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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-31. Unemployed people by industry, class of worker, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker Total unemployed Unemployment rates
July
2024
July
2025
Total Men Women
July
2024
July
2025
July
2024
July
2025
July
2024
July
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

7,685 7,847 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.8 4.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,636 5,487 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

31 22 5.4 4.2 6.3 4.9 0.0 0.0

Construction

420 379 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.4 5.8 3.5

Manufacturing

537 641 3.6 4.2 3.5 4.2 3.9 4.3

Durable goods

298 413 3.1 4.2 2.9 4.3 3.7 3.8

Nonmetallic mineral products

21 11 5.9 2.7 7.0 1.1 - -

Primary and fabricated metal products

37 59 2.4 3.9 2.5 4.4 1.6 1.5

Machinery manufacturing

34 40 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.6 3.5

Computer and electronic products

28 31 2.6 3.3 1.3 4.1 5.7 1.3

Electrical equipment and appliances

14 30 3.5 5.8 4.8 1.5 0.0 15.9

Transportation equipment

86 144 3.2 5.4 2.5 5.5 5.3 5.0

Wood products

13 9 4.2 2.4 3.0 2.8 - -

Furniture and related products

0 7 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing

65 81 3.8 4.5 4.1 6.7 3.4 0.8

Nondurable goods

239 228 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.1 4.9

Food manufacturing

101 107 5.8 6.2 5.6 7.0 6.1 5.0

Beverage and tobacco products

25 21 8.4 6.0 8.0 4.8 - 9.1

Textile, apparel, and leather

11 5 2.8 1.6 4.0 2.7 1.6 0.5

Paper and printing

34 18 4.5 2.6 5.7 2.3 0.9 3.4

Petroleum and coal products

9 0 3.9 0.0 4.7 0.0 - -

Chemicals

49 59 3.2 4.0 2.4 2.4 4.5 6.2

Plastics and rubber products

11 17 3.0 4.3 4.5 4.2 0.0 4.7

Wholesale and retail trade

965 877 4.9 4.4 4.9 4.1 5.0 4.8

Wholesale trade

98 78 3.1 2.6 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.6

Retail trade

867 799 5.3 4.7 5.3 4.4 5.3 5.0

Transportation and utilities

432 329 5.1 3.9 4.5 3.7 7.1 4.4

Transportation and warehousing

414 313 5.7 4.3 5.0 4.1 8.0 4.8

Utilities

18 16 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.2 0.7 2.3

Information(3)

145 140 5.6 5.5 5.3 4.9 6.1 6.5

Publishing, except Internet

24 37 5.4 11.9 3.9 13.4 6.5 11.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

56 33 11.7 6.6 13.8 4.6 8.1 8.5

Broadcasting and content providers

- 47 - 7.9 - 7.5 - 8.6

Telecommunications

35 18 4.1 2.3 3.9 3.0 4.4 0.0

Financial activities

256 238 2.5 2.2 3.2 2.6 1.8 1.9

Finance and insurance

233 158 3.1 2.0 3.9 2.7 2.2 1.4

Finance

183 90 3.7 1.8 4.6 2.6 2.6 0.9

Insurance

50 68 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.7 1.6 2.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

24 80 0.9 2.9 1.3 2.4 0.4 3.3

Real estate

9 57 0.4 2.4 0.4 1.7 0.5 3.0

Rental and leasing services

15 24 3.5 5.8 4.3 5.3 0.0 7.0

Professional and business services

845 696 4.2 3.3 3.6 2.9 5.0 3.9

Professional and technical services

453 439 3.4 3.2 3.5 2.6 3.3 3.8

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

392 257 5.7 3.7 3.8 3.4 8.7 4.1

Administrative and support services

375 238 5.9 3.8 3.9 3.6 9.2 4.1

Waste management and remediation services

17 8 3.4 1.8 4.2 2.3 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

973 1,023 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.8

Educational services

302 358 5.6 6.8 4.6 5.8 6.1 7.3

Health care and social assistance

671 665 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.1

Hospitals

135 100 2.0 1.4 2.7 1.4 1.8 1.4

Health services, except hospitals

345 456 3.0 4.1 2.1 4.1 3.3 4.1

Social assistance

191 109 6.4 3.4 8.3 5.5 5.9 3.0

Leisure and hospitality

811 883 5.5 6.2 5.5 6.9 5.6 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

84 200 2.7 6.9 2.0 8.2 3.4 5.3

Accommodation and food services

727 682 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.6 6.1 5.6

Accommodation

48 73 3.1 5.6 3.2 5.1 3.0 5.9

Food services and drinking places

679 609 6.8 6.1 7.0 6.7 6.6 5.5

Other services

219 259 3.2 3.9 3.1 4.0 3.2 3.7

Other services, except private households

176 230 2.8 3.8 3.0 3.9 2.6 3.7

Repair and maintenance

56 72 3.0 3.9 2.9 3.7 3.6 5.1

Personal and laundry services

48 98 2.3 4.8 5.3 7.6 1.1 3.8

Membership associations and organizations

72 61 3.1 2.8 1.5 2.0 4.0 3.3

Private households

43 29 6.4 4.7 - - 6.0 4.1

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

152 64 8.5 3.6 7.2 3.7 11.2 3.5

Government wage and salary workers

762 793 3.5 3.7 2.7 2.6 4.2 4.5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

322 354 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.8 3.1 3.0

No previous work experience

814 1,149 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of people whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
(2) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(3) Includes other industries, not shown separately.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

 

Last Modified Date: August 01, 2025