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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
Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2026		 Total Men Women
Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2026		 Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2026		 Apr.
2025		 Apr.
2026

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,582 6,768 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.5 3.8

Management, professional, and related occupations

 1,597 1,621 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.2

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

 708 737 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.5

Management occupations

 469 494 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.7

Business and financial operations occupations

 239 242 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.4 2.5 2.3

Professional and related occupations

 889 885 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.4 1.8 1.9

Computer and mathematical occupations

 244 248 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.1

Architecture and engineering occupations

 62 70 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.7 0.8 2.6

Life, physical, and social science occupations

 61 48 3.0 2.3 3.3 2.5 2.8 2.2

Community and social service occupations

 51 43 1.8 1.5 0.7 2.3 2.3 1.2

Legal occupations

 21 27 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.2 0.7 1.7

Education, training, and library occupations

 139 151 1.4 1.5 2.1 1.5 1.1 1.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

 160 153 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.4 5.1

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

 151 143 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.4

Service occupations

 1,310 1,362 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.5 4.7

Healthcare support occupations

 225 229 3.7 3.9 5.0 3.0 3.4 4.0

Protective service occupations

 66 99 2.0 3.0 2.1 2.6 1.5 4.3

Food preparation and serving related occupations

 508 543 5.8 6.0 5.9 6.5 5.7 5.7

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

 269 324 4.4 5.2 3.7 4.7 5.2 5.9

Personal care and service occupations

 242 167 5.8 4.0 9.1 7.1 4.8 3.0

Sales and office occupations

 1,217 1,310 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.1

Sales and related occupations

 618 635 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.5 4.5 5.1

Office and administrative support occupations

 599 675 3.6 3.9 4.2 5.1 3.4 3.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

 748 669 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.3 7.4 10.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

 77 75 7.2 7.4 7.2 4.5 7.3 13.7

Construction and extraction occupations

 535 408 5.9 5.0 5.7 4.6 10.4 14.2

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

 136 186 2.7 3.7 2.7 3.8 2.4 1.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

 1,133 1,096 5.3 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.0 4.2

Production occupations

 347 289 4.1 3.5 4.4 4.2 3.5 2.0

Transportation and material moving occupations

 786 807 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.0

No previous work experience

 568 668 - - - - - -

16 to 19 years

 296 380 - - - - - -

20 to 24 years

 129 141 - - - - - -

25 years and over

 143 147 - - - - - -

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: May 08, 2026