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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-30. Unemployed people by occupation and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Occupation Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Aug.
2024		 Aug.
2025		 Total Men Women
Aug.
2024		 Aug.
2025		 Aug.
2024		 Aug.
2025		 Aug.
2024		 Aug.
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,415 7,747 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.8

Management, professional, and related occupations

 2,056 1,975 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5 3.1 2.9

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 765 688 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.2

Management occupations

 416 380 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.5 2.1 2.1

Business and financial operations occupations

 349 309 3.4 3.0 3.7 3.7 3.1 2.2

Professional and related occupations

 1,291 1,287 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.5 3.3

Computer and mathematical occupations

 224 213 3.4 3.0 2.8 3.0 5.3 2.9

Architecture and engineering occupations

 63 52 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.6 3.6 0.8

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 35 97 1.9 5.3 2.0 2.3 1.7 8.8

Community and social service occupations

 74 85 2.4 2.9 3.9 1.8 1.7 3.5

Legal occupations

 29 36 1.5 1.8 1.2 2.0 1.8 1.6

Education, training, and library occupations

 507 482 5.4 5.1 4.4 5.5 5.8 5.0

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 191 152 5.3 4.1 4.7 4.6 6.0 3.6

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 169 170 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6

Service occupations

 1,401 1,673 5.0 5.7 4.8 5.7 5.2 5.7

Healthcare support occupations

 197 300 3.5 4.8 2.9 3.7 3.6 5.1

Protective service occupations

 147 113 4.3 3.1 3.3 3.0 7.0 3.3

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 578 656 6.9 7.2 6.8 7.7 7.0 6.9

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 238 399 3.8 6.5 3.6 6.4 4.0 6.6

Personal care and service occupations

 240 205 5.6 4.8 6.2 3.7 5.4 5.1

Sales and office occupations

 1,280 1,435 4.1 4.5 3.5 4.2 4.5 4.7

Sales and related occupations

 676 713 4.6 4.8 3.2 4.2 6.0 5.5

Office and administrative support occupations

 604 722 3.7 4.2 4.0 4.3 3.5 4.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 652 619 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.7 8.2 7.6

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 159 79 11.7 6.4 10.2 4.4 15.0 11.2

Construction and extraction occupations

 363 358 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.6 7.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 130 183 2.6 3.4 2.7 3.4 0.0 4.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,194 1,103 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.9 6.8 7.2

Production occupations

 406 300 5.0 3.9 4.9 3.4 5.0 4.9

Transportation and material moving occupations

 787 803 6.0 6.5 5.4 5.7 8.4 9.2

No previous work experience

 821 924 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 436 533 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 195 226 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 190 164 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of people whose last job was in the Armed Forces.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: September 05, 2025