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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
Aug.
2024
Aug.
2025
Total Men Women
Aug.
2024
Aug.
2025
Aug.
2024
Aug.
2025
Aug.
2024
Aug.
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

7,415 7,747 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,420 5,610 4.0 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.3

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

22 20 3.5 4.0 4.3 4.8 0.0 0.0

Construction

338 347 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.6 4.1

Manufacturing

514 555 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.4 4.5

Durable goods

301 287 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1

Nonmetallic mineral products

12 8 2.9 1.9 3.7 0.0 0.4 -

Primary and fabricated metal products

45 49 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.5 3.0 2.0

Machinery manufacturing

46 32 3.4 2.6 2.3 3.2 6.6 0.6

Computer and electronic products

17 42 1.8 4.1 0.8 5.4 3.7 1.2

Electrical equipment and appliances

23 17 5.4 3.1 6.0 1.2 3.9 7.9

Transportation equipment

90 69 3.6 2.7 3.4 3.0 3.9 1.7

Wood products

10 7 3.9 2.0 4.6 0.7 - -

Furniture and related products

11 0 3.8 0.0 6.4 0.0 0.0 -

Miscellaneous manufacturing

47 65 2.8 4.0 3.8 3.6 0.8 4.6

Nondurable goods

212 268 4.0 5.0 4.0 4.3 3.8 6.3

Food manufacturing

68 101 3.7 5.8 4.0 5.5 3.0 6.2

Beverage and tobacco products

8 19 2.5 5.0 3.6 7.1 0.0 0.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

20 14 4.6 4.3 6.0 7.7 3.4 0.0

Paper and printing

44 22 6.2 3.0 4.8 2.7 9.2 3.9

Petroleum and coal products

8 12 3.9 4.4 4.4 5.5 - -

Chemicals

47 89 3.3 6.3 2.7 3.2 4.4 11.2

Plastics and rubber products

17 11 4.2 2.4 5.9 1.2 0.0 6.0

Wholesale and retail trade

931 891 4.8 4.7 4.1 4.5 5.7 4.9

Wholesale trade

48 87 1.6 3.1 1.4 3.7 2.1 1.7

Retail trade

883 804 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.7 6.1 5.3

Transportation and utilities

365 451 4.3 5.5 3.6 4.8 6.5 7.6

Transportation and warehousing

348 424 4.8 5.9 3.9 5.2 7.4 8.3

Utilities

17 27 1.4 2.4 1.5 2.4 1.2 2.7

Information(3)

148 118 6.0 4.5 4.8 5.4 7.8 3.0

Publishing, except Internet

24 27 5.6 7.1 1.9 13.6 8.4 2.4

Motion picture and sound recording industries

66 54 12.5 10.9 11.2 14.3 14.6 7.4

Broadcasting and content providers

- 20 - 3.8 - 5.6 - 0.0

Telecommunications

25 8 3.2 1.0 3.3 1.2 3.2 0.0

Financial activities

297 174 3.0 1.6 3.6 1.8 2.5 1.4

Finance and insurance

233 120 3.2 1.5 4.0 1.4 2.3 1.6

Finance

148 83 3.2 1.6 3.9 1.7 2.4 1.5

Insurance

85 37 3.1 1.3 4.4 0.7 2.3 1.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

64 54 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.8 2.8 0.9

Real estate

44 37 2.1 1.6 1.2 2.5 2.8 0.6

Rental and leasing services

19 17 5.6 4.1 6.2 4.0 3.6 4.5

Professional and business services

864 885 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.9 4.7

Professional and technical services

466 461 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.3

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

398 424 5.5 6.0 4.1 4.9 7.6 7.7

Administrative and support services

398 403 6.0 6.3 4.5 5.1 8.2 8.0

Waste management and remediation services

0 15 0.0 3.5 0.0 4.2 0.0 -

Education and health services

975 981 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.6

Educational services

342 310 6.2 5.9 4.8 6.2 6.8 5.8

Health care and social assistance

633 671 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.2

Hospitals

153 119 2.3 1.6 2.8 2.7 2.1 1.3

Health services, except hospitals

317 376 2.8 3.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.5

Social assistance

162 176 5.2 5.7 5.2 3.3 5.2 6.2

Leisure and hospitality

748 890 5.5 6.4 5.6 6.3 5.3 6.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

123 145 4.1 5.0 3.7 4.9 4.4 5.1

Accommodation and food services

624 745 5.9 6.8 6.3 6.7 5.5 6.9

Accommodation

27 90 2.0 7.1 3.2 5.2 1.2 8.6

Food services and drinking places

597 655 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.2 6.7

Other services

219 298 3.3 4.5 3.6 4.3 2.9 4.6

Other services, except private households

196 266 3.2 4.3 3.7 4.2 2.7 4.5

Repair and maintenance

64 73 3.6 3.8 3.0 4.4 7.2 0.0

Personal and laundry services

59 112 2.9 5.8 7.0 7.9 1.0 5.1

Membership associations and organizations

73 81 3.2 3.6 2.5 1.8 3.7 4.7

Private households

23 32 3.6 6.0 - - 4.0 5.6

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

207 98 11.3 6.0 8.9 4.3 16.5 9.4

Government wage and salary workers

659 754 3.0 3.3 2.6 2.9 3.4 3.7

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

309 361 2.9 3.5 3.1 3.5 2.6 3.4

No previous work experience

821 924 - - - - - -

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: September 05, 2025