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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
Feb.
2022
Feb.
2023
Total Men Women
Feb.
2022
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2022
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2022
Feb.
2023

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,782 6,465 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,479 5,218 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

29 17 5.0 3.0 5.6 3.2 - -

Construction

677 708 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.8 7.2 5.0

Manufacturing

497 464 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3 2.7

Durable goods

324 268 3.3 2.6 3.2 2.8 3.5 2.3

Nonmetallic mineral products

20 15 4.4 3.0 4.8 2.5 3.1 5.3

Primary and fabricated metal products

57 54 3.6 3.1 3.8 3.0 2.5 3.3

Machinery manufacturing

38 29 3.0 2.1 3.3 1.6 2.0 4.1

Computer and electronic products

21 15 2.0 1.3 1.6 1.0 3.0 2.2

Electrical equipment and appliances

12 13 2.5 3.8 2.2 4.9 3.3 0.0

Transportation equipment

83 52 3.1 1.9 2.9 2.4 3.6 0.4

Wood products

12 20 2.6 5.1 3.2 6.4 0.0 0.0

Furniture and related products

15 15 4.3 3.8 1.8 3.7 8.9 4.2

Miscellaneous manufacturing

66 56 4.1 3.6 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.1

Nondurable goods

174 196 3.1 3.6 3.1 3.7 3.0 3.3

Food manufacturing

62 72 3.2 4.4 2.7 4.0 4.1 4.9

Beverage and tobacco products

6 3 1.8 0.9 2.2 1.1 - -

Textile, apparel, and leather

11 31 2.5 6.2 0.8 7.5 4.1 5.1

Paper and printing

27 25 3.0 3.6 4.2 5.0 0.0 0.6

Petroleum and coal products

10 0 4.1 0.0 5.0 0.0 - -

Chemicals

33 41 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.0 2.9

Plastics and rubber products

26 24 5.2 5.0 4.4 6.8 6.9 0.0

Wholesale and retail trade

983 1,039 4.9 5.4 4.7 4.8 5.2 6.0

Wholesale trade

89 125 2.6 3.8 2.2 3.0 3.6 5.8

Retail trade

894 915 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.1

Transportation and utilities

409 377 5.1 4.5 5.1 4.5 4.9 4.4

Transportation and warehousing

381 344 5.4 4.7 5.4 4.8 5.3 4.5

Utilities

28 33 2.7 2.8 3.2 2.6 0.8 3.5

Information(3)

91 87 3.7 3.2 2.5 2.4 5.8 4.5

Publishing, except Internet

17 29 3.8 4.5 1.6 4.5 6.6 4.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries

26 13 5.1 2.7 4.6 2.6 6.0 2.9

Broadcasting (except internet)

17 16 5.4 5.5 4.4 2.6 7.0 9.4

Telecommunications

31 20 3.5 2.3 1.8 0.6 6.9 6.6

Financial activities

246 227 2.4 2.2 2.5 1.8 2.3 2.5

Finance and insurance

181 150 2.4 2.0 2.6 1.8 2.1 2.1

Finance

129 111 2.7 2.3 3.5 1.7 2.0 2.8

Insurance

52 40 1.8 1.4 1.1 2.1 2.3 0.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

65 76 2.4 2.8 2.0 1.8 2.7 3.8

Real estate

55 71 2.2 2.9 1.9 2.2 2.5 3.7

Rental and leasing services

11 5 3.3 1.7 3.0 0.0 4.1 6.2

Professional and business services

737 801 3.9 4.2 3.7 4.3 4.3 4.2

Professional and technical services

257 354 2.1 2.8 2.0 2.5 2.2 3.2

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

479 447 7.6 7.2 7.1 7.7 8.2 6.5

Administrative and support services

455 444 8.0 7.8 7.6 8.6 8.5 6.8

Waste management and remediation services

24 0 4.9 0.0 4.6 0.0 5.9 0.0

Education and health services

754 611 3.0 2.4 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.4

Educational services

178 104 3.4 2.0 3.2 2.3 3.5 1.9

Health care and social assistance

576 507 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.0 2.5

Hospitals

109 95 1.6 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.8 1.6

Health services, except hospitals

297 316 2.9 3.1 2.2 4.5 3.2 2.7

Social assistance

170 96 6.2 3.4 9.9 2.4 5.5 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

849 693 6.6 5.2 6.6 5.7 6.7 4.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

140 133 5.3 4.7 6.0 5.0 4.6 4.4

Accommodation and food services

709 560 6.9 5.3 6.7 5.9 7.1 4.7

Accommodation

78 92 7.0 7.2 5.7 10.0 8.0 5.7

Food services and drinking places

631 468 6.9 5.0 6.9 5.5 7.0 4.5

Other services

207 194 3.5 3.1 4.2 3.5 2.8 2.7

Other services, except private households

179 175 3.3 3.1 4.1 3.6 2.4 2.6

Repair and maintenance

81 63 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.2 11.8 6.4

Personal and laundry services

50 64 2.9 3.4 6.4 6.2 1.8 2.5

Membership associations and organizations

48 47 2.5 2.3 4.1 2.8 1.3 1.9

Private households

29 19 4.8 3.2 5.4 - 4.7 3.5

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

144 105 9.4 7.1 7.6 6.2 14.4 9.7

Government wage and salary workers

386 374 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.8

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

399 306 3.9 3.0 4.3 2.9 3.2 3.1

No previous work experience

374 462 - - - - - -

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: March 10, 2023