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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.
2025		 Aug.
2026		 Total Men Women
Aug.
2025		 Aug.
2026		 Aug.
2025		 Aug.
2026		 Aug.
2025		 Aug.
2026

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 7,747 7,381 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.8 4.4

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,975 2,181 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.2

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 688 763 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.3

Management occupations

 380 413 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.9 2.1 1.8

Business and financial operations occupations

 309 351 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.7 2.2 3.0

Professional and related occupations

 1,287 1,417 3.1 3.4 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.7

Computer and mathematical occupations

 213 226 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.9 4.0

Architecture and engineering occupations

 52 43 1.4 1.1 1.6 0.7 0.8 2.7

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 97 32 5.3 1.7 2.3 2.5 8.8 0.9

Community and social service occupations

 85 101 2.9 3.3 1.8 2.9 3.5 3.5

Legal occupations

 36 22 1.8 1.2 2.0 1.9 1.6 0.8

Education, training, and library occupations

 482 525 5.1 5.6 5.5 4.9 5.0 5.9

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 152 274 4.1 7.4 4.6 6.6 3.6 8.1

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 170 195 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.8

Service occupations

 1,673 1,561 5.7 5.5 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.2

Healthcare support occupations

 300 267 4.8 4.5 3.7 3.3 5.1 4.7

Protective service occupations

 113 117 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.6 3.3 2.9

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 656 622 7.2 7.2 7.7 9.0 6.9 5.6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 399 320 6.5 5.3 6.4 5.2 6.6 5.6

Personal care and service occupations

 205 235 4.8 5.5 3.7 6.3 5.1 5.3

Sales and office occupations

 1,435 1,169 4.5 3.7 4.2 3.5 4.7 3.8

Sales and related occupations

 713 613 4.8 4.1 4.2 3.4 5.5 4.9

Office and administrative support occupations

 722 556 4.2 3.3 4.3 3.8 4.2 3.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 619 598 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.0 7.6 5.1

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 79 73 6.4 6.1 4.4 6.6 11.2 4.5

Construction and extraction occupations

 358 370 3.9 4.4 3.8 4.2 7.0 7.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 183 155 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.2 4.0 2.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,103 1,031 5.5 5.0 4.9 4.7 7.2 5.7

Production occupations

 300 306 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.6 4.9 4.2

Transportation and material moving occupations

 803 725 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.4 9.2 6.9

No previous work experience

 924 805 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 533 462 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 226 245 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 164 98 - - - - - -

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: September 04, 2026