A-31. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex

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
	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Total		Men		Women
	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,896	5,609	4.3	3.4	4.2	3.3	4.4	3.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)	5,301	4,381	4.2	3.4	4.0	3.1	4.3	3.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	63	4	10.0	0.8	11.6	0.9	3.8	0.0
Construction	398	419	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.4	3.2	1.8
Manufacturing	499	463	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.8	4.2	3.7
Durable goods	279	319	2.9	3.3	2.5	2.8	3.9	4.9
Nonmetallic mineral products	29	4	6.3	1.2	3.6	0.0	-	-
Primary and fabricated metal products	47	64	3.0	3.8	2.6	3.5	5.0	5.8
Machinery manufacturing	38	28	3.0	2.3	1.9	2.0	6.2	3.5
Computer and electronic products	12	38	1.1	3.7	1.2	2.5	0.8	6.3
Electrical equipment and appliances	15	14	3.2	3.6	2.0	1.6	6.1	7.5
Transportation equipment	47	61	1.9	2.6	2.0	2.6	1.7	2.4
Wood products	9	29	2.2	6.8	2.7	7.8	0.0	-
Furniture and related products	6	25	1.6	6.2	2.1	2.6	0.0	17.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing	76	55	4.7	3.2	4.5	2.4	5.0	4.5
Nondurable goods	220	144	4.0	2.7	3.6	2.9	4.5	2.2
Food manufacturing	80	39	4.9	2.6	4.3	3.1	6.0	1.9
Beverage and tobacco products	28	22	8.3	5.7	10.9	7.0	0.0	2.2
Textile, apparel, and leather	29	11	6.5	2.8	3.2	1.5	8.7	3.7
Paper and printing	18	18	2.5	2.5	3.2	2.5	1.3	2.5
Petroleum and coal products	9	0	3.4	0.0	4.5	0.0	-	-
Chemicals	24	44	1.5	2.6	1.3	3.0	1.8	1.7
Plastics and rubber products	32	11	5.6	2.0	3.7	1.4	9.4	4.3
Wholesale and retail trade	1,019	699	5.2	3.6	4.5	2.9	6.0	4.6
Wholesale trade	137	85	4.2	2.7	2.8	2.2	7.5	3.9
Retail trade	882	614	5.4	3.8	5.0	3.0	5.9	4.6
Transportation and utilities	381	273	4.7	3.3	3.9	3.0	7.1	4.1
Transportation and warehousing	363	269	5.1	3.7	4.2	3.4	7.9	4.6
Utilities	18	4	1.8	0.4	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
Information(3)	83	94	3.5	3.3	3.1	2.3	4.3	5.1
Publishing, except Internet	13	17	3.9	3.2	6.4	3.2	1.3	3.2
Motion picture and sound recording industries	33	46	8.5	9.0	4.6	8.1	15.1	10.8
Broadcasting (except internet)	15	5	4.0	1.5	5.5	0.3	2.0	3.8
Telecommunications	15	16	1.8	1.7	1.8	0.4	1.7	5.4
Financial activities	192	195	1.9	1.9	2.6	1.3	1.3	2.5
Finance and insurance	130	106	1.8	1.4	2.8	1.3	0.9	1.5
Finance	109	76	2.3	1.5	3.5	1.1	1.2	2.0
Insurance	21	30	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	62	88	2.2	3.4	2.3	1.1	2.2	6.0
Real estate	52	67	2.2	2.9	2.0	1.0	2.4	4.9
Rental and leasing services	10	21	2.7	6.8	3.9	1.6	0.0	22.6
Professional and business services	791	645	4.4	3.5	3.9	3.3	5.0	3.7
Professional and technical services	313	342	2.6	2.7	2.1	2.6	3.3	3.0
Management, administrative, and waste services(3)	477	304	8.0	5.0	7.6	4.7	8.5	5.3
Administrative and support services	458	290	8.3	5.2	7.9	5.0	8.7	5.4
Waste management and remediation services	19	14	4.6	2.9	4.7	2.2	4.5	4.4
Education and health services	677	677	2.8	2.7	2.3	2.5	3.0	2.7
Educational services	149	117	3.0	2.2	2.8	2.0	3.1	2.2
Health care and social assistance	529	560	2.7	2.8	2.0	2.8	2.9	2.8
Hospitals	94	116	1.5	1.8	1.7	2.1	1.4	1.7
Health services, except hospitals	366	330	3.4	3.1	2.3	2.0	3.8	3.4
Social assistance	69	113	2.9	3.9	1.4	7.9	3.2	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	960	738	7.5	5.5	8.0	4.4	7.0	6.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	152	192	6.5	7.0	6.5	3.9	6.4	10.0
Accommodation and food services	808	545	7.7	5.2	8.3	4.6	7.2	5.7
Accommodation	160	88	12.9	6.9	13.2	4.6	12.6	8.7
Food services and drinking places	649	458	7.0	4.9	7.7	4.6	6.4	5.2
Other services	239	174	3.5	2.5	2.5	2.2	4.4	2.9
Other services, except private households	166	125	2.8	2.1	2.5	2.1	3.1	2.0
Repair and maintenance	51	40	2.8	2.0	2.9	2.1	1.8	1.9
Personal and laundry services	70	60	3.4	3.0	2.4	3.8	3.9	2.7
Membership associations and organizations	46	25	2.2	1.2	1.8	1.1	2.4	1.3
Private households	73	49	8.7	6.1	2.9	-	9.6	6.1

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)	83	81	5.1	5.1	4.7	6.1	6.1	2.4
Government wage and salary workers	467	321	2.2	1.5	2.1	1.7	2.3	1.3
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	510	325	4.7	3.1	3.9	3.5	5.8	2.3

No previous work experience	536	501	-	-	-	-	-	-
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: November 04, 2022