HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-31. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker Total unemployed Unemployment rates
May
2012		 May
2013		 Total Men Women
May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013		 May
2012		 May
2013

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 12,271 11,302 7.9 7.3 8.1 7.6 7.7 6.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

 9,419 8,655 7.8 7.1 7.9 7.4 7.7 6.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 47 66 4.5 5.9 4.0 6.1 8.2 3.9

Construction

 1,150 891 14.2 10.8 14.1 11.2 14.8 7.8

Manufacturing

 1,099 1,056 7.1 6.8 6.4 6.6 8.8 7.3

Durable goods

 683 640 7.2 6.7 6.4 6.4 9.3 7.5

Nonmetallic mineral products

 31 38 8.6 9.1 9.2 9.2 - 8.9

Primary and fabricated metal products

 156 123 9.5 7.8 8.3 6.7 14.3 12.9

Machinery manufacturing

 57 70 4.2 5.7 3.4 5.8 6.9 5.3

Computer and electronic products

 79 68 5.8 4.7 4.9 3.8 7.6 6.6

Electrical equipment and appliances

 40 34 8.7 7.7 9.2 5.5 7.8 14.1

Transportation equipment

 124 140 5.6 5.9 5.1 5.9 7.2 6.2

Wood products

 65 35 15.3 9.6 17.4 7.9 - -

Furniture and fixtures

 13 26 4.0 7.0 2.5 7.7 7.9 5.5

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 118 106 8.8 7.9 6.3 9.2 12.7 5.1

Nondurable goods

 416 416 7.1 7.0 6.5 7.0 8.3 7.1

Food manufacturing

 191 157 9.8 8.4 10.0 7.6 9.5 9.4

Beverage and tobacco products

 16 21 5.6 7.0 6.0 8.2 4.7 4.4

Textile, apparel, and leather

 39 38 5.9 6.3 3.3 6.5 8.4 6.2

Paper and printing

 82 78 9.0 7.6 6.6 8.1 14.1 6.3

Petroleum and coal products

 10 11 4.6 6.2 5.0 5.4 - -

Chemicals

 46 67 3.5 5.0 3.1 5.8 4.1 3.6

Plastics and rubber products

 32 44 6.4 7.3 6.9 6.0 5.3 10.6

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,654 1,466 8.1 7.3 7.4 7.2 9.0 7.4

Wholesale trade

 212 244 5.6 6.7 4.7 6.5 7.9 7.1

Retail trade

 1,442 1,222 8.7 7.4 8.3 7.4 9.2 7.5

Transportation and utilities

 480 371 7.8 6.0 7.6 5.5 8.5 7.7

Transportation and warehousing

 436 331 8.3 6.3 8.3 5.6 8.6 8.8

Utilities

 44 40 4.9 4.4 3.9 5.4 7.7 1.3

Information(3)

 230 187 7.8 6.4 6.5 6.4 10.1 6.2

Publishing, except Internet

 41 37 6.9 6.5 6.7 9.8 7.1 3.1

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 48 41 13.6 8.8 14.8 9.9 11.1 6.6

Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming

 33 18 5.3 2.9 4.2 1.8 7.8 5.9

Telecommunications

 92 84 8.4 8.0 4.7 7.2 16.4 9.6

Financial activities

 462 417 5.1 4.4 4.7 4.4 5.4 4.5

Finance and insurance

 303 300 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.8 4.9 4.0

Finance

 196 188 4.6 4.4 4.6 5.2 4.6 3.6

Insurance

 106 112 4.5 4.4 3.0 4.1 5.4 4.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 159 117 6.5 4.6 6.0 3.5 7.1 5.9

Real estate

 130 98 6.4 4.6 5.8 3.4 7.1 5.9

Rental and leasing services

 29 19 7.0 4.5 7.0 4.0 7.1 6.7

Professional and business services

 1,296 1,255 8.5 8.0 8.2 7.8 8.9 8.3

Professional and technical services

 448 417 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.4 6.0 4.7

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

 848 838 13.5 13.0 13.3 12.3 13.9 14.0

Administrative and support services

 794 816 14.0 13.9 13.9 13.3 14.1 14.8

Waste management and remediation services

 44 16 10.3 3.9 8.2 3.7 - 4.4

Education and health services

 1,172 1,058 5.3 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.4 4.8

Educational services

 237 289 5.2 6.4 4.0 6.6 5.9 6.3

Health care and social assistance

 936 769 5.3 4.4 5.6 4.2 5.3 4.4

Hospitals

 152 139 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.3 2.7 2.4

Health services, except hospitals

 592 477 6.1 4.8 6.0 4.2 6.2 4.9

Social assistance

 191 153 7.7 7.1 10.3 7.3 7.2 7.0

Leisure and hospitality

 1,326 1,455 9.7 10.4 8.9 10.4 10.4 10.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 250 227 9.8 8.5 10.3 9.6 9.2 7.1

Accommodation and food services

 1,076 1,228 9.7 10.8 8.5 10.6 10.7 11.0

Accommodation

 162 139 11.0 8.9 8.6 9.2 12.6 8.7

Food services and drinking places

 914 1,089 9.5 11.1 8.5 10.8 10.3 11.3

Other services

 501 433 7.8 6.7 8.7 6.8 6.9 6.7

Other services, except private households

 419 358 7.6 6.3 8.7 6.7 6.2 5.7

Repair and maintenance

 178 156 9.9 8.4 10.5 7.9 4.6 12.7

Personal and laundry services

 158 106 8.5 5.6 9.3 6.0 8.1 5.4

Membership associations and organizations

 83 96 4.4 4.9 4.6 5.2 4.3 4.7

Private households

 82 75 9.0 10.2 - - 8.9 10.4

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

 148 92 9.5 6.8 8.0 5.4 14.3 11.5

Government wage and salary workers

 899 811 4.2 3.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.6

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 503 534 4.9 5.3 5.1 5.4 4.6 5.1

No previous work experience

 1,302 1,210 - - - - - -

Footnotes
 (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 75,000).

 

Last Modified Date: June 07, 2013