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. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,572	8,052	4.5	4.7
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,978	6,150	4.4	4.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	23	31	3.9	4.6
Construction	741	737	7.2	6.9
Manufacturing	456	527	2.9	3.5
Durable goods	316	370	3.1	3.6
Nondurable goods	141	157	2.6	3.2
Wholesale and retail trade	967	1,046	4.8	5.4
Transportation and utilities	349	384	4.1	4.5
Information	148	115	5.4	4.4
Financial activities	211	226	2.0	2.1
Professional and business services	1,038	972	5.3	5.0
Education and health services	785	784	2.8	2.9
Leisure and hospitality	983	1,011	7.4	7.1
Other services	277	317	4.2	4.5
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	117	139	8.0	9.2
Government workers	440	608	2.0	2.7
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	431	427	4.3	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). Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: March 06, 2026