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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
May
2024
May
2025
Total Men Women
May
2024
May
2025
May
2024
May
2025
May
2024
May
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,235 6,815 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.4 3.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,872 5,228 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

19 23 3.1 4.2 3.2 4.9 2.9 0.0

Construction

406 373 3.9 3.5 4.1 3.5 2.8 3.8

Manufacturing

398 547 2.7 3.6 2.4 3.6 3.2 3.7

Durable goods

188 356 2.0 3.6 1.7 3.6 2.7 3.7

Nonmetallic mineral products

0 6 0.0 1.7 0.0 1.3 - -

Primary and fabricated metal products

10 61 0.7 3.9 0.4 3.7 2.4 4.3

Machinery manufacturing

27 43 2.0 3.3 1.9 4.2 2.3 0.0

Computer and electronic products

23 14 2.2 1.5 2.4 1.4 1.6 1.8

Electrical equipment and appliances

14 8 3.4 1.7 4.4 2.4 0.0 0.0

Transportation equipment

45 122 1.7 4.3 1.3 4.2 3.0 4.6

Wood products

21 17 5.1 4.5 5.1 5.1 - -

Furniture and related products

5 10 1.7 2.9 0.8 1.6 3.5 6.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing

42 75 2.6 4.6 2.1 4.1 3.5 5.5

Nondurable goods

210 191 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.7

Food manufacturing

134 75 7.4 4.5 7.7 3.6 7.0 5.9

Beverage and tobacco products

6 6 2.1 1.6 2.8 2.3 - 0.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

17 28 3.8 7.2 5.1 4.9 2.1 9.3

Paper and printing

17 18 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.6 0.0 0.0

Petroleum and coal products

0 6 0.0 2.4 0.0 2.9 - -

Chemicals

35 38 2.4 2.5 1.8 3.0 3.4 1.6

Plastics and rubber products

2 21 0.4 5.7 0.0 6.8 1.3 3.8

Wholesale and retail trade

718 1,005 3.7 5.1 3.6 4.4 3.8 6.0

Wholesale trade

86 114 2.6 3.9 3.3 2.9 1.3 5.7

Retail trade

632 890 3.9 5.3 3.7 4.7 4.2 6.1

Transportation and utilities

413 322 5.0 3.9 4.3 3.6 7.3 4.8

Transportation and warehousing

385 314 5.5 4.4 4.6 4.1 8.4 5.6

Utilities

28 8 2.1 0.6 2.6 0.8 0.4 0.0

Information(3)

119 143 4.7 5.5 5.2 5.0 3.8 6.4

Publishing, except Internet

13 15 2.4 4.0 1.4 7.1 3.8 0.9

Motion picture and sound recording industries

48 60 10.8 11.8 12.4 9.7 8.2 15.1

Broadcasting and content providers

- 14 - 2.8 - 1.4 - 4.8

Telecommunications

39 46 4.9 5.7 4.7 4.7 5.2 8.5

Financial activities

286 281 2.8 2.7 3.6 3.3 2.0 2.2

Finance and insurance

205 239 2.7 3.1 3.5 3.8 1.9 2.5

Finance

156 158 3.1 3.3 3.9 3.9 2.3 2.6

Insurance

49 81 1.8 2.9 2.6 3.7 1.3 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

81 42 3.3 1.6 4.0 2.1 2.4 1.0

Real estate

50 34 2.3 1.5 2.1 1.9 2.6 1.0

Rental and leasing services

32 8 9.0 2.4 12.0 3.0 0.0 -

Professional and business services

726 673 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 4.2 3.7

Professional and technical services

363 405 2.8 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.2

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

363 268 5.3 4.0 4.7 3.6 6.2 4.8

Administrative and support services

354 250 5.7 4.2 5.0 4.1 6.6 4.5

Waste management and remediation services

9 5 1.9 1.0 2.4 0.0 0.0 5.2

Education and health services

745 750 2.9 2.7 3.7 2.8 2.6 2.7

Educational services

144 181 2.8 3.1 3.8 4.8 2.2 2.2

Health care and social assistance

601 569 2.9 2.6 3.7 2.0 2.7 2.8

Hospitals

115 88 1.8 1.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.0

Health services, except hospitals

342 344 3.0 3.0 4.3 1.9 2.6 3.3

Social assistance

144 137 4.8 4.2 5.5 2.2 4.7 4.6

Leisure and hospitality

824 891 5.9 6.4 6.3 6.7 5.4 6.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

145 172 5.1 5.9 5.3 6.3 5.0 5.4

Accommodation and food services

679 719 6.0 6.6 6.6 6.8 5.6 6.4

Accommodation

46 72 3.6 6.2 2.9 4.1 4.1 7.5

Food services and drinking places

633 647 6.4 6.6 7.0 7.0 5.8 6.3

Other services

219 221 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.1 2.7

Other services, except private households

170 191 2.9 3.0 3.5 3.4 2.2 2.5

Repair and maintenance

64 55 3.3 2.7 3.3 2.3 3.6 6.2

Personal and laundry services

65 71 3.3 3.5 5.7 5.0 2.4 2.8

Membership associations and organizations

41 65 2.1 2.8 2.7 4.4 1.7 1.6

Private households

49 30 7.3 5.2 - - 7.2 3.9

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

116 97 7.3 6.6 8.5 6.6 4.6 6.7

Government wage and salary workers

410 455 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.1

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

212 322 2.0 3.1 2.6 3.2 1.2 2.9

No previous work experience

624 713 - - - - - -

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: June 06, 2025