Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

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Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed persons (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
Industry and class of worker	Sept. 2011	Sept. 2012	Sept. 2011	Sept. 2012
Total, 16 years and over(1)	13,520	11,742	8.8	7.6
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	10,375	8,935	8.7	7.4
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	55	48	6.2	4.9
Construction	1,110	954	13.3	11.9
Manufacturing	1,306	1,032	8.4	6.7
Durable goods	821	668	8.4	6.8
Nondurable goods	484	364	8.4	6.6
Wholesale and retail trade	1,882	1,651	9.2	8.0
Transportation and utilities	458	372	7.8	6.3
Information	209	205	7.4	7.3
Financial activities	501	432	5.5	4.8
Professional and business services	1,509	1,253	10.1	8.2
Education and health services	1,241	1,204	5.7	5.5
Leisure and hospitality	1,492	1,312	11.3	9.7
Other services	613	473	9.4	7.1
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	169	153	11.1	10.0
Government workers	1,013	943	4.7	4.3
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	643	510	6.4	4.9
Footnotes (1) Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: October 05, 2012

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey