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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
Oct.
2023
Oct.
2024
Total Men Women
Oct.
2023
Oct.
2024
Oct.
2023
Oct.
2024
Oct.
2023
Oct.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,098 6,631 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,636 5,207 3.5 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

39 14 6.1 2.5 6.1 2.7 6.5 -

Construction

414 456 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.1 5.4

Manufacturing

478 537 3.1 3.6 2.8 3.6 3.9 3.7

Durable goods

318 390 3.3 4.1 3.1 4.3 3.7 3.5

Nonmetallic mineral products

9 31 3.0 8.2 2.0 11.7 - 0.0

Primary and fabricated metal products

59 77 4.0 5.0 3.9 4.1 4.7 9.8

Machinery manufacturing

28 22 2.1 1.6 2.1 1.9 1.9 0.4

Computer and electronic products

29 42 2.8 4.6 1.4 4.6 5.9 4.4

Electrical equipment and appliances

17 8 3.6 1.7 4.7 2.3 0.0 0.0

Transportation equipment

81 145 2.9 5.3 2.5 6.0 4.1 3.5

Wood products

5 8 1.6 2.6 1.8 2.2 - -

Furniture and related products

17 9 4.5 2.9 3.2 1.8 7.6 5.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing

74 48 4.4 3.2 5.5 3.2 2.9 3.1

Nondurable goods

160 146 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.2 4.0 3.9

Food manufacturing

51 56 2.9 3.2 3.6 1.8 2.0 5.2

Beverage and tobacco products

23 3 5.9 0.8 7.1 1.2 2.5 0.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

27 23 6.6 6.2 2.1 6.7 11.1 5.6

Paper and printing

21 22 2.6 2.9 1.2 1.6 6.5 7.0

Petroleum and coal products

5 0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -

Chemicals

29 34 1.7 2.3 0.6 2.9 3.8 1.3

Plastics and rubber products

4 8 0.9 2.2 1.4 0.8 0.0 6.3

Wholesale and retail trade

789 906 4.0 4.7 3.5 4.1 4.5 5.4

Wholesale trade

77 96 2.4 3.2 2.1 2.9 3.2 3.9

Retail trade

712 810 4.3 4.9 3.9 4.3 4.6 5.6

Transportation and utilities

361 342 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.8 4.9

Transportation and warehousing

333 322 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.4

Utilities

28 20 2.5 1.7 1.7 1.5 5.3 2.1

Information(3)

106 71 3.7 2.7 3.2 2.6 4.6 3.0

Publishing, except Internet

37 1 5.7 0.3 5.6 0.2 5.8 0.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries

8 22 1.7 4.5 0.0 3.3 4.1 6.7

Broadcasting (except internet)

17 10 5.3 3.8 0.0 6.5 9.7 0.0

Telecommunications

36 18 3.9 2.4 4.1 3.3 3.5 0.2

Financial activities

222 191 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.5

Finance and insurance

191 151 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.2 2.2 1.8

Finance

143 108 3.0 2.3 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.7

Insurance

48 43 1.7 1.5 1.7 0.9 1.7 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

31 40 1.2 1.6 1.4 2.7 0.9 0.5

Real estate

23 19 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.6 0.6 0.3

Rental and leasing services

8 21 2.2 6.0 1.5 6.5 4.5 4.0

Professional and business services

611 835 3.2 4.2 3.2 4.4 3.1 4.0

Professional and technical services

324 374 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.4 3.2

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

287 460 4.6 6.7 4.6 7.3 4.6 5.6

Administrative and support services

275 438 4.8 7.0 4.9 7.9 4.6 5.9

Waste management and remediation services

12 15 2.7 2.7 2.2 3.3 4.8 0.0

Education and health services

593 820 2.3 3.1 2.1 3.1 2.3 3.1

Educational services

146 249 2.7 4.2 3.3 3.9 2.3 4.3

Health care and social assistance

447 570 2.2 2.8 1.7 2.8 2.3 2.8

Hospitals

91 97 1.3 1.4 1.3 2.2 1.3 1.1

Health services, except hospitals

265 318 2.5 3.0 1.7 3.0 2.7 3.0

Social assistance

92 155 3.1 5.3 2.4 3.6 3.2 5.6

Leisure and hospitality

757 818 5.5 6.0 5.2 6.3 5.8 5.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

148 157 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.5 4.8 5.9

Accommodation and food services

609 661 5.5 6.1 5.0 6.5 6.0 5.8

Accommodation

89 81 6.5 6.1 6.9 4.9 6.2 7.0

Food services and drinking places

520 580 5.4 6.2 4.8 6.8 5.9 5.6

Other services

264 217 3.8 3.1 3.8 3.0 3.9 3.2

Other services, except private households

198 177 3.3 2.8 3.8 2.9 2.7 2.7

Repair and maintenance

52 74 2.7 4.0 2.9 3.7 1.5 6.4

Personal and laundry services

79 68 3.9 3.3 5.9 2.3 3.1 3.6

Membership associations and organizations

67 35 3.2 1.4 4.0 1.9 2.5 1.1

Private households

66 41 8.0 6.1 3.0 - 8.6 5.7

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

106 73 6.7 4.5 5.9 3.7 8.5 6.1

Government wage and salary workers

354 399 1.6 1.8 2.1 1.6 1.2 1.8

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

367 354 3.6 3.4 3.5 2.9 3.8 4.2

No previous work experience

636 598 - - - - - -

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 01, 2024