A-21. Employed persons by industry and occupation

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-21. Employed people by industry and occupation [In thousands]
Industry	February 2026
	Total em- ployed	Management, professional, and related occupations		Service occupations		Sales and office occupations		Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations			Production, trans- portation, and material moving occupations
	Total em- ployed	Manage- ment, business, and financial opera- tions occupa- tions	Profes- sional and related occupa- tions	Protec- tive service occupa- tions	Service occupa- tions, except protec- tive	Sales and related occupa- tions	Office and adminis- trative support occupa- tions	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupa- tions	Construc- tion and extrac- tion occupa- tions	Instal- lation, mainte- nance, and repair occupa- tions	Produc- tion occupa- tions	Transpor- tation and material moving occupa- tions
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	2,162	935	64	10	78	5	103	760	30	42	61	75
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	654	159	92	1	0	10	53	0	209	43	46	42
Construction	11,778	2,703	395	6	66	187	610	5	6,577	686	222	320
Manufacturing	15,033	3,035	2,662	38	227	600	1,113	12	298	661	5,089	1,297
Durable goods	10,120	2,035	1,970	17	101	354	774	3	264	424	3,464	714
Nondurable goods	4,913	1,000	692	21	126	245	339	9	34	237	1,625	583
Wholesale and retail trade	19,100	1,693	1,295	71	648	8,652	1,660	31	104	688	686	3,573
Wholesale trade	2,731	532	159	2	38	924	288	20	17	130	71	550
Retail trade	16,369	1,160	1,136	69	610	7,727	1,373	11	87	557	615	3,023
Transportation and utilities	10,362	1,331	560	67	165	176	2,453	11	187	558	434	4,420
Information	2,823	751	1,172	12	49	181	405	0	11	185	22	36
Financial activities	11,518	5,219	1,218	82	266	2,352	1,948	0	68	209	69	87
Professional and business services	21,124	5,972	7,578	541	2,893	700	2,143	15	121	339	317	506
Education and health services	38,022	4,251	21,428	225	7,620	156	3,392	13	104	151	178	505
Leisure and hospitality	14,200	2,410	1,084	166	8,255	847	742	6	41	130	165	354
Other services	7,663	1,051	1,116	27	2,640	357	558	0	40	1,088	392	395
Other services, except private households	7,042	1,051	1,113	27	2,033	357	558	0	40	1,084	392	388
Private households	621	0	3	0	607	0	1	0	0	4	0	7
Public administration	7,714	1,755	1,958	1,824	458	41	1,200	12	116	161	62	129
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