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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.
2023
Feb.
2024
Total Men Women
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

6,465 6,970 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.4 3.5 3.9

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

5,218 5,522 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.3 3.6 3.9

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

17 24 3.0 4.2 3.2 4.7 - -

Construction

708 711 6.6 7.0 6.8 7.3 5.0 4.8

Manufacturing

464 450 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.7

Durable goods

268 270 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.3 3.1

Nonmetallic mineral products

15 12 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.4 5.3 -

Primary and fabricated metal products

54 27 3.1 1.9 3.0 2.3 3.3 0.0

Machinery manufacturing

29 22 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.7 4.1 1.8

Computer and electronic products

15 12 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.5 2.2 2.0

Electrical equipment and appliances

13 14 3.8 3.5 4.9 2.6 0.0 6.7

Transportation equipment

52 102 1.9 3.8 2.4 3.0 0.4 6.5

Wood products

20 17 5.1 4.6 6.4 5.7 0.0 -

Furniture and related products

15 11 3.8 3.1 3.7 4.5 4.2 0.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing

56 53 3.6 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.1 2.6

Nondurable goods

196 180 3.6 3.4 3.7 2.8 3.3 4.5

Food manufacturing

72 84 4.4 5.3 4.0 4.6 4.9 6.2

Beverage and tobacco products

3 25 0.9 7.8 1.1 5.8 - 11.9

Textile, apparel, and leather

31 15 6.2 3.5 7.5 3.7 5.1 3.4

Paper and printing

25 9 3.6 1.2 5.0 0.3 0.6 3.0

Petroleum and coal products

0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -

Chemicals

41 36 2.7 2.3 2.5 1.8 2.9 3.3

Plastics and rubber products

24 11 5.0 2.6 6.8 3.3 0.0 1.1

Wholesale and retail trade

1,039 926 5.4 4.7 4.8 4.1 6.0 5.4

Wholesale trade

125 91 3.8 2.7 3.0 2.1 5.8 3.9

Retail trade

915 835 5.7 5.1 5.3 4.6 6.1 5.6

Transportation and utilities

377 424 4.5 5.2 4.5 4.3 4.4 7.9

Transportation and warehousing

344 413 4.7 5.9 4.8 4.8 4.5 9.0

Utilities

33 11 2.8 0.9 2.6 1.2 3.5 0.0

Information(3)

87 121 3.2 4.3 2.4 4.0 4.5 5.0

Publishing, except Internet

29 24 4.5 4.0 4.5 2.9 4.5 5.8

Motion picture and sound recording industries

13 40 2.7 8.4 2.6 10.2 2.9 4.7

Broadcasting (except internet)

16 9 5.5 3.8 2.6 6.6 9.4 0.0

Telecommunications

20 5 2.3 0.5 0.6 0.0 6.6 1.9

Financial activities

227 242 2.2 2.4 1.8 2.7 2.5 2.1

Finance and insurance

150 162 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.1 2.0

Finance

111 107 2.3 2.2 1.7 2.6 2.8 1.8

Insurance

40 55 1.4 2.0 2.1 1.5 0.9 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

76 80 2.8 3.0 1.8 3.5 3.8 2.4

Real estate

71 73 2.9 3.1 2.2 3.7 3.7 2.5

Rental and leasing services

5 7 1.7 2.1 0.0 2.6 6.2 0.0

Professional and business services

801 962 4.2 5.1 4.3 4.7 4.2 5.5

Professional and technical services

354 414 2.8 3.3 2.5 3.3 3.2 3.4

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

447 549 7.2 8.3 7.7 7.3 6.5 9.8

Administrative and support services

444 540 7.8 9.0 8.6 8.2 6.8 10.1

Waste management and remediation services

0 8 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.8 0.0 5.5

Education and health services

611 587 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.2

Educational services

104 125 2.0 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.9 2.5

Health care and social assistance

507 462 2.6 2.2 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.1

Hospitals

95 76 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.1

Health services, except hospitals

316 264 3.1 2.4 4.5 2.6 2.7 2.4

Social assistance

96 122 3.4 4.1 2.4 7.7 3.6 3.3

Leisure and hospitality

693 810 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.9 4.7 5.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

133 255 4.7 9.1 5.0 10.9 4.4 7.1

Accommodation and food services

560 555 5.3 5.1 5.9 4.5 4.7 5.6

Accommodation

92 68 7.2 6.3 10.0 7.8 5.7 5.1

Food services and drinking places

468 487 5.0 4.9 5.5 4.2 4.5 5.6

Other services

194 265 3.1 3.9 3.5 4.7 2.7 3.2

Other services, except private households

175 240 3.1 4.0 3.6 4.7 2.6 3.2

Repair and maintenance

63 119 3.6 5.8 3.2 6.0 6.4 4.8

Personal and laundry services

64 50 3.4 2.6 6.2 2.2 2.5 2.8

Membership associations and organizations

47 71 2.3 3.5 2.8 3.8 1.9 3.3

Private households

19 25 3.2 3.2 - 4.8 3.5 3.0

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

105 140 7.1 9.0 6.2 9.4 9.7 7.9

Government wage and salary workers

374 373 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.0 1.8 1.5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

306 359 3.0 3.5 2.9 3.7 3.1 3.2

No previous work experience

462 576 - - - - - -

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 08, 2024