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
Aug.
2011
Aug.
2012
Total Men Women
Aug.
2011
Aug.
2012
Aug.
2011
Aug.
2012
Aug.
2011
Aug.
2012

Total, 16 years and over

14,008 12,696 9.1 8.2 9.0 8.0 9.2 8.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

10,524 9,552 8.8 7.9 8.8 7.6 8.7 8.3

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

53 61 5.8 5.8 5.4 6.7 8.6 0.0

Construction

1,154 923 13.5 11.3 13.9 11.2 9.0 12.2

Manufacturing

1,365 1,136 8.9 7.3 8.5 6.5 10.0 9.4

Durable goods

876 698 9.1 7.2 8.7 6.7 10.4 8.5

Nonmetallic mineral products

39 20 9.8 5.5 8.4 4.1 - -

Primary and fabricated metal products

139 108 7.9 6.2 8.0 6.6 7.2 4.6

Machinery manufacturing

88 102 7.4 6.9 7.4 6.1 7.5 10.2

Computer and electronic products

131 110 9.3 8.1 8.2 7.4 11.1 9.6

Electrical equipment and appliances

64 37 14.3 8.0 14.7 6.9 13.3 10.9

Transportation equipment

200 160 9.4 7.6 8.2 7.9 13.3 6.6

Wood products

32 14 8.8 3.4 7.3 2.7 - -

Furniture and fixtures

63 34 12.5 7.5 13.2 7.7 10.3 6.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing

119 114 8.7 8.4 9.2 7.0 7.7 10.5

Nondurable goods

489 437 8.6 7.6 8.0 6.0 9.7 10.4

Food manufacturing

169 186 9.4 10.0 8.8 8.2 10.2 12.3

Beverage and tobacco products

15 20 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.4 - 7.5

Textile, apparel, and leather

90 52 13.2 8.6 13.7 6.3 12.7 10.7

Paper and printing

88 85 9.0 9.6 8.2 6.6 11.1 15.9

Petroleum and coal products

9 19 4.8 10.4 5.8 10.5 - -

Chemicals

63 49 4.9 3.7 5.0 3.4 4.8 4.5

Plastics and rubber products

55 26 10.2 4.8 8.5 3.1 13.0 8.4

Wholesale and retail trade

1,851 1,723 9.1 8.3 8.2 6.8 10.3 10.2

Wholesale trade

281 222 7.4 5.7 6.8 4.7 8.8 8.4

Retail trade

1,570 1,501 9.5 8.9 8.6 7.5 10.5 10.5

Transportation and utilities

537 424 8.7 7.1 8.6 6.6 9.3 9.1

Transportation and warehousing

481 386 9.3 7.7 9.4 7.4 9.0 8.9

Utilities

56 38 5.6 4.2 4.1 2.2 10.7 10.0

Information(1)

204 211 6.9 7.3 5.7 5.9 8.7 9.7

Publishing, except Internet

46 49 8.2 8.3 6.2 8.6 10.2 8.0

Motion picture and sound recording industries

32 49 8.2 12.1 9.6 10.5 5.8 14.7

Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming

51 31 8.7 5.5 7.5 4.1 11.1 8.2

Telecommunications

50 61 4.1 5.8 3.4 4.7 5.4 8.2

Financial activities

565 469 6.2 5.3 5.4 5.3 6.8 5.2

Finance and insurance

391 321 5.8 5.0 4.5 4.5 6.7 5.3

Finance

280 227 6.4 5.3 4.5 4.7 7.8 5.8

Insurance

111 94 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.8 4.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

174 148 7.2 6.1 7.5 7.1 7.0 5.0

Real estate

140 122 6.9 6.1 7.2 7.0 6.5 5.2

Rental and leasing services

34 26 9.4 6.3 8.6 7.4 11.4 3.3

Professional and business services

1,440 1,377 9.5 8.9 8.7 8.9 10.8 8.8

Professional and technical services

503 539 5.8 5.9 4.5 5.3 7.5 6.6

Management, administrative, and waste services(1)

937 838 14.7 13.2 14.0 13.4 15.8 12.9

Administrative and support services

886 806 15.2 14.2 14.5 14.4 16.2 13.7

Waste management and remediation services

36 28 9.5 6.3 10.4 6.7 - -

Education and health services

1,371 1,369 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.6 6.5 6.4

Educational services

382 392 9.5 9.2 9.9 7.3 9.3 10.2

Health care and social assistance

989 977 5.6 5.5 4.3 4.9 6.0 5.7

Hospitals

183 184 3.2 3.3 2.6 2.3 3.4 3.6

Health services, except hospitals

558 553 5.9 5.7 3.6 5.8 6.5 5.7

Social assistance

248 240 9.9 9.6 12.1 8.5 9.4 9.8

Leisure and hospitality

1,399 1,416 10.5 10.1 11.0 9.4 10.0 10.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

251 214 10.0 7.6 11.4 7.7 8.4 7.4

Accommodation and food services

1,149 1,202 10.6 10.8 10.9 9.9 10.4 11.5

Accommodation

131 149 8.3 9.4 7.0 9.2 9.3 9.6

Food services and drinking places

1,017 1,053 11.0 11.0 11.5 10.0 10.6 11.9

Other services

585 443 9.0 6.7 8.7 6.6 9.3 6.8

Other services, except private households

452 322 8.1 5.7 8.5 6.1 7.6 5.2

Repair and maintenance

218 135 11.6 7.0 11.6 6.4 11.8 11.9

Personal and laundry services

105 98 6.1 5.5 4.4 6.8 6.6 5.0

Membership associations and organizations

130 88 6.5 4.5 4.5 5.0 8.1 4.2

Private households

133 121 14.8 13.2 15.8 22.0 14.6 12.0

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers

135 125 8.0 8.1 7.0 7.4 11.1 10.0

Government wage and salary workers

1,271 1,059 6.0 5.1 4.8 4.4 7.0 5.5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

668 548 6.4 5.3 6.8 5.6 5.9 4.9

No previous work experience

1,411 1,413 - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) 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: September 07, 2012