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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
Jan.
2025		 Jan.
2026		 Total Men Women
Jan.
2025		 Jan.
2026		 Jan.
2025		 Jan.
2026		 Jan.
2025		 Jan.
2026

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,467 7,941 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.0 4.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,604 2,019 2.2 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.1 2.7

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 657 842 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.1 3.0

Management occupations

 394 540 1.9 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.6 3.2

Business and financial operations occupations

 263 302 2.6 2.9 2.3 3.1 2.8 2.6

Professional and related occupations

 947 1,178 2.3 2.8 2.5 3.2 2.1 2.5

Computer and mathematical occupations

 203 245 2.9 3.6 2.5 3.7 4.0 3.2

Architecture and engineering occupations

 45 71 1.2 1.8 1.0 1.6 2.0 2.9

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 55 73 2.6 3.6 2.7 1.6 2.6 5.8

Community and social service occupations

 48 80 1.7 2.6 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.9

Legal occupations

 23 27 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.8 1.6 1.9

Education, training, and library occupations

 192 222 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.5 1.7 2.2

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 230 283 6.3 7.5 7.3 9.4 5.4 5.4

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 152 178 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.2 1.6

Service occupations

 1,724 1,550 6.1 5.6 7.6 6.7 5.0 4.7

Healthcare support occupations

 171 224 2.8 3.7 2.4 4.0 2.9 3.7

Protective service occupations

 168 119 5.0 3.8 3.9 2.2 8.4 8.8

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 769 579 8.8 6.5 10.6 8.6 7.2 5.0

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 390 447 6.8 8.0 8.5 8.9 4.4 6.7

Personal care and service occupations

 227 180 5.4 4.2 7.4 6.6 4.7 3.5

Sales and office occupations

 1,350 1,393 4.2 4.4 3.8 4.0 4.6 4.6

Sales and related occupations

 741 766 4.9 5.2 4.0 4.0 5.9 6.3

Office and administrative support occupations

 609 627 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 1,091 1,052 7.3 6.9 7.1 6.6 10.4 11.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 136 131 13.4 14.2 11.3 12.0 18.9 19.5

Construction and extraction occupations

 686 736 7.9 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.7 13.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 268 186 5.2 3.4 5.3 3.5 2.9 0.0

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,149 1,204 5.4 5.6 4.8 5.1 7.3 7.2

Production occupations

 364 379 4.3 4.6 3.5 4.0 6.4 6.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 784 825 6.2 6.3 5.6 5.8 8.0 8.2

No previous work experience

 549 659 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 263 367 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 127 189 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 159 102 - - - - - -

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

NOTE: 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: February 11, 2026