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	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026
Total, 16 years and over(1)	7,847	7,435	4.6	4.4
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,487	5,343	4.0	3.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	22	22	4.2	3.8
Construction	379	384	3.4	3.7
Manufacturing	641	427	4.2	2.9
Durable goods	413	284	4.2	2.9
Nondurable goods	228	143	4.4	2.8
Wholesale and retail trade	877	897	4.4	4.5
Transportation and utilities	329	405	3.9	4.7
Information	140	198	5.5	6.7
Financial activities	238	261	2.2	2.5
Professional and business services	696	719	3.3	3.6
Education and health services	1,023	1,081	3.8	4.0
Leisure and hospitality	883	766	6.2	5.5
Other services	259	183	3.9	2.8
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	64	65	3.6	3.9
Government workers	793	831	3.7	3.8
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	354	284	3.5	2.8
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: August 07, 2026