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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
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024
Total Men Women
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024
Apr.
2023
Apr.
2024

Total, 16 years and over(1)

5,146 5,894 3.1 3.5 3.3 3.7 2.9 3.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

4,062 4,795 3.1 3.6 3.2 3.7 2.9 3.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

11 8 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.2 5.5 2.5

Construction

424 555 4.1 5.2 4.2 5.6 3.1 2.1

Manufacturing

429 416 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.4 2.6 3.5

Durable goods

240 281 2.4 2.9 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.9

Nonmetallic mineral products

4 17 1.1 4.9 1.4 4.4 0.0 -

Primary and fabricated metal products

33 27 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.4 2.9 3.5

Machinery manufacturing

38 27 2.6 2.0 2.9 1.0 1.2 5.7

Computer and electronic products

10 7 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.9 1.9 0.0

Electrical equipment and appliances

15 7 4.2 1.8 1.9 2.3 10.8 -

Transportation equipment

63 95 2.3 3.6 2.5 3.5 1.7 4.0

Wood products

8 24 2.2 5.2 2.7 2.5 - 14.3

Furniture and related products

2 11 0.5 3.4 0.0 3.9 2.2 2.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing

67 64 4.2 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.9 3.7

Nondurable goods

190 134 3.4 2.4 4.0 2.1 2.4 3.0

Food manufacturing

66 48 3.9 2.8 4.0 1.9 3.8 4.1

Beverage and tobacco products

24 11 6.1 3.9 7.9 2.9 0.0 6.5

Textile, apparel, and leather

30 20 7.9 3.8 16.0 4.4 0.5 3.2

Paper and printing

25 11 3.1 1.3 3.7 1.8 1.6 0.0

Petroleum and coal products

0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -

Chemicals

44 36 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.3

Plastics and rubber products

0 8 0.1 1.9 0.1 1.2 0.0 3.3

Wholesale and retail trade

644 725 3.3 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.9

Wholesale trade

52 102 1.6 3.0 0.9 2.6 3.3 3.9

Retail trade

593 624 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.9 3.0 3.9

Transportation and utilities

298 358 3.6 4.4 2.6 4.0 6.8 5.7

Transportation and warehousing

268 320 3.8 4.7 2.6 4.2 7.2 6.1

Utilities

30 38 2.5 3.1 2.1 3.2 3.8 2.8

Information(3)

38 128 1.4 5.0 1.1 3.8 1.7 6.8

Publishing, except Internet

18 35 2.7 5.7 0.0 3.0 6.1 9.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

3 28 0.7 7.7 1.0 4.7 0.0 13.9

Broadcasting (except internet)

1 1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0

Telecommunications

10 39 1.1 4.7 1.7 4.1 0.0 6.0

Financial activities

214 280 2.1 2.7 2.3 2.7 1.8 2.7

Finance and insurance

141 201 1.8 2.6 1.9 2.6 1.8 2.7

Finance

97 135 2.0 2.8 1.7 2.9 2.3 2.7

Insurance

44 66 1.6 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.1 2.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

73 79 2.7 2.9 3.5 2.9 1.8 2.9

Real estate

64 58 2.7 2.5 3.6 2.5 1.9 2.5

Rental and leasing services

9 21 2.4 5.3 3.2 4.6 0.0 7.4

Professional and business services

684 746 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.7 4.0

Professional and technical services

350 371 2.8 3.0 2.5 3.2 3.2 2.8

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

334 375 5.5 5.8 6.2 5.3 4.6 6.7

Administrative and support services

321 357 5.9 6.1 6.7 5.6 4.9 6.8

Waste management and remediation services

13 18 2.9 3.9 3.3 2.8 1.3 9.5

Education and health services

494 559 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.4 1.9 2.0

Educational services

93 127 1.8 2.3 1.7 2.0 1.8 2.4

Health care and social assistance

401 432 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.6 1.9 1.9

Hospitals

71 107 1.1 1.6 1.1 2.8 1.1 1.2

Health services, except hospitals

237 220 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.9

Social assistance

93 105 3.1 3.5 5.3 4.2 2.7 3.4

Leisure and hospitality

686 784 5.0 5.7 4.8 5.3 5.2 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

75 183 2.8 6.7 1.5 7.2 4.4 6.1

Accommodation and food services

612 601 5.5 5.5 5.7 4.8 5.3 6.1

Accommodation

97 76 7.1 6.8 5.4 4.3 8.4 8.3

Food services and drinking places

514 525 5.3 5.3 5.8 4.8 4.8 5.8

Other services

139 235 2.1 3.5 2.2 3.6 2.0 3.4

Other services, except private households

122 193 2.1 3.2 2.3 3.4 1.8 2.9

Repair and maintenance

30 62 1.6 3.0 1.5 3.5 2.4 0.4

Personal and laundry services

53 47 2.5 2.5 5.1 0.9 1.5 3.0

Membership associations and organizations

39 84 2.0 3.9 1.8 4.8 2.2 3.3

Private households

17 42 2.7 6.3 - - 2.8 6.0

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

68 83 4.6 5.4 4.7 5.8 4.2 4.5

Government wage and salary workers

343 267 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.2

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

244 296 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.3 2.8

No previous work experience

428 453 - - - - - -

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: May 03, 2024