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

2016 2017

Total Men Women

2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,751 6,982 4.9 4.4 4.9 4.4 4.8 4.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers2

. . . . . . . . . . . 5,824 5,323 4.6 4.2 4.7 4.2 4.6 4.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 31 8.0 4.1 8.3 4.0 5.6 4.8

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 559 6.3 6.0 6.4 6.0 4.6 6.0

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667 563 4.3 3.6 4.0 3.3 4.8 4.3

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 360 4.2 3.7 4.2 3.5 4.2 4.2

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 19 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.6 3.0

Primary metals and fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . 67 61 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.7 4.4 3.9

Machinery manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 37 4.0 3.0 4.2 2.8 3.5 3.6

Computers and electronic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 38 4.0 3.3 4.1 2.6 3.8 4.8

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 4.0 2.8 4.4 3.0 3.1 2.3

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 89 4.0 3.6 4.1 3.4 3.9 4.4

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 18 6.9 4.3 7.4 4.7 4.0 1.7

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 13 3.6 2.8 4.2 2.8 2.1 2.7

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 74 4.2 4.7 3.4 4.4 5.7 5.2

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 203 4.4 3.5 3.8 3.1 5.4 4.3

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 91 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.8 6.1 5.0

Beverage and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9 3.6 2.9 3.3 2.5 4.6 4.3

Textiles, apparel, and leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 23 4.4 3.6 2.8 4.0 5.7 3.3

Paper manufacturing and printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 20 3.7 2.2 3.1 1.6 5.3 3.6

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13 8.0 6.6 5.9 6.6 – –

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 36 3.3 2.7 3.3 1.6 3.2 4.7

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 12 3.9 2.2 3.1 2.0 6.1 2.8

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,009 942 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.1 5.5 5.3

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 116 3.6 3.2 3.4 2.8 4.0 4.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880 826 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.5 5.7 5.4

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 271 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.7 5.2

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 244 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.8 5.3

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 27 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.1 4.1 4.5

Information3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 120 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.4 5.0 4.6

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 28 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.8

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . 31 29 7.3 6.2 5.6 6.4 9.6 5.9

Radio and television broadcasting and cable

subscription programming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 17 4.5 3.0 4.8 3.2 3.9 2.8

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 40 3.3 4.5 3.2 4.2 3.4 5.1

Libraries, archives, and other information services. . . . . . 2 2 2.2 2.5 – – – –

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 240 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.2

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 163 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.1

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 107 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.9 2.7 2.0

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 56 2.5 2.1 2.8 2.0 2.3 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 77 3.6 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.9 2.5

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 57 3.4 2.4 2.8 2.6 4.0 2.3

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 20 4.8 4.9 5.4 4.9 3.4 4.9

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842 775 5.1 4.5 4.9 4.3 5.3 4.9

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 305 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5 3.2 3.2

Management, administrative, and waste services3

. . . . . . 559 470 8.6 7.4 8.5 7.1 8.8 7.8

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 444 9.1 7.8 9.2 7.6 9.1 8.0

Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . 19 18 3.9 4.2 3.7 4.3 4.8 3.4

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772 714 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.1

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 171 4.1 3.5 4.3 3.5 3.9 3.5

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 543 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.6 3.2 3.0

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 98 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5

Health services, except hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 314 3.6 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.8 3.3

Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 130 5.1 5.1 5.7 4.5 4.9 5.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 856 6.8 6.1 6.6 6.0 6.9 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 156 6.3 5.6 6.7 5.9 5.9 5.3

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784 700 6.9 6.2 6.5 6.1 7.1 6.3

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 90 6.5 5.8 5.4 5.0 7.3 6.4

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 610 6.9 6.3 6.7 6.2 7.1 6.3

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 251 4.4 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.8 3.4

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 207 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.0 2.9

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

2016 2017

Total Men Women

2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 80 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.4 6.3 4.0

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 68 3.6 3.4 2.9 4.7 3.9 2.7

Membership associations and organizations. . . . . . . . . . 71 59 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.9 2.9

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 44 8.5 6.3 15.1 15.1 7.8 5.4

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers2

. . . 139 122 8.3 7.2 7.5 5.7 11.0 11.7

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582 527 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 319 3.8 3.2 3.9 3.4 3.7 2.9

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823 690 – – – – – –

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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