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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
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
Oct.
2013		 Oct.
2014		 Oct.
2013		 Oct.
2014

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 10,773 8,680 7.0 5.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

 8,011 6,580 6.6 5.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 67 53 6.1 4.5

Construction

 733 542 9.0 6.4

Manufacturing

 956 658 6.2 4.3

Durable goods

 609 424 6.1 4.4

Nondurable goods

 348 235 6.3 4.1

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,355 1,031 6.8 5.1

Transportation and utilities

 390 295 6.4 4.5

Information

 217 139 7.9 4.7

Financial activities

 442 331 4.6 3.6

Professional and business services

 1,208 1,004 7.5 6.5

Education and health services

 946 1,011 4.2 4.4

Leisure and hospitality

 1,185 1,169 8.8 8.5

Other services

 511 348 7.7 5.2

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

 163 134 10.7 7.6

Government workers

 920 564 4.4 2.7

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 509 384 5.1 3.8

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.

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