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

2017 2018

Total Men Women

2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Total, 16 years and over1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,982 6,314 4.4 3.9 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers2

. . . . . . . . . . . 5,323 4,798 4.2 3.7 4.2 3.8 4.2 3.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 27 4.1 3.4 4.0 3.5 4.8 3.2

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 494 6.0 5.1 6.0 5.2 6.0 4.2

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563 517 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.0 4.3 3.9

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 295 3.7 3.0 3.5 2.9 4.2 3.2

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 15 4.2 3.2 4.6 3.6 3.0 1.3

Primary metals and fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . 61 46 3.7 2.7 3.7 2.8 3.9 2.4

Machinery manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 27 3.0 2.2 2.8 2.3 3.6 2.1

Computers and electronic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 41 3.3 3.6 2.6 3.7 4.8 3.3

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 18 2.8 4.3 3.0 3.2 2.3 6.5

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 77 3.6 3.0 3.4 2.7 4.4 4.0

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8 4.3 1.9 4.7 2.1 1.7 0.4

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 2.8 3.1 2.8 3.4 2.7 2.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 50 4.7 3.2 4.4 3.2 5.2 3.3

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 222 3.5 3.8 3.1 3.3 4.3 4.8

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 90 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.3 5.0 5.5

Beverage and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 13 2.9 4.1 2.5 3.3 4.3 6.2

Textiles, apparel, and leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 31 3.6 5.4 4.0 5.6 3.3 5.2

Paper manufacturing and printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 19 2.2 2.2 1.6 2.1 3.6 2.4

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 6.6 4.3 6.6 3.5 – –

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 42 2.7 2.9 1.6 2.2 4.7 4.1

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 18 2.2 3.4 2.0 2.9 2.8 4.9

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 942 881 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.0 5.3 4.8

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 112 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.1 4.3 3.0

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826 768 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.2 5.4 5.0

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 236 4.1 3.4 3.7 3.2 5.2 3.8

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 218 4.4 3.6 4.1 3.6 5.3 3.9

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 19 2.6 1.8 2.1 1.3 4.5 3.3

Information3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 99 4.5 3.7 4.4 4.0 4.6 3.1

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 23 5.6 5.0 5.4 7.3 5.8 2.6

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . 29 26 6.2 5.5 6.4 6.2 5.9 4.3

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 15 3.0 2.7 3.2 2.5 2.8 3.1

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 24 4.5 2.7 4.2 3.0 5.1 2.0

Libraries, archives, and other information services. . . . . . 2 3 2.5 3.2 – – – 4.0

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 215 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.0

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 139 2.3 1.9 2.6 1.9 2.1 1.9

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 92 2.4 2.1 2.9 2.0 2.0 2.1

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 46 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.1 1.7

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 77 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.1 2.5 2.3

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 60 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.3

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 17 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.8 4.9 2.3

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 671 4.5 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.9 4.2

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 256 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.1 3.2 2.7

Management, administrative, and waste services3

. . . . . . 470 415 7.4 6.7 7.1 6.6 7.8 6.8

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 396 7.8 7.1 7.6 7.1 8.0 7.1

Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . 18 15 4.2 3.7 4.3 3.7 3.4 3.8

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 638 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.4 3.1 2.7

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 174 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.5 3.6

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 464 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.1 3.0 2.5

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 78 1.5 1.2 1.8 1.2 1.5 1.2

Health services, except hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 276 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.3 3.3 2.9

Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 109 5.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.2 4.1

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 791 6.1 5.7 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 150 5.6 5.6 5.9 6.0 5.3 5.1

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 640 6.2 5.7 6.1 5.7 6.3 5.7

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 80 5.8 5.3 5.0 4.9 6.4 5.7

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 560 6.3 5.8 6.2 5.8 6.3 5.7

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 229 3.8 3.3 4.2 3.2 3.4 3.5

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 191 3.5 3.2 3.9 3.1 2.9 3.2

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

2017 2018

Total Men Women

2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 65 4.3 3.5 4.4 3.2 4.0 5.6

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 57 3.4 2.8 4.7 3.1 2.7 2.7

Membership associations and organizations. . . . . . . . . . 59 68 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.4

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 39 6.3 4.8 15.1 9.0 5.4 4.4

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers2

. . . 122 124 7.2 7.2 5.7 6.4 11.7 9.8

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 505 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 285 3.2 2.8 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.7

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 602 – – – – – –

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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