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

2021 2022

Total Men Women

2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022

Total, 16 years and over1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,623 5,996 5.3 3.6 5.5 3.7 5.2 3.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers2

. . . . . . . . . . . 6,889 4,658 5.4 3.6 5.5 3.5 5.4 3.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 18 11.2 3.0 12.0 3.3 6.3 1.4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640 466 6.5 4.6 6.6 4.7 5.9 3.4

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642 455 4.3 3.0 4.2 2.8 4.6 3.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 279 4.1 2.9 4.1 2.8 4.1 3.3

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 12 5.9 3.0 5.5 3.0 7.3 2.9

Primary metals and fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . 56 45 3.6 2.9 3.8 2.7 2.6 3.8

Machinery manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 26 3.1 2.1 3.0 2.2 3.2 2.0

Computers and electronic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 16 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.4 2.6 1.8

Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 18 4.4 4.7 3.9 3.0 5.6 8.9

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 63 4.5 2.5 4.7 2.5 4.1 2.4

Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.5 2.4 1.3

Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 16 5.4 4.3 5.1 3.5 6.3 6.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 67 5.1 4.0 5.2 4.0 4.9 4.0

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 176 4.7 3.1 4.3 2.9 5.2 3.5

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 65 5.5 3.6 4.6 3.3 6.7 4.1

Beverage and tobacco products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13 4.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 5.5 3.7

Textiles, apparel, and leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 18 6.8 3.9 6.9 3.4 6.6 4.4

Paper manufacturing and printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 19 4.7 2.5 4.1 2.1 6.3 3.3

Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 6 9.2 3.0 9.8 3.6 – –

Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 39 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.8

Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 17 4.1 3.2 4.3 3.6 3.7 2.5

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,171 799 5.9 4.1 5.5 3.9 6.4 4.4

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 74 4.3 2.4 3.8 2.0 5.7 3.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,021 725 6.2 4.4 5.9 4.4 6.5 4.6

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 345 6.3 4.1 5.9 3.9 7.6 4.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 326 6.8 4.4 6.4 4.2 8.3 5.0

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 19 3.0 1.9 3.2 1.8 2.3 2.3

Information3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 77 5.4 2.9 5.2 2.5 5.8 3.8

Publishing, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 4.3 2.5 4.2 2.5 4.5 2.5

Motion pictures and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . 62 30 12.9 5.8 12.5 5.4 13.7 6.6

Broadcasting (except internet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 10 4.4 3.3 4.4 1.8 4.5 5.5

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 16 3.4 1.9 2.9 1.5 4.5 3.1

Libraries, archives, and other information services. . . . . . 4 2 4.3 1.9 – – 4.1 3.2

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 200 2.9 1.9 3.1 1.7 2.7 2.2

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 131 2.5 1.7 2.9 1.6 2.2 1.9

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 78 2.6 1.6 3.0 1.5 2.3 1.7

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 52 2.4 1.9 2.7 1.6 2.1 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 69 3.9 2.6 3.8 2.1 4.1 3.1

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 62 3.6 2.6 3.0 2.3 4.2 2.9

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8 6.2 2.4 7.5 1.1 2.2 6.3

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 665 5.2 3.5 4.7 3.2 5.9 3.9

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 278 3.2 2.2 2.8 1.9 3.8 2.6

Management, administrative, and waste services3

. . . . . . 540 386 9.3 6.1 8.6 5.8 10.4 6.5

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513 367 9.6 6.4 8.9 6.1 10.5 6.7

Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . 24 18 6.5 4.1 5.9 4.1 9.1 4.1

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859 662 3.5 2.7 3.2 2.7 3.6 2.7

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 181 4.3 3.5 4.2 3.6 4.3 3.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647 481 3.3 2.5 2.9 2.3 3.5 2.5

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 98 1.9 1.5 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.4

Health services, except hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 281 3.6 2.7 3.0 2.2 3.8 2.9

Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 102 5.9 3.7 4.6 4.4 6.1 3.6

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,306 769 10.1 5.8 10.3 5.4 9.9 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 151 10.0 5.6 10.3 5.7 9.6 5.4

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,065 618 10.1 5.8 10.3 5.3 10.0 6.3

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 77 14.5 6.0 14.9 4.8 14.3 6.8

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 886 541 9.5 5.8 9.7 5.3 9.3 6.2

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 202 5.4 3.1 5.2 3.2 5.5 2.9

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 167 4.8 2.8 5.1 3.2 4.5 2.5

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

2021 2022

Total Men Women

2021 2022 2021 2022 2021 2022

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 62 5.1 3.2 5.0 3.2 5.2 3.1

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 64 6.3 3.3 8.0 4.1 5.6 3.0

Membership associations and organizations. . . . . . . . . . 66 41 3.3 2.0 3.5 2.5 3.1 1.6

Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 35 9.4 5.1 7.5 5.4 9.6 5.1

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers2

. . . 121 86 7.6 5.6 7.2 5.3 8.5 6.2

Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571 445 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.8 2.0

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family

workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 326 4.9 3.2 5.1 3.3 4.7 3.0

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 482 – – – – – –

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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