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

2018 2019

Total Men Women

2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

Total, 16 years and over1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,314 6,001 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers2

. . . . . . . . . . . 4,798 4,522 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 24 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.0

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494 435 5.1 4.5 5.2 4.5 4.2 3.8

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 468 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.9 3.5

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 274 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.2 3.0

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 21 3.2 4.4 3.6 5.0 1.3 2.2

Primary metals and fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . 46 43 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.2 2.4 3.3

Machinery manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 27 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 3.0

Computers and electronic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 20 3.6 1.8 3.7 1.7 3.3 2.2

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7 4.3 1.7 3.2 1.9 6.5 1.1

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 73 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 4.0 3.6

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.2 0.4 2.0

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 18 3.1 4.4 3.4 4.3 2.3 4.6

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 56 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.8 3.3 3.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 194 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 4.8 4.1

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 92 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.2 5.5 5.7

Beverage and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 4.1 1.5 3.3 1.1 6.2 2.5

Textiles, apparel, and leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 22 5.4 4.0 5.6 3.1 5.2 4.8

Paper manufacturing and printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 22 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.6

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 4.3 3.7 3.5 4.0 – –

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 27 2.9 1.8 2.2 1.6 4.1 2.1

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 20 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.1 4.9 5.0

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881 803 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 4.8 4.5

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 97 3.1 2.8 3.1 2.5 3.0 3.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 706 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.1 5.0 4.7

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 256 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.8 3.9

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 237 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.2

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.7 3.3 2.1

Information3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 89 3.7 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.5

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 21 5.0 5.3 7.3 6.2 2.6 4.3

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . 26 31 5.5 6.5 6.2 7.4 4.3 5.1

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.1 2.6

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 17 2.7 2.1 3.0 1.6 2.0 3.1

Libraries, archives, and other information services. . . . . . 3 3 3.2 3.3 – – 4.0 –

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 216 2.2 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.0

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 145 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.9 1.9

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 91 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.9

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 53 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 71 2.8 2.5 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.3

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 59 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.4

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 12 4.1 3.3 4.8 4.1 2.3 1.6

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671 647 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.5 4.2 3.8

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 273 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.7 2.7

Management, administrative, and waste services3

. . . . . . 415 374 6.7 6.1 6.6 6.1 6.8 6.1

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 355 7.1 6.4 7.1 6.5 7.1 6.3

Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . 15 11 3.7 2.5 3.7 2.7 3.8 1.4

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638 621 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.5

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 180 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.7 3.6 3.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464 441 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.5 2.3

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 86 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3

Health services, except hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 248 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.9 2.4

Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 107 4.2 4.0 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.9

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 746 5.7 5.2 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 141 5.6 5.1 6.0 5.0 5.1 5.2

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 605 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.1

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 72 5.3 4.7 4.9 4.5 5.7 4.9

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560 533 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.2

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 217 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.9 3.5 3.4

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 171 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.7 3.2 3.1

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

2018 2019

Total Men Women

2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 59 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.2 5.6 3.9

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 62 2.8 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.7 3.2

Membership associations and organizations. . . . . . . . . . 68 50 3.1 2.4 2.9 1.9 3.4 2.8

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 46 4.8 5.3 9.0 11.0 4.4 4.7

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers2

. . . 124 129 7.2 7.4 6.4 6.3 9.8 10.5

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 496 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 263 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.5

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 591 – – – – – –

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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