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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
Dec.
2023
Dec.
2024
Total Men Women
Dec.
2023
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2023
Dec.
2024
Dec.
2023
Dec.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

5,907 6,452 3.5 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.2 3.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,595 5,021 3.5 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

9 35 1.7 5.4 1.9 2.3 - 22.1

Construction

442 550 4.4 5.2 4.5 5.3 3.2 4.6

Manufacturing

456 542 3.0 3.5 2.9 3.0 3.1 4.7

Durable goods

206 334 2.1 3.3 2.2 3.2 1.7 3.9

Nonmetallic mineral products

10 26 2.4 8.0 2.8 7.2 - -

Primary and fabricated metal products

29 46 1.9 3.1 2.3 3.2 0.0 2.8

Machinery manufacturing

42 27 3.1 2.0 4.0 1.9 0.0 2.8

Computer and electronic products

31 20 2.7 2.0 2.0 2.1 4.3 1.8

Electrical equipment and appliances

10 12 2.5 2.2 3.4 2.2 0.0 2.2

Transportation equipment

32 102 1.2 3.6 1.2 3.5 1.2 3.6

Wood products

5 22 1.6 5.6 1.5 6.2 - -

Furniture and related products

12 0 3.2 0.0 2.5 0.0 5.3 0.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing

34 79 2.1 4.4 2.1 3.4 2.0 6.2

Nondurable goods

250 208 4.6 3.8 4.4 2.7 4.8 5.6

Food manufacturing

84 94 5.3 5.4 4.8 2.8 5.9 9.2

Beverage and tobacco products

27 8 6.9 2.5 8.9 4.0 0.8 0.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

22 7 5.0 2.3 5.7 0.0 4.3 4.4

Paper and printing

37 16 4.6 2.0 2.0 1.8 10.2 2.6

Petroleum and coal products

24 0 9.9 0.0 11.7 0.0 - -

Chemicals

44 57 2.9 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.8 4.2

Plastics and rubber products

10 26 2.2 5.9 1.9 5.5 2.9 7.2

Wholesale and retail trade

810 897 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.0 4.9

Wholesale trade

108 134 3.2 4.5 2.2 4.0 5.5 5.5

Retail trade

702 762 4.1 4.5 4.4 4.2 3.8 4.9

Transportation and utilities

322 308 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.2

Transportation and warehousing

305 295 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.4

Utilities

17 14 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.8 2.2 2.5

Information(3)

86 98 3.1 3.9 3.9 4.7 1.6 2.7

Publishing, except Internet

20 2 3.3 0.4 4.6 0.0 1.5 0.8

Motion picture and sound recording industries

17 59 3.7 12.0 5.3 12.8 0.6 10.5

Broadcasting (except internet)

7 11 2.6 4.2 5.5 7.9 0.0 0.0

Telecommunications

21 19 2.4 2.7 1.5 3.4 5.3 1.3

Financial activities

293 214 2.9 2.1 3.0 2.4 2.8 1.7

Finance and insurance

186 159 2.5 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.7 2.1

Finance

93 68 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.4 2.4 1.4

Insurance

93 91 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

107 55 4.2 2.1 5.0 3.7 3.2 0.4

Real estate

90 31 4.0 1.3 5.4 2.2 2.6 0.4

Rental and leasing services

17 24 5.6 7.8 3.3 11.7 - 0.0

Professional and business services

721 710 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 4.1 4.0

Professional and technical services

313 349 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.0

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

407 361 6.7 5.9 6.6 5.6 6.7 6.3

Administrative and support services

390 349 7.1 6.3 7.4 6.3 6.6 6.4

Waste management and remediation services

9 5 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.3 4.3 -

Education and health services

560 700 2.2 2.7 2.4 3.3 2.1 2.5

Educational services

107 162 2.1 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.0 2.8

Health care and social assistance

453 538 2.2 2.6 2.4 3.5 2.2 2.4

Hospitals

125 106 1.8 1.6 2.6 3.0 1.6 1.1

Health services, except hospitals

195 311 1.8 2.9 1.6 2.8 1.9 2.9

Social assistance

132 120 4.6 4.3 5.3 8.9 4.4 3.4

Leisure and hospitality

662 715 4.8 5.4 4.4 6.5 5.2 4.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

149 142 5.5 5.6 7.4 6.7 3.0 4.5

Accommodation and food services

512 574 4.7 5.4 3.5 6.4 5.7 4.5

Accommodation

53 67 4.6 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.2 5.9

Food services and drinking places

460 506 4.7 5.4 3.4 6.6 5.9 4.2

Other services

236 252 3.5 3.8 4.5 3.4 2.6 4.1

Other services, except private households

204 192 3.4 3.2 4.6 3.3 2.2 3.0

Repair and maintenance

114 81 5.7 4.1 6.0 3.8 3.1 6.4

Personal and laundry services

18 65 0.9 3.5 0.7 3.0 1.0 3.7

Membership associations and organizations

72 46 3.8 2.1 4.1 2.6 3.5 1.7

Private households

31 60 3.8 9.4 - - 4.2 9.6

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

110 139 7.0 8.8 4.8 7.9 12.2 11.0

Government wage and salary workers

330 445 1.5 1.9 1.7 2.1 1.3 1.9

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

359 307 3.5 3.0 4.3 3.2 2.3 2.7

No previous work experience

512 540 - - - - - -

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: January 10, 2025