A-21. Employed persons by industry and occupation

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-21. Employed people by industry and occupation [In thousands]
Industry	August 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	2,551	1,076	68	34	67	24	96	1,024	24	27	50	61
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	508	114	40	1	4	9	26	0	177	37	43	57
Construction	11,791	2,727	428	10	28	155	557	0	6,749	644	166	326
Manufacturing	14,842	2,978	2,593	58	278	550	1,123	15	313	676	5,052	1,207
Durable goods	9,926	1,951	1,981	37	134	366	788	4	256	431	3,319	660
Nondurable goods	4,916	1,027	612	21	144	185	335	11	57	245	1,733	547
Wholesale and retail trade	19,715	1,651	1,320	84	720	8,674	1,856	38	131	729	613	3,899
Wholesale trade	3,042	486	142	15	26	1,053	380	24	43	118	106	649
Retail trade	16,673	1,165	1,178	69	694	7,621	1,477	14	88	611	507	3,250
Transportation and utilities	10,297	1,239	589	104	154	116	2,581	3	240	536	393	4,343
Information	3,285	800	1,483	0	48	255	385	0	35	192	37	49
Financial activities	11,107	5,192	1,173	60	239	2,360	1,730	0	12	156	73	111
Professional and business services	21,760	6,097	7,245	659	3,583	665	2,034	22	130	322	353	647
Education and health services	36,871	4,248	21,027	214	7,125	122	3,205	1	85	206	212	426
Leisure and hospitality	13,916	2,351	1,004	288	8,034	892	638	6	15	136	183	370
Other services	7,895	1,131	1,190	24	2,640	389	615	0	47	1,071	441	346
Other services, except private households	7,358	1,131	1,188	24	2,127	389	600	0	47	1,071	441	340
Private households	536	0	2	0	514	0	16	0	0	0	0	5
Public administration	8,130	1,881	2,125	1,734	542	27	1,308	15	116	115	99	169
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: September 04, 2026