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

2014 2015

Total Men Women

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,617 8,296 6.2 5.3 6.3 5.4 6.1 5.2

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers2

. . . . . . . . . . . 7,267 6,299 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 84 4.7 8.6 5.0 9.1 2.5 5.4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 624 8.9 7.3 9.3 7.5 5.5 5.4

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754 677 4.9 4.3 4.5 4.0 5.8 5.1

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 410 4.7 4.1 4.5 3.8 5.1 5.2

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.1 6.1 6.1

Primary metals and fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . 68 74 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.3

Machinery manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 49 4.8 3.7 4.7 3.7 5.1 3.9

Computers and electronic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 56 5.2 4.6 4.6 4.1 6.6 5.6

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 20 4.4 5.1 3.0 3.6 8.4 8.2

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 81 3.7 3.4 3.9 3.2 3.0 3.8

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 19 5.9 4.7 6.4 4.1 2.8 9.0

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 20 5.9 4.9 6.2 4.5 5.1 6.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 74 5.9 4.9 5.6 4.1 6.5 6.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 267 5.2 4.6 4.4 4.4 6.7 5.1

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 103 6.8 5.7 5.2 5.7 9.0 5.6

Beverage and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9 3.4 3.2 3.6 3.8 2.9 2.0

Textiles, apparel, and leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 43 8.7 6.9 7.1 6.5 10.2 7.2

Paper manufacturing and printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 41 4.1 4.5 4.1 3.6 4.0 6.7

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 1.9 2.5 2.1 3.0 – –

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 43 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.1

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 22 4.9 4.2 4.6 4.2 5.4 4.3

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,260 1,135 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.0 6.9 6.1

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 136 4.4 3.8 4.2 3.4 4.9 4.5

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,099 999 6.5 5.9 5.9 5.5 7.1 6.4

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 275 5.7 4.4 5.3 3.8 7.1 6.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 254 6.3 4.8 5.9 4.2 7.9 6.7

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 21 2.1 2.2 1.8 1.3 3.2 4.9

Information3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 108 5.2 3.9 5.0 3.3 5.6 4.8

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 22 5.7 4.2 5.8 2.6 5.6 5.9

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . 30 22 7.1 5.6 6.6 6.3 8.1 4.5

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 20 6.0 3.3 6.0 3.0 6.1 4.1

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 29 4.0 3.1 3.6 2.9 4.7 3.4

Libraries, archives, and other information services. . . . . . 2 3 1.6 3.5 – 1.7 1.0 5.2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 247 4.0 2.6 3.6 2.7 4.3 2.5

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 160 3.8 2.3 3.2 2.3 4.2 2.4

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 105 4.2 2.5 3.4 2.2 4.8 2.6

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 55 3.1 2.1 2.9 2.4 3.2 2.0

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 86 4.5 3.3 4.4 3.5 4.6 3.0

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 64 4.3 2.9 4.0 3.0 4.6 2.7

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 23 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.4 5.5 6.7

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,083 894 6.9 5.6 6.6 5.5 7.4 5.8

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 311 4.1 3.2 3.5 2.9 4.8 3.7

Management, administrative, and waste services3

. . . . . . 700 583 11.2 9.3 10.8 9.3 11.7 9.2

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 548 11.8 9.8 11.7 9.8 12.0 9.7

Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . 26 28 5.5 5.7 5.4 6.4 6.0 2.7

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 823 4.2 3.6 4.3 3.3 4.1 3.7

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 213 4.9 4.4 5.8 4.5 4.5 4.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705 610 4.0 3.4 3.6 2.8 4.0 3.5

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 110 2.1 1.8 2.0 1.7 2.1 1.9

Health services, except hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 363 4.4 3.8 4.1 2.9 4.5 4.0

Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 137 6.9 5.7 7.2 6.3 6.9 5.6

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,168 1,092 8.6 7.9 8.5 7.8 8.7 8.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 191 8.4 7.4 9.5 7.8 7.2 6.9

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 902 8.6 8.0 8.2 7.8 9.1 8.2

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 120 7.9 7.2 5.7 5.5 9.5 8.5

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830 782 8.8 8.2 8.5 8.2 9.0 8.2

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 340 5.7 5.2 5.3 4.9 6.0 5.4

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 261 5.0 4.6 5.1 4.7 5.0 4.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Industry and class of worker

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2014 2015

Total Men Women

2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 119 5.9 6.5 5.9 6.4 5.9 7.1

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 82 5.9 4.6 7.0 3.1 5.4 5.3

Membership associations and organizations. . . . . . . . . . 69 59 3.5 2.9 2.4 2.7 4.3 3.0

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 80 9.7 9.1 15.9 13.1 9.1 8.8

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers2

. . . 146 155 9.4 9.4 8.0 8.7 14.1 11.7

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 573 3.2 2.7 3.4 2.8 3.2 2.6

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 389 4.4 3.9 4.9 4.0 3.8 3.7

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 879 – – – – – –

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).

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