Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker	Total unemployed		Unemployment rates
	2020	2021	Total		Men		Women
	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021
Total, 16 years and over(1)	12,947	8,623	8.1	5.3	7.8	5.5	8.3	5.2

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)	10,599	6,889	8.4	5.4	8.1	5.5	8.7	5.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	85	74	11.3	11.2	11.9	12.0	7.4	6.3
Construction	838	640	8.7	6.5	8.8	6.6	7.5	5.9
Manufacturing	1,026	642	6.8	4.3	6.4	4.2	7.5	4.6
Durable goods	638	387	6.7	4.1	6.6	4.1	7.0	4.1
Nonmetallic mineral products	18	25	4.4	5.9	4.2	5.5	5.1	7.3
Primary metals and fabricated metal products	111	56	6.9	3.6	7.1	3.8	5.9	2.6
Machinery manufacturing	68	37	5.8	3.1	6.3	3.0	4.1	3.2
Computers and electronic products	45	22	4.2	2.1	4.8	1.9	2.7	2.6
Electrical equipment and appliances	22	20	5.6	4.4	5.3	3.9	6.4	5.6
Transportation equipment	201	113	8.2	4.5	7.6	4.7	10.3	4.1
Wood products	19	17	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.4	4.6	2.4
Furniture and related products	29	20	7.3	5.4	7.8	5.1	6.2	6.3
Miscellaneous manufacturing	125	78	7.8	5.1	7.3	5.2	8.7	4.9
Nondurable goods	389	255	6.8	4.7	6.1	4.3	8.1	5.2
Food manufacturing	132	95	7.5	5.5	6.5	4.6	8.7	6.7
Beverage and tobacco products	17	14	5.7	4.1	4.9	3.6	8.1	5.5
Textiles, apparel, and leather	52	30	11.3	6.8	11.4	6.9	11.3	6.6
Paper manufacturing and printing	58	36	6.9	4.7	6.1	4.1	9.1	6.3
Petroleum and coal products	25	20	11.3	9.2	9.4	9.8	-	-
Chemicals	66	39	4.3	2.7	4.0	2.7	5.0	2.7
Plastics and rubber products	39	22	6.8	4.1	6.8	4.3	6.7	3.7
Wholesale and retail trade	1,648	1,171	8.3	5.9	7.5	5.5	9.4	6.4
Wholesale trade	192	150	5.6	4.3	5.5	3.8	5.8	5.7
Retail trade	1,456	1,021	8.9	6.2	8.0	5.9	9.9	6.5
Transportation and utilities	688	501	9.3	6.3	8.7	5.9	11.3	7.6
Transportation and warehousing	662	470	10.4	6.8	9.7	6.4	12.6	8.3
Utilities	26	31	2.4	3.0	2.5	3.2	2.4	2.3
Information(3)	186	137	7.5	5.4	6.8	5.2	8.5	5.8
Publishing, except Internet	27	16	7.0	4.3	5.7	4.2	8.4	4.5
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	92	62	20.1	12.9	19.7	12.5	20.8	13.7
Broadcasting (except internet)	12	17	3.0	4.4	3.5	4.4	2.1	4.5
Telecommunications	37	30	4.4	3.4	4.1	2.9	5.2	4.5
Libraries, archives, and other information services	6	4	8.3	4.3	-	-	11.0	4.1
Financial activities	388	290	3.8	2.9	3.7	3.1	4.0	2.7
Finance and insurance	218	183	2.9	2.5	2.8	2.9	3.0	2.2
Finance	131	121	2.8	2.6	2.8	3.0	2.7	2.3
Insurance	86	62	3.2	2.4	2.7	2.7	3.6	2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	170	107	6.4	3.9	5.9	3.8	7.0	4.1
Real estate	131	88	5.6	3.6	4.6	3.0	6.7	4.2
Rental and leasing services	39	19	12.1	6.2	12.7	7.5	10.8	2.2
Professional and business services	1,176	926	6.7	5.2	6.1	4.7	7.5	5.9
Professional and technical services	536	385	4.5	3.2	4.1	2.8	5.2	3.8
Management, administrative, and waste services(3)	639	540	11.0	9.3	10.1	8.6	12.3	10.4
Administrative and support services	606	513	11.4	9.6	10.5	8.9	12.6	10.5
Waste management and remediation services	29	24	7.1	6.5	6.9	5.9	8.0	9.1
Education and health services	1,394	859	5.7	3.5	5.1	3.2	5.9	3.6
Educational services	405	212	8.1	4.3	8.1	4.2	8.0	4.3
Health care and social assistance	988	647	5.1	3.3	3.9	2.9	5.5	3.5
Hospitals	164	128	2.5	1.9	2.4	2.2	2.5	1.8
Health services, except hospitals	542	374	5.4	3.6	4.0	3.0	5.7	3.8
Social assistance	282	145	10.9	5.9	9.3	4.6	11.2	6.1
Leisure and hospitality	2,544	1,306	19.4	10.1	19.6	10.3	19.2	9.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	586	241	23.1	10.0	22.7	10.3	23.6	9.6
Accommodation and food services	1,958	1,065	18.5	10.1	18.8	10.3	18.3	10.0
Accommodation	342	178	26.8	14.5	29.6	14.9	24.7	14.3
Food services and drinking places	1,616	886	17.4	9.5	17.5	9.7	17.3	9.3
Other services	626	345	9.8	5.4	7.9	5.2	11.5	5.5
Other services, except private households	529	277	9.4	4.8	7.9	5.1	11.1	4.5
Repair and maintenance	138	94	8.0	5.1	7.9	5.0	8.5	5.2
Personal and laundry services	292	117	15.8	6.3	13.2	8.0	16.9	5.6
Membership associations and organizations	99	66	4.8	3.3	4.7	3.5	4.9	3.1
Private households	97	68	13.0	9.4	10.7	7.5	13.2	9.6

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)	135	121	8.1	7.6	6.8	7.2	11.5	8.5

Government workers	1,045	571	4.8	2.7	3.9	2.6	5.5	2.8

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	643	524	6.4	4.9	6.3	5.1	6.7	4.7

No previous work experience	526	518	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 50,000).

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022