Table 3. Employed people 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2025-2026

Table 3. Employed people 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2025-2026 [Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Industry and class of worker	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Industry and class of worker	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026
Total employed	21,116	21,320	16,079	15,301	2,601	2,745	1,078	1,230	5,187	5,483
Agriculture and related industries	271	257	250	223	15	14	3	15	69	73
Nonagricultural industries	20,845	21,063	15,829	15,077	2,586	2,731	1,075	1,214	5,118	5,410
Private wage and salary workers(1)	18,901	19,039	14,396	13,535	2,355	2,496	973	1,123	4,618	4,903
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	45	31	40	18	4	7	0	0	17	12
Construction	1,277	1,289	1,099	1,083	80	84	26	31	471	484
Manufacturing	1,241	1,201	1,022	888	121	171	45	59	318	258
Durable goods	842	856	669	655	108	109	31	42	179	149
Nondurable goods	399	345	353	233	13	62	14	17	138	109
Wholesale trade	178	250	157	198	18	32	0	19	55	61
Retail trade	3,564	3,732	2,685	2,588	486	556	123	162	908	967
Transportation and utilities	702	763	459	476	118	189	83	53	228	218
Information	157	270	130	200	8	1	1	44	44	71
Financial activities	778	585	565	429	91	80	78	30	145	180
Professional and business services	1,696	1,806	1,344	1,283	120	139	122	166	393	492
Education and health services	2,952	2,944	2,120	1,944	438	503	225	268	640	610
Leisure and hospitality	5,359	5,300	4,010	3,797	752	618	244	248	1,219	1,390
Other services	951	867	764	631	118	116	26	43	181	160
Government wage and salary workers	1,484	1,404	1,106	1,098	157	167	89	41	362	291
Federal	195	194	113	139	49	14	13	5	49	44
State	462	445	322	340	49	63	26	16	120	77
Local	826	765	671	618	59	90	49	20	193	171
Self-employed, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	461	621	327	445	74	68	13	50	138	216
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: August 20, 2026