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
Industry and class of worker	May 2012	May 2013	May 2012	May 2013
Total, 16 years and over(1)	12,271	11,302	7.9	7.3
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	9,419	8,655	7.8	7.1
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	47	66	4.5	5.9
Construction	1,150	891	14.2	10.8
Manufacturing	1,099	1,056	7.1	6.8
Durable goods	683	640	7.2	6.7
Nondurable goods	416	416	7.1	7.0
Wholesale and retail trade	1,654	1,466	8.1	7.3
Transportation and utilities	480	371	7.8	6.0
Information	230	187	7.8	6.4
Financial activities	462	417	5.1	4.4
Professional and business services	1,296	1,255	8.5	8.0
Education and health services	1,172	1,058	5.3	4.8
Leisure and hospitality	1,326	1,455	9.7	10.4
Other services	501	433	7.8	6.7
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	148	92	9.5	6.8
Government workers	899	811	4.2	3.8
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	503	534	4.9	5.3
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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