Labor force status flows by sex, recent months

Labor force status flows by sex [Numbers in thousands]
Labor force flows	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Labor force flows	Apr. to May 2023	Mar. to Apr. 2024	Apr. to May 2024	Apr. to May 2023	Dec. to Jan. 2024	Jan. to Feb. 2024	Feb. to Mar. 2024	Mar. to Apr. 2024	Apr. to May 2024
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	161,002	161,590	161,341	160,707	161,152	160,968	161,466	161,491	161,083
Employed to employed	155,425	155,916	155,322	154,638	154,736	154,794	154,904	155,259	154,969
Unemployed to employed	1,283	1,793	1,767	1,483	1,666	1,589	1,732	1,760	1,766
Not in labor force to employed	4,192	3,760	4,191	4,482	4,727	4,556	4,758	4,346	4,286
Other inflows to employed(2)	102	121	61	104	23	29	72	125	63
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	5,700	5,894	6,235	6,117	6,124	6,458	6,429	6,492	6,649
Employed to unemployed	1,448	1,361	1,491	1,670	1,473	1,531	1,476	1,719	1,547
Unemployed to unemployed	2,592	3,176	2,670	2,811	3,001	3,027	3,180	3,103	3,123
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,657	1,347	2,065	1,633	1,644	1,892	1,772	1,658	1,970
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	2	10	8	3	6	8	1	11	8
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	99,916	100,582	100,672	99,795	100,265	100,285	99,989	100,083	100,516
Employed to not in labor force	4,176	4,053	4,750	4,628	4,541	4,800	4,561	4,461	4,948
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,269	1,633	1,455	1,420	1,583	1,506	1,544	1,564	1,601
Not in labor force to not in labor force	94,166	94,609	94,117	93,443	93,763	93,608	93,547	93,777	93,619
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	306	288	350	303	378	370	337	282	347

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	85,626	85,187	85,076	85,385	85,034	84,993	85,490	85,208	84,882
Employed to employed	82,920	82,412	81,971	82,519	82,134	81,931	82,172	82,275	81,825
Unemployed to employed	674	1,046	1,071	733	855	906	995	902	1,000
Not in labor force to employed	1,986	1,671	2,001	2,084	2,028	2,140	2,280	1,968	2,021
Other inflows to employed(2)	47	59	34	49	17	16	42	62	36
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,075	3,285	3,515	3,305	3,473	3,398	3,323	3,500	3,737
Employed to unemployed	754	863	922	915	870	828	776	1,051	971
Unemployed to unemployed	1,499	1,764	1,540	1,591	1,787	1,684	1,674	1,650	1,761
Not in labor force to unemployed	821	657	1,052	798	816	885	872	798	1,005
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	41,618	42,222	42,191	41,630	41,929	42,129	41,793	41,986	42,163
Employed to not in labor force	1,845	1,963	2,280	2,072	2,368	2,260	2,030	2,148	2,396
Unemployed to not in labor force	729	828	673	776	797	882	727	770	739
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,892	39,285	39,069	38,632	38,594	38,804	38,877	38,926	38,860
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	152	145	170	151	169	183	158	142	168

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	75,376	76,403	76,265	75,322	76,118	75,975	75,976	76,283	76,201
Employed to employed	72,505	73,505	73,352	72,119	72,602	72,863	72,732	72,984	73,144
Unemployed to employed	609	747	696	750	811	683	737	858	765
Not in labor force to employed	2,207	2,088	2,190	2,398	2,699	2,416	2,478	2,377	2,265
Other inflows to employed(2)	55	62	27	56	6	13	29	63	28
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,625	2,609	2,720	2,812	2,650	3,060	3,106	2,991	2,912
Employed to unemployed	694	498	569	755	603	703	700	669	576
Unemployed to unemployed	1,094	1,412	1,130	1,220	1,214	1,343	1,506	1,453	1,363
Not in labor force to unemployed	836	690	1,014	835	828	1,007	899	860	965
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	9	8	1	6	8	1	10	8
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,298	58,361	58,481	58,165	58,336	58,156	58,197	58,098	58,353
Employed to not in labor force	2,331	2,089	2,471	2,557	2,173	2,541	2,531	2,313	2,552
Unemployed to not in labor force	539	805	782	644	786	624	816	794	862
Not in labor force to not in labor force	55,274	55,324	55,048	54,811	55,169	54,804	54,670	54,851	54,759
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	154	143	180	153	208	187	179	140	179
Footnotes (1) Total shown for measure in the second month. (2) Includes persons just turning 16 and adjustments to estimated population totals.
NOTE: Data may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Research series from the Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: June 07, 2024