Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed people by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
Industry and class of worker	Jan. 2024	Jan. 2025	Jan. 2024	Jan. 2025
Total, 16 years and over(1)	6,778	7,467	4.1	4.4
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	5,450	6,000	4.1	4.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	16	30	3.0	5.0
Construction	699	669	6.9	6.5
Manufacturing	512	605	3.4	3.9
Durable goods	284	316	2.9	3.2
Nondurable goods	227	289	4.2	5.2
Wholesale and retail trade	936	1,135	4.6	5.6
Transportation and utilities	351	274	4.3	3.2
Information	156	152	5.5	5.7
Financial activities	214	214	2.1	2.0
Professional and business services	816	958	4.3	4.9
Education and health services	667	739	2.6	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	814	983	6.0	7.4
Other services	269	240	4.0	3.6
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	120	138	8.0	8.8
Government workers	402	363	1.8	1.6
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	351	417	3.5	4.2
Footnotes (1) People with no previous work experience and people whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
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). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

Last Modified Date: April 24, 2025