SOARING U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT

More than 33 million jobless Americans have now made claims in the past seven weeks. The unemployment rate soared to 14.7% in April.

Jobs lost in April by Sectors

1. Leisure and hospitality: 7.7 million, or 47 percent of total
2. Food services and drinking places: 5.5 million
3. Education and health services: 2.5 million
4. Professional and business services: 2.1 million
5. Retail trade: 2.1 million.
6. Arts, entertainment, and recreation industry: 1.3 million
7. Government employment: 980,000
8. Durable goods manufacturing: 914,000
9. Temporary Help Services: 842,000
10. Accommodation industry: 839,000
11. Local government: 801,000
12. Personal and laundry services: 797,000
13. Clothing and clothing accessories stores: 740,000
14. Specialty trade contractors: 691,000
15. Transportation and warehousing: 584,000
16. Offices of dentists: 503,000
17. Private education: 457,000
18. Nondurable goods manufacturing: 416,000 jobs
19. Motor vehicles and parts: 382,000
20. Wholesale trade: 363,000
21. Child day care services: 336,000
22. Motor vehicle and parts dealers: 345,000
23. Miscellaneous store retailers: 264,000
24. Services to buildings and dwellings: 259,000
25. Offices of physicians: 243,000
26. Individual and family services: 241,000
27. Real estate and rental and leasing: 222,000
28. Motion picture and sound recording industries: 217,000
29. Furniture and home furnishing stores: 209,000
30. Construction of buildings: 206,000
31. Offices of other health care practitioners 205,000
32. Transit and ground passenger transportation: 185,000
33. State government education: 176,000
34. Air Transportation: 141,000
35. Fabricated metal products: 109,000