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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
Feb.
2025		 Feb.
2026		 Total Men Women
Feb.
2025		 Feb.
2026		 Feb.
2025		 Feb.
2026		 Feb.
2025		 Feb.
2026

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,572 8,052 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.1 4.5

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,720 1,965 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.8

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 720 891 2.3 2.8 2.1 2.5 2.5 3.1

Management occupations

 482 604 2.2 2.8 2.2 2.4 2.3 3.3

Business and financial operations occupations

 238 286 2.4 2.7 2.0 2.9 2.8 2.6

Professional and related occupations

 1,000 1,075 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.6

Computer and mathematical occupations

 234 263 3.3 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.9 5.5

Architecture and engineering occupations

 46 109 1.2 2.9 0.9 2.1 2.2 6.4

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 40 63 2.0 3.3 1.8 2.8 2.2 3.8

Community and social service occupations

 66 52 2.4 1.8 1.7 2.0 2.7 1.7

Legal occupations

 23 41 1.3 2.1 0.1 0.5 2.2 3.2

Education, training, and library occupations

 178 268 1.8 2.7 2.0 2.5 1.7 2.8

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 253 161 7.0 4.4 7.4 5.0 6.6 3.7

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 160 117 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.6 1.1

Service occupations

 1,757 1,675 6.3 6.0 7.3 6.8 5.5 5.3

Healthcare support occupations

 246 249 3.9 4.1 3.4 4.0 4.0 4.1

Protective service occupations

 143 79 4.4 2.5 3.6 2.4 6.9 2.9

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 741 671 8.4 7.4 10.1 8.9 7.0 6.1

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 378 448 6.7 8.0 7.7 7.8 5.2 8.2

Personal care and service occupations

 249 229 6.1 5.5 7.5 8.9 5.7 4.5

Sales and office occupations

 1,276 1,515 4.0 4.7 4.1 4.1 4.0 5.1

Sales and related occupations

 635 737 4.3 4.9 4.0 3.5 4.7 6.4

Office and administrative support occupations

 641 777 3.7 4.5 4.2 5.1 3.5 4.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 1,038 990 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.5 17.2 9.7

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 130 126 12.6 12.7 8.1 13.1 25.9 12.0

Construction and extraction occupations

 720 698 8.3 8.1 7.9 8.1 15.7 8.9

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 187 166 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.0 9.3 8.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,160 1,126 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.4

Production occupations

 348 315 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.2 4.1

Transportation and material moving occupations

 812 812 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.8 6.5

No previous work experience

 605 729 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 319 383 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 127 280 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 159 66 - - - - - -

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). Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: March 06, 2026