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
July
2016		 July
2017		 Total Men Women
July
2016		 July
2017		 July
2016		 July
2017		 July
2016		 July
2017

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 8,267 7,441 5.1 4.6 5.0 4.3 5.3 4.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

 5,789 5,230 4.6 4.1 4.5 3.9 4.6 4.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 77 32 9.3 4.5 10.7 4.8 1.3 2.0

Construction

 410 469 4.5 4.9 4.7 4.9 2.1 4.5

Manufacturing

 669 639 4.3 4.0 4.2 3.6 4.4 5.1

Durable goods

 461 399 4.6 4.0 4.8 3.7 4.2 5.0

Nonmetallic mineral products

 21 27 5.2 5.5 6.3 6.6 - 2.8

Primary and fabricated metal products

 63 69 3.8 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.2 6.7

Machinery manufacturing

 44 23 3.7 1.8 4.2 1.9 1.6 1.6

Computer and electronic products

 56 57 4.3 4.8 5.6 3.9 1.3 6.7

Electrical equipment and appliances

 15 13 3.5 2.7 4.9 2.7 0.0 2.6

Transportation equipment

 115 102 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.8 5.1 5.5

Wood products

 40 13 8.0 3.1 9.3 3.5 - -

Furniture and related products

 22 16 5.4 4.0 5.5 3.6 5.0 5.4

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 86 80 5.9 4.7 4.3 4.1 8.8 5.6

Nondurable goods

 208 240 3.6 4.1 3.0 3.5 4.7 5.3

Food manufacturing

 71 119 3.9 6.1 2.1 5.9 6.6 6.4

Beverage and tobacco products

 14 14 4.5 4.2 5.1 4.1 - 4.5

Textile, apparel, and leather

 22 26 3.6 4.0 3.9 2.7 3.3 5.2

Paper and printing

 36 17 4.1 1.8 3.7 0.6 5.2 4.4

Petroleum and coal products

 5 23 2.9 11.0 1.8 13.0 - -

Chemicals

 39 27 2.9 2.3 2.7 0.9 3.3 5.4

Plastics and rubber products

 21 14 3.5 2.8 3.7 3.0 3.1 2.1

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,048 970 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.2 5.8 5.5

Wholesale trade

 140 123 3.9 3.4 4.5 2.9 2.2 4.6

Retail trade

 908 847 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.6 6.3 5.6

Transportation and utilities

 313 262 4.9 3.9 4.6 3.3 6.0 6.1

Transportation and warehousing

 295 246 5.4 4.3 5.0 3.6 6.8 6.6

Utilities

 18 16 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.7 2.6

Information(3)

 149 111 5.7 4.3 5.7 4.5 5.7 4.1

Publishing, except Internet

 40 33 8.2 6.6 9.7 8.0 6.7 5.3

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 40 28 8.9 6.6 8.2 5.8 9.6 7.7

Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming

 33 13 6.0 2.5 5.8 4.2 6.3 0.0

Telecommunications

 27 27 3.1 3.3 2.8 2.3 3.7 5.4

Financial activities

 237 230 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.4 1.8

Finance and insurance

 161 152 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.1 1.6

Finance

 87 101 1.9 2.2 1.8 2.9 2.1 1.5

Insurance

 74 51 2.9 2.0 3.9 2.2 2.2 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 76 77 2.7 2.7 2.3 3.0 3.0 2.4

Real estate

 67 59 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.7 3.1 2.1

Rental and leasing services

 9 19 2.2 4.8 2.1 4.5 2.4 5.4

Professional and business services

 803 687 4.7 4.0 4.6 3.4 5.0 4.7

Professional and technical services

 277 275 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.9 3.0

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

 526 412 7.9 6.4 7.5 5.5 8.5 7.6

Administrative and support services

 488 390 8.2 6.7 7.9 5.8 8.7 7.9

Waste management and remediation services

 28 17 5.3 4.0 5.3 4.2 5.2 3.1

Education and health services

 889 830 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.4

Educational services

 261 275 5.7 5.7 5.0 4.8 6.1 6.2

Health care and social assistance

 628 555 3.2 2.9 2.6 3.0 3.4 2.9

Hospitals

 88 85 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.9 1.2 1.2

Health services, except hospitals

 392 335 3.9 3.3 2.6 3.7 4.2 3.3

Social assistance

 148 135 5.7 5.1 5.4 3.8 5.7 5.3

Leisure and hospitality

 889 739 6.0 4.9 6.1 4.5 6.0 5.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 151 109 5.2 3.7 5.6 3.8 4.8 3.6

Accommodation and food services

 738 630 6.2 5.2 6.2 4.6 6.3 5.7

Accommodation

 72 67 3.9 4.0 3.1 3.7 4.5 4.2

Food services and drinking places

 666 563 6.7 5.4 6.7 4.8 6.6 6.0

Other services

 306 262 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.8 4.7 3.2

Other services, except private households

 243 206 4.0 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.0 2.9

Repair and maintenance

 84 75 4.6 4.2 4.6 3.9 4.4 5.9

Personal and laundry services

 93 71 4.4 3.5 3.5 5.9 4.8 2.6

Membership associations and organizations

 66 60 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9

Private households

 62 56 7.6 7.6 - 26.7 7.2 4.4

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

 100 89 5.5 5.0 5.3 3.4 6.2 10.0

Government wage and salary workers

 905 872 4.4 4.1 3.4 2.5 5.2 5.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 370 310 3.7 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.5 2.7

No previous work experience

 1,104 941 - - - - - -

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).

 

Last Modified Date: August 04, 2017