Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, sex, and age	May 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025	May 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	268,248	273,197	273,385	268,248	272,685	272,847	273,023	273,197	273,385
Civilian labor force	167,576	170,650	170,216	167,799	170,744	170,359	170,591	171,135	170,510
Participation rate	62.5	62.5	62.3	62.6	62.6	62.4	62.5	62.6	62.4
Employed	161,341	164,069	163,401	161,164	163,895	163,307	163,508	163,969	163,273
Employment-population ratio	60.1	60.1	59.8	60.1	60.1	59.9	59.9	60.0	59.7
Unemployed	6,235	6,582	6,815	6,635	6,849	7,052	7,083	7,166	7,237
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2
Not in labor force	100,672	102,547	103,169	100,449	101,941	102,487	102,431	102,062	102,875
People who currently want a job	6,259	5,534	6,567	5,706	5,479	5,893	5,915	5,672	5,991

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,782	133,260	133,351	130,782	133,010	133,089	133,175	133,260	133,351
Civilian labor force	88,591	90,451	90,249	88,688	90,393	89,987	90,244	90,693	90,392
Participation rate	67.7	67.9	67.7	67.8	68.0	67.6	67.8	68.1	67.8
Employed	85,076	86,688	86,565	84,977	86,733	86,226	86,443	86,733	86,486
Employment-population ratio	65.1	65.1	64.9	65.0	65.2	64.8	64.9	65.1	64.9
Unemployed	3,515	3,763	3,685	3,711	3,660	3,761	3,800	3,960	3,906
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.3
Not in labor force	42,191	42,810	43,102	42,095	42,617	43,102	42,932	42,567	42,959

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,844	124,166	124,261	121,844	123,918	123,996	124,082	124,166	124,261
Civilian labor force	85,283	87,280	87,032	85,297	87,067	86,594	86,887	87,309	87,087
Participation rate	70.0	70.3	70.0	70.0	70.3	69.8	70.0	70.3	70.1
Employed	82,225	83,940	83,836	82,083	83,803	83,311	83,563	83,858	83,704
Employment-population ratio	67.5	67.6	67.5	67.4	67.6	67.2	67.3	67.5	67.4
Unemployed	3,057	3,340	3,196	3,214	3,264	3,283	3,324	3,451	3,383
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	36,561	36,887	37,229	36,547	36,851	37,402	37,195	36,857	37,174

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	137,465	139,937	140,033	137,465	139,674	139,758	139,848	139,937	140,033
Civilian labor force	78,985	80,200	79,967	79,111	80,351	80,372	80,348	80,442	80,118
Participation rate	57.5	57.3	57.1	57.5	57.5	57.5	57.5	57.5	57.2
Employed	76,265	77,381	76,836	76,187	77,162	77,081	77,065	77,236	76,787
Employment-population ratio	55.5	55.3	54.9	55.4	55.2	55.2	55.1	55.2	54.8
Unemployed	2,720	2,819	3,130	2,924	3,189	3,291	3,283	3,206	3,331
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.2
Not in labor force	58,481	59,737	60,067	58,354	59,324	59,385	59,500	59,495	59,915

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,830	131,167	131,268	128,830	130,908	130,991	131,080	131,167	131,268
Civilian labor force	75,723	77,173	76,861	75,814	77,203	77,115	76,997	77,241	76,968
Participation rate	58.8	58.8	58.6	58.8	59.0	58.9	58.7	58.9	58.6
Employed	73,338	74,642	74,073	73,219	74,380	74,205	74,159	74,379	73,979
Employment-population ratio	56.9	56.9	56.4	56.8	56.8	56.6	56.6	56.7	56.4
Unemployed	2,385	2,531	2,787	2,595	2,822	2,910	2,838	2,862	2,989
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.9
Not in labor force	53,106	53,994	54,407	53,016	53,706	53,876	54,082	53,926	54,300

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,574	17,863	17,856	17,574	17,859	17,860	17,862	17,863	17,856
Civilian labor force	6,570	6,197	6,323	6,688	6,474	6,650	6,707	6,585	6,456
Participation rate	37.4	34.7	35.4	38.1	36.3	37.2	37.6	36.9	36.2
Employed	5,777	5,487	5,492	5,861	5,712	5,792	5,786	5,732	5,590
Employment-population ratio	32.9	30.7	30.8	33.4	32.0	32.4	32.4	32.1	31.3
Unemployed	793	711	831	827	763	858	921	853	866
Unemployment rate	12.1	11.5	13.1	12.4	11.8	12.9	13.7	13.0	13.4
Not in labor force	11,004	11,666	11,533	10,887	11,385	11,210	11,154	11,279	11,400
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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