A-21. Employed persons by industry and occupation

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-21. Employed people by industry and occupation [In thousands]
Industry	May 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	2,278	858	83	28	66	22	122	919	15	32	46	86
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	576	143	85	3	1	0	34	0	164	40	64	43
Construction	11,972	2,636	387	14	32	232	641	17	6,842	659	155	358
Manufacturing	14,865	2,858	2,619	54	258	628	1,040	19	265	726	5,233	1,166
Durable goods	10,039	1,898	2,012	41	119	410	732	12	227	450	3,439	700
Nondurable goods	4,826	960	607	14	139	218	308	7	37	276	1,794	466
Wholesale and retail trade	19,545	1,655	1,359	45	704	8,499	1,902	28	63	745	699	3,846
Wholesale trade	2,853	440	157	0	31	900	360	20	10	147	142	646
Retail trade	16,691	1,215	1,201	45	673	7,598	1,542	7	53	598	557	3,200
Transportation and utilities	10,372	1,263	513	89	175	125	2,545	0	226	427	402	4,608
Information	2,881	654	1,377	9	60	223	300	0	13	177	26	40
Financial activities	11,280	5,115	1,098	79	203	2,519	1,833	0	28	221	98	87
Professional and business services	22,092	5,811	7,714	664	3,799	648	2,139	39	143	271	297	566
Education and health services	37,479	4,317	21,060	232	7,514	109	3,307	17	37	238	193	454
Leisure and hospitality	14,029	2,326	1,003	217	8,018	964	789	1	41	109	188	374
Other services	7,940	1,226	1,200	41	2,617	292	621	5	33	1,139	431	336
Other services, except private households	7,364	1,221	1,195	37	2,062	292	620	5	33	1,139	431	330
Private households	576	5	5	4	555	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
Public administration	7,589	1,525	2,227	1,826	495	48	1,062	12	70	89	80	156
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: June 05, 2026