.6	3.8
Manufacturing	552	501	3.6	3.3
Durable goods	320	282	3.2	2.8
Nondurable goods	232	219	4.3	4.4
Wholesale and retail trade	862	981	4.3	5.0
Transportation and utilities	280	322	3.3	3.7
Information	119	98	4.6	3.8
Financial activities	308	288	2.9	2.7
Professional and business services	702	825	3.6	4.1
Education and health services	678	757	2.5	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	734	745	5.4	5.4
Other services	257	251	3.8	3.8
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	107	91	7.0	5.8
Government workers	413	503	1.8	2.3
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	385	326	3.7	3.3
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). Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: May 08, 2026