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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
Nov.
2024
Nov.
2025
Total Men Women
Nov.
2024
Nov.
2025
Nov.
2024
Nov.
2025
Nov.
2024
Nov.
2025

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,708 7,401 4.0 4.3 4.1 4.4 3.9 4.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,186 5,521 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

12 50 1.9 9.0 1.2 10.2 6.8 -

Construction

482 431 4.6 4.1 4.4 4.1 6.3 3.9

Manufacturing

517 507 3.4 3.3 3.4 2.6 3.4 4.7

Durable goods

344 270 3.5 2.6 3.9 2.1 2.6 4.0

Nonmetallic mineral products

22 43 6.4 10.3 5.0 9.1 - 14.5

Primary and fabricated metal products

30 21 1.9 1.2 2.3 1.6 0.0 0.0

Machinery manufacturing

38 19 2.7 1.5 3.2 1.8 1.0 0.4

Computer and electronic products

27 22 3.1 2.1 3.4 1.2 2.1 4.2

Electrical equipment and appliances

11 11 2.2 2.0 3.2 0.5 0.0 4.7

Transportation equipment

105 83 3.7 3.0 4.3 2.5 2.0 4.4

Wood products

25 21 7.6 5.6 8.6 4.3 - 10.7

Furniture and related products

8 20 2.9 6.2 4.2 0.0 0.0 15.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing

78 31 5.0 1.8 4.6 1.2 5.8 2.7

Nondurable goods

172 237 3.2 4.5 2.4 3.7 4.5 5.7

Food manufacturing

59 91 3.3 5.4 2.0 5.3 5.2 5.5

Beverage and tobacco products

12 22 3.7 6.9 5.6 2.3 0.0 12.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

16 41 5.0 12.7 3.4 7.3 6.7 15.9

Paper and printing

20 54 2.6 6.9 1.7 6.1 5.0 8.9

Petroleum and coal products

0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -

Chemicals

64 18 4.1 1.2 3.7 1.3 4.7 1.0

Plastics and rubber products

1 11 0.3 2.3 0.4 2.0 0.0 2.9

Wholesale and retail trade

924 1,092 4.8 5.6 4.3 5.5 5.4 5.6

Wholesale trade

97 87 3.4 3.1 2.5 3.1 5.4 3.1

Retail trade

827 1,005 5.1 6.0 4.8 6.0 5.4 5.9

Transportation and utilities

349 371 4.3 4.4 4.0 3.5 5.0 7.1

Transportation and warehousing

334 338 4.8 4.8 4.5 3.8 5.5 7.7

Utilities

15 33 1.3 2.6 0.9 2.3 2.4 3.5

Information(3)

58 125 2.3 5.0 2.4 5.3 2.1 4.6

Publishing, except Internet

0 15 0.1 3.9 0.2 4.1 0.0 3.7

Motion picture and sound recording industries

35 30 7.2 6.4 8.0 7.8 5.8 4.3

Broadcasting and content providers

- 25 - 5.7 - 7.0 - 2.8

Telecommunications

12 43 1.6 5.3 1.0 5.6 2.8 4.6

Financial activities

240 210 2.4 2.1 3.2 2.4 1.6 1.8

Finance and insurance

178 129 2.3 1.7 2.7 1.8 2.1 1.6

Finance

121 53 2.5 1.1 2.9 1.6 2.1 0.6

Insurance

57 76 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

61 81 2.5 3.2 4.6 3.9 0.1 2.3

Real estate

32 62 1.5 2.8 2.8 3.2 0.1 2.4

Rental and leasing services

29 19 10.1 5.6 14.2 7.0 0.0 -

Professional and business services

787 857 4.0 4.2 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.4

Professional and technical services

381 434 2.9 3.2 2.5 2.7 3.4 3.8

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

406 423 6.1 6.3 5.7 6.6 6.6 5.7

Administrative and support services

395 404 6.6 6.5 6.3 7.0 7.0 5.9

Waste management and remediation services

11 19 2.0 4.4 1.4 5.0 4.5 -

Education and health services

781 810 3.0 3.0 3.9 2.7 2.6 3.1

Educational services

224 180 3.8 3.1 3.9 2.5 3.7 3.5

Health care and social assistance

557 631 2.7 2.9 3.9 2.8 2.4 3.0

Hospitals

132 147 1.9 1.9 3.2 1.8 1.5 2.0

Health services, except hospitals

330 344 3.1 3.1 4.3 3.4 2.7 3.0

Social assistance

94 140 3.3 4.7 5.0 3.5 3.0 5.0

Leisure and hospitality

830 802 6.2 5.9 5.6 6.4 6.6 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

162 98 5.7 3.4 4.9 3.1 6.7 3.8

Accommodation and food services

668 704 6.3 6.6 5.9 7.4 6.6 6.0

Accommodation

75 89 6.0 7.5 5.6 7.3 6.3 7.6

Food services and drinking places

593 615 6.3 6.5 5.9 7.4 6.6 5.7

Other services

207 265 3.0 3.8 3.4 3.6 2.7 4.0

Other services, except private households

170 254 2.8 4.0 3.2 3.6 2.3 4.5

Repair and maintenance

84 80 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.3 5.3 1.6

Personal and laundry services

33 91 1.8 4.7 0.4 2.1 2.3 5.7

Membership associations and organizations

53 84 2.4 3.5 3.3 3.1 1.7 3.9

Private households

36 11 5.5 1.8 - 4.9 4.7 1.2

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

54 175 3.7 11.6 2.6 10.8 6.0 13.5

Government wage and salary workers

372 613 1.6 2.7 1.6 3.1 1.6 2.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

429 360 4.2 3.4 3.9 3.4 4.6 3.2

No previous work experience

667 731 - - - - - -

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: December 16, 2025