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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
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2025
Total Men Women
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2025
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2025
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,452 7,003 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.2 3.6 3.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,021 5,239 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

35 35 5.4 7.0 2.3 7.3 22.1 -

Construction

550 541 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.5

Manufacturing

542 484 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.7 4.7 4.1

Durable goods

334 279 3.3 2.7 3.2 2.5 3.9 3.3

Nonmetallic mineral products

26 31 8.0 7.3 7.2 8.8 - -

Primary and fabricated metal products

46 21 3.1 1.3 3.2 1.3 2.8 1.3

Machinery manufacturing

27 12 2.0 0.9 1.9 0.6 2.8 1.8

Computer and electronic products

20 46 2.0 4.5 2.1 4.0 1.8 6.0

Electrical equipment and appliances

12 10 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.2 1.5

Transportation equipment

102 77 3.6 2.7 3.5 2.5 3.6 3.3

Wood products

22 10 5.6 2.4 6.2 1.2 - -

Furniture and related products

0 16 0.0 4.4 0.0 1.3 0.0 11.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing

79 55 4.4 3.0 3.4 3.2 6.2 2.8

Nondurable goods

208 205 3.8 4.0 2.7 3.3 5.6 5.3

Food manufacturing

94 87 5.4 5.5 2.8 4.7 9.2 6.8

Beverage and tobacco products

8 13 2.5 4.2 4.0 2.4 0.0 7.2

Textile, apparel, and leather

7 29 2.3 7.4 0.0 0.0 4.4 12.2

Paper and printing

16 22 2.0 3.0 1.8 4.1 2.6 0.0

Petroleum and coal products

0 0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 - -

Chemicals

57 33 3.5 2.2 3.0 2.0 4.2 2.5

Plastics and rubber products

26 21 5.9 4.7 5.5 4.6 7.2 4.8

Wholesale and retail trade

897 928 4.5 4.7 4.2 5.1 4.9 4.2

Wholesale trade

134 103 4.5 3.5 4.0 3.0 5.5 4.6

Retail trade

762 825 4.5 4.9 4.2 5.6 4.9 4.1

Transportation and utilities

308 290 3.8 3.5 3.7 2.6 4.2 5.9

Transportation and warehousing

295 251 4.3 3.6 4.2 2.8 4.4 5.7

Utilities

14 39 1.2 2.9 0.8 1.6 2.5 7.4

Information(3)

98 125 3.9 4.9 4.7 3.8 2.7 6.8

Publishing, except Internet

2 10 0.4 2.4 0.0 2.4 0.8 2.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries

59 26 12.0 6.6 12.8 2.8 10.5 14.6

Broadcasting and content providers

- 20 - 4.3 - 2.4 - 6.9

Telecommunications

19 62 2.7 6.9 3.4 6.6 1.3 7.6

Financial activities

214 213 2.1 2.0 2.4 1.4 1.7 2.7

Finance and insurance

159 161 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.3 2.1 2.8

Finance

68 70 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5

Insurance

91 91 3.2 3.0 3.2 0.8 3.2 4.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

55 52 2.1 2.0 3.7 1.7 0.4 2.2

Real estate

31 37 1.3 1.6 2.2 0.9 0.4 2.4

Rental and leasing services

24 15 7.8 4.2 11.7 5.8 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

710 830 3.7 4.2 3.5 4.3 4.0 4.0

Professional and technical services

349 395 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.9 3.0 3.0

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

361 435 5.9 6.5 5.6 6.7 6.3 6.2

Administrative and support services

349 431 6.3 7.1 6.3 7.5 6.4 6.4

Waste management and remediation services

5 1 1.1 0.2 1.3 0.2 - 0.0

Education and health services

700 708 2.7 2.7 3.3 2.1 2.5 2.8

Educational services

162 143 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.5

Health care and social assistance

538 565 2.6 2.7 3.5 2.0 2.4 2.9

Hospitals

106 111 1.6 1.6 3.0 0.3 1.1 2.0

Health services, except hospitals

311 309 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.8

Social assistance

120 145 4.3 5.2 8.9 5.1 3.4 5.2

Leisure and hospitality

715 813 5.4 6.1 6.5 7.1 4.5 5.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

142 163 5.6 6.0 6.7 5.6 4.5 6.4

Accommodation and food services

574 650 5.4 6.1 6.4 7.5 4.5 4.9

Accommodation

67 84 5.5 6.6 5.0 5.5 5.9 7.5

Food services and drinking places

506 566 5.4 6.0 6.6 7.8 4.2 4.5

Other services

252 273 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.5

Other services, except private households

192 238 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.8 3.0 3.2

Repair and maintenance

81 87 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.1 6.4 4.0

Personal and laundry services

65 56 3.5 2.6 3.0 4.9 3.7 1.6

Membership associations and organizations

46 94 2.1 3.8 2.6 2.5 1.7 4.9

Private households

60 35 9.4 5.3 - - 9.6 4.9

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

139 119 8.8 7.3 7.9 6.6 11.0 9.1

Government wage and salary workers

445 526 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.4 1.9 2.3

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

307 382 3.0 3.8 3.2 3.8 2.7 3.8

No previous work experience

540 736 - - - - - -

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: January 09, 2026