Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category	Sept. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026	Change from: Aug. 2026- Sept. 2026
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	274,226	275,282	275,415	275,554	139
Civilian labor force	171,261	169,094	169,777	170,262	485
Participation rate	62.5	61.4	61.6	61.8	0.2
Employed	163,656	162,177	162,746	163,152	406
Employment-population ratio	59.7	58.9	59.1	59.2	0.1
Unemployed	7,605	6,916	7,031	7,109	78
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.1	4.1	4.2	0.1
Not in labor force	102,964	106,189	105,638	105,292	-346

Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	4.4	4.1	4.1	4.2	0.1
Adult men (20 years and over)	4.1	3.9	4.0	3.9	-0.1
Adult women (20 years and over)	4.1	3.7	3.5	3.6	0.1
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	13.3	12.1	14.1	14.5	0.4
White	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.6	-0.1
Black or African American	7.6	6.3	6.0	7.0	1.0
Asian	4.3	4.0	3.2	2.9	-0.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5.5	4.6	4.8	4.7	-0.1

Total, 25 years and over	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	-0.1
Less than a high school diploma	6.8	5.4	4.7	4.3	-0.4
High school graduates, no college	4.2	4.0	4.4	4.4	0.0
Some college or associate degree	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.6	-0.1
Bachelor's degree and higher	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.5	-0.2

Reason for unemployment
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,524	3,309	3,245	3,200	-45
Job leavers	860	793	914	741	-173
Reentrants	2,336	2,123	2,137	2,289	152
New entrants	813	761	702	818	116

Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,232	1,960	2,000	2,098	98
5 to 14 weeks	2,356	2,049	2,077	1,956	-121
15 to 26 weeks	1,286	1,157	1,147	1,189	42
27 weeks and over	1,815	1,771	1,930	1,944	14

Employed people at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	4,594	4,804	4,390	4,501	111
Slack work or business conditions	3,129	3,019	2,815	2,896	81
Could only find part-time work	1,200	1,428	1,263	1,267	4
Part time for noneconomic reasons	22,728	22,770	22,752	22,813	61

People not in the labor force
Marginally attached to the labor force	1,743	1,806	1,704	1,468	-236
Discouraged workers	555	476	441	414	-27
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026