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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
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2026
Total Men Women
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2026
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2026
Apr.
2025
Apr.
2026

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,582 6,768 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.5 3.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,108 5,179 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

23 28 4.0 4.3 4.5 3.8 - 6.6

Construction

594 382 5.6 3.8 5.8 3.8 4.8 3.6

Manufacturing

552 501 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.4

Durable goods

320 282 3.2 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.3 2.5

Nonmetallic mineral products

16 27 3.8 6.2 2.9 5.4 7.7 9.2

Primary and fabricated metal products

46 37 3.0 2.7 3.1 3.1 2.7 0.0

Machinery manufacturing

27 46 2.0 3.5 2.1 3.0 1.7 4.9

Computer and electronic products

27 37 2.5 2.8 1.4 2.2 5.0 4.3

Electrical equipment and appliances

13 13 3.0 2.4 4.3 3.3 0.0 0.7

Transportation equipment

106 61 3.8 2.4 3.9 2.9 3.6 0.7

Wood products

4 4 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 - -

Furniture and related products

12 7 3.2 1.9 3.0 3.1 4.0 0.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing

68 50 4.0 2.8 4.4 2.5 3.2 3.0

Nondurable goods

232 219 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.2 3.7 4.7

Food manufacturing

87 68 5.0 4.2 4.7 4.0 5.4 4.6

Beverage and tobacco products

16 17 5.1 4.7 4.9 4.0 5.3 6.8

Textile, apparel, and leather

19 37 4.4 10.9 8.1 10.0 0.0 11.6

Paper and printing

34 8 4.5 1.4 5.7 1.3 0.3 1.5

Petroleum and coal products

5 10 2.3 5.4 2.9 0.0 - -

Chemicals

50 60 3.2 4.0 3.2 5.2 3.1 2.2

Plastics and rubber products

21 19 5.4 5.0 4.9 6.3 6.4 2.6

Wholesale and retail trade

862 981 4.3 5.0 4.1 4.7 4.7 5.4

Wholesale trade

67 76 2.2 2.7 1.6 3.6 3.2 1.0

Retail trade

795 906 4.7 5.4 4.6 5.0 4.9 5.9

Transportation and utilities

280 322 3.3 3.7 3.4 4.1 3.2 2.5

Transportation and warehousing

252 291 3.6 3.9 3.7 4.3 3.2 2.6

Utilities

27 32 2.1 2.4 1.7 2.6 3.3 1.8

Information(3)

119 98 4.6 3.8 3.3 4.1 6.7 3.4

Publishing, except Internet

18 0 4.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

58 17 12.6 3.8 6.7 5.0 20.9 1.2

Broadcasting and content providers

10 46 2.2 9.3 0.0 9.3 5.5 9.3

Telecommunications

26 31 3.1 3.5 2.6 3.1 4.8 4.6

Financial activities

308 288 2.9 2.7 3.3 3.2 2.6 2.2

Finance and insurance

225 229 2.9 2.9 3.6 3.7 2.3 2.1

Finance

152 181 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.2 2.4 2.8

Insurance

73 48 2.6 1.7 3.4 2.6 2.1 1.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

83 59 3.0 2.1 2.5 1.8 3.7 2.4

Real estate

72 29 3.0 1.2 3.0 0.9 3.1 1.5

Rental and leasing services

11 29 3.1 9.7 0.0 7.1 11.3 16.1

Professional and business services

702 825 3.6 4.1 3.4 4.8 3.7 3.1

Professional and technical services

377 420 2.8 3.1 2.8 3.5 2.9 2.5

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

325 405 5.1 6.2 4.8 7.3 5.6 4.6

Administrative and support services

309 359 5.4 6.1 5.4 7.0 5.4 4.8

Waste management and remediation services

5 31 1.0 6.3 0.0 7.3 5.4 0.8

Education and health services

678 757 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.3 2.7

Educational services

128 193 2.2 3.4 3.3 4.3 1.5 2.9

Health care and social assistance

550 564 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.5 2.4 2.6

Hospitals

85 127 1.2 1.7 1.6 2.8 1.1 1.4

Health services, except hospitals

331 307 2.9 2.7 3.7 2.1 2.7 2.9

Social assistance

134 130 4.1 4.5 4.8 3.3 4.0 4.7

Leisure and hospitality

734 745 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.5 5.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

131 97 4.8 3.8 5.2 4.5 4.3 3.0

Accommodation and food services

603 648 5.5 5.8 5.2 5.3 5.7 6.2

Accommodation

69 50 5.7 4.4 5.8 2.8 5.7 5.6

Food services and drinking places

534 598 5.5 5.9 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.3

Other services

257 251 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.6 4.3

Other services, except private households

216 182 3.5 3.0 3.7 3.0 3.3 3.0

Repair and maintenance

68 73 3.4 4.1 3.9 2.7 0.0 13.3

Personal and laundry services

82 60 4.3 3.0 3.8 4.7 4.5 2.5

Membership associations and organizations

66 49 2.9 2.1 3.1 2.5 2.8 1.9

Private households

41 69 6.5 10.8 - - 4.9 10.9

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

107 91 7.0 5.8 7.0 4.0 6.9 10.1

Government wage and salary workers

413 503 1.8 2.3 2.2 2.5 1.5 2.1

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

385 326 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.2 4.1 3.3

No previous work experience

568 668 - - - - - -

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). 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: May 08, 2026