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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
Sept.
2023
Sept.
2024
Total Men Women
Sept.
2023
Sept.
2024
Sept.
2023
Sept.
2024
Sept.
2023
Sept.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,049 6,524 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,762 4,968 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

16 12 2.6 2.0 2.3 1.9 3.8 2.7

Construction

392 403 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.0 4.5

Manufacturing

495 481 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3

Durable goods

278 278 2.8 2.9 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.5

Nonmetallic mineral products

11 13 2.9 3.7 2.1 4.5 5.9 -

Primary and fabricated metal products

53 53 3.1 3.5 2.1 3.4 8.1 4.1

Machinery manufacturing

45 44 3.2 3.2 2.0 3.0 6.3 3.7

Computer and electronic products

30 30 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.9 2.6 1.6

Electrical equipment and appliances

27 13 6.0 2.9 7.2 4.0 2.4 0.0

Transportation equipment

56 57 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.5 1.7 1.3

Wood products

8 5 2.1 1.5 0.7 1.8 - -

Furniture and related products

9 11 2.3 3.2 3.4 2.2 0.0 5.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing

38 52 2.4 3.2 2.8 2.9 2.0 3.8

Nondurable goods

217 204 3.9 3.9 4.6 3.6 2.5 4.4

Food manufacturing

79 74 4.5 4.2 6.4 2.5 1.4 6.8

Beverage and tobacco products

26 19 5.8 5.7 6.7 8.7 3.6 0.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

34 11 8.7 2.8 10.1 4.3 7.5 1.4

Paper and printing

37 29 4.3 3.8 4.4 3.2 4.0 5.3

Petroleum and coal products

14 0 5.0 0.0 5.9 0.0 - -

Chemicals

21 47 1.5 3.4 1.3 3.1 1.9 3.7

Plastics and rubber products

7 24 1.5 5.9 2.0 7.0 0.5 2.5

Wholesale and retail trade

889 848 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.9 4.7

Wholesale trade

61 30 2.0 1.0 1.4 1.2 3.0 0.7

Retail trade

829 818 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.2

Transportation and utilities

379 373 4.7 4.6 4.7 3.9 4.7 6.8

Transportation and warehousing

346 356 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.2 4.8 7.7

Utilities

34 18 3.0 1.6 2.7 1.9 4.0 0.8

Information(3)

117 98 4.3 3.8 5.3 4.9 2.5 2.2

Publishing, except Internet

30 5 5.3 1.1 7.0 0.2 3.8 2.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

31 37 6.3 7.4 9.6 9.2 0.0 4.0

Broadcasting (except internet)

6 16 2.1 6.9 0.0 9.5 4.7 -

Telecommunications

30 17 3.2 2.2 3.8 2.5 1.7 1.4

Financial activities

190 238 1.9 2.4 1.9 2.5 1.8 2.3

Finance and insurance

156 214 2.1 2.9 2.3 2.9 1.9 3.0

Finance

128 151 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.4 2.5 3.3

Insurance

29 63 1.0 2.3 0.8 1.9 1.2 2.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

34 23 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.5

Real estate

30 20 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.5 1.0 0.4

Rental and leasing services

4 3 1.2 0.7 0.0 0.0 - 3.0

Professional and business services

699 746 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.8

Professional and technical services

379 419 2.9 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.4

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

320 327 5.1 4.7 5.8 4.6 4.2 4.8

Administrative and support services

289 319 5.0 5.0 5.7 4.9 4.2 5.1

Waste management and remediation services

31 4 6.1 0.9 6.3 1.2 5.1 0.0

Education and health services

638 816 2.4 3.1 2.6 3.1 2.4 3.0

Educational services

167 243 2.9 4.2 4.2 4.0 2.2 4.3

Health care and social assistance

471 573 2.3 2.7 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.7

Hospitals

92 103 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.3 1.5

Health services, except hospitals

306 321 2.9 2.9 2.3 3.0 3.0 2.9

Social assistance

73 149 2.4 4.8 1.2 4.4 2.7 4.9

Leisure and hospitality

734 761 5.4 5.6 5.0 6.0 5.7 5.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

108 161 3.9 5.6 3.7 5.4 4.0 6.0

Accommodation and food services

626 599 5.7 5.6 5.4 6.1 6.0 5.2

Accommodation

77 72 5.3 5.2 5.7 3.3 4.9 6.8

Food services and drinking places

549 527 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.5 6.2 4.9

Other services

211 192 3.1 2.8 2.5 3.4 3.7 2.3

Other services, except private households

153 157 2.6 2.5 2.4 3.4 2.7 1.7

Repair and maintenance

41 54 2.3 3.2 2.4 2.8 1.8 5.5

Personal and laundry services

58 57 3.0 2.6 3.7 4.9 2.7 1.5

Membership associations and organizations

54 45 2.4 2.0 1.8 3.3 2.9 1.2

Private households

58 35 8.0 5.1 - - 7.9 5.6

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

62 135 3.9 7.9 3.8 6.3 4.4 11.6

Government wage and salary workers

393 434 1.8 1.9 2.1 1.3 1.6 2.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

278 356 2.7 3.4 3.1 3.8 2.2 2.9

No previous work experience

553 630 - - - - - -

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: October 04, 2024