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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-31. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker Total unemployed Unemployment rates
June
2023
June
2024
Total Men Women
June
2023
June
2024
June
2023
June
2024
June
2023
June
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,351 7,233 3.8 4.3 3.8 4.1 3.8 4.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,449 5,173 3.3 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.4 4.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

7 7 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 0.0 0.0

Construction

381 345 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.3 4.3 2.9

Manufacturing

396 469 2.6 3.1 2.5 2.7 2.6 3.9

Durable goods

238 278 2.4 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.7 4.1

Nonmetallic mineral products

18 7 4.3 2.2 3.9 2.8 - -

Primary and fabricated metal products

43 25 2.7 1.6 1.8 1.1 6.2 3.8

Machinery manufacturing

45 47 2.9 3.4 3.6 2.7 0.0 6.0

Computer and electronic products

11 23 1.0 2.1 0.5 1.6 2.0 3.2

Electrical equipment and appliances

16 28 4.1 7.4 3.5 7.9 6.1 6.0

Transportation equipment

52 46 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.5 3.6 2.3

Wood products

11 25 2.7 6.6 3.3 6.4 0.0 -

Furniture and related products

9 8 3.1 2.3 4.0 1.7 0.9 3.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing

32 69 1.8 4.0 2.0 3.2 1.5 5.5

Nondurable goods

158 191 2.9 3.6 3.1 3.5 2.5 3.8

Food manufacturing

73 77 4.3 4.6 4.7 5.6 3.3 3.1

Beverage and tobacco products

0 14 0.0 4.3 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

15 14 4.2 3.5 8.4 3.4 0.7 3.6

Paper and printing

30 17 3.5 2.1 2.3 2.3 6.5 1.3

Petroleum and coal products

0 4 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 - -

Chemicals

31 45 2.2 3.0 2.5 1.7 1.8 5.0

Plastics and rubber products

9 20 1.8 5.2 2.3 5.0 0.7 5.6

Wholesale and retail trade

855 988 4.4 5.1 4.5 4.9 4.2 5.2

Wholesale trade

53 116 1.7 3.6 1.7 4.4 1.9 2.0

Retail trade

802 872 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.6 5.7

Transportation and utilities

263 378 3.1 4.5 3.1 3.7 3.0 7.3

Transportation and warehousing

242 345 3.3 4.8 3.5 3.8 2.9 8.5

Utilities

21 33 1.7 2.5 1.2 3.0 3.6 0.4

Information(3)

85 147 3.1 5.9 3.4 6.1 2.5 5.6

Publishing, except Internet

9 13 1.5 2.8 0.2 3.6 3.5 1.9

Motion picture and sound recording industries

41 72 8.6 16.1 11.3 18.2 3.9 12.9

Broadcasting (except internet)

6 12 2.2 4.9 3.1 6.6 0.0 3.0

Telecommunications

5 33 0.6 4.0 0.8 3.7 0.0 4.6

Financial activities

226 274 2.2 2.7 2.1 3.4 2.3 1.9

Finance and insurance

192 192 2.6 2.5 2.1 3.4 3.0 1.8

Finance

102 153 2.2 3.2 2.3 4.3 2.1 2.0

Insurance

90 39 3.2 1.4 1.8 1.4 4.2 1.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

33 82 1.2 3.1 2.1 3.4 0.1 2.6

Real estate

19 47 0.8 2.1 1.6 1.4 0.1 2.8

Rental and leasing services

14 34 3.2 8.9 4.3 12.3 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

628 738 3.3 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.5 4.5

Professional and technical services

336 432 2.7 3.3 2.5 3.3 2.9 3.4

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

292 305 4.6 4.6 4.4 3.1 4.9 6.8

Administrative and support services

276 299 4.8 4.9 4.6 3.3 5.0 7.2

Waste management and remediation services

6 7 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.8 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

733 823 2.8 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.2

Educational services

227 287 4.3 5.3 3.6 4.0 4.7 5.9

Health care and social assistance

506 536 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.6

Hospitals

141 116 2.1 1.7 1.2 2.8 2.4 1.4

Health services, except hospitals

231 309 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.0 2.9

Social assistance

134 110 4.3 3.7 3.1 3.7 4.6 3.7

Leisure and hospitality

735 743 5.1 5.2 4.7 5.3 5.4 5.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

156 105 5.1 3.4 5.9 3.5 4.2 3.3

Accommodation and food services

579 638 5.1 5.7 4.4 5.9 5.7 5.4

Accommodation

65 55 4.7 4.1 3.1 3.0 5.8 4.8

Food services and drinking places

514 584 5.2 5.9 4.5 6.2 5.7 5.5

Other services

140 263 2.1 3.9 1.7 4.2 2.4 3.6

Other services, except private households

114 211 1.9 3.5 1.5 3.8 2.3 3.1

Repair and maintenance

38 45 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.6 0.0

Personal and laundry services

48 77 2.2 3.8 1.4 4.9 2.6 3.4

Membership associations and organizations

28 88 1.3 4.1 0.6 5.4 1.9 3.3

Private households

26 51 3.9 7.8 - 19.7 3.0 6.0

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

85 77 5.1 4.3 4.8 3.5 5.7 6.1

Government wage and salary workers

649 631 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.5 3.1 3.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

340 356 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.1

No previous work experience

828 997 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of persons 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. 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, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised.

 

Last Modified Date: July 05, 2024