A-6. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-6. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Full- and part-time status, sex, and age	2024	2025
Full- and part-time status, sex, and age	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
EMPLOYED
Full-time workers	133,502	135,898	134,618	135,055	135,351	134,773	135,188	134,839	134,468	135,157	-	134,325	135,215
Men, 16 years and over	75,162	76,119	75,245	75,501	75,816	75,741	76,028	75,691	75,866	76,004	-	75,581	76,194
Men, 20 years and over	74,150	75,101	74,219	74,499	74,811	74,758	75,086	74,760	75,171	75,068	-	74,693	75,222
Women, 16 years and over	58,332	59,791	59,358	59,555	59,513	59,086	59,095	59,023	58,381	59,188	-	58,768	59,016
Women, 20 years and over	57,678	59,140	58,604	58,946	58,902	58,374	58,529	58,534	57,861	58,463	-	58,035	58,275
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	1,674	1,657	1,795	1,610	1,638	1,641	1,574	1,546	1,436	1,627	-	1,597	1,718
Part-time workers	28,008	27,928	28,521	28,453	28,522	28,547	28,207	28,453	29,043	28,490	-	29,452	28,712
Men, 16 years and over	10,462	10,589	10,841	10,873	10,787	10,731	10,557	10,785	10,953	10,658	-	11,088	10,669
Men, 20 years and over	8,585	8,705	8,985	9,045	8,959	8,950	8,762	9,005	9,061	8,869	-	9,373	9,009
Women, 16 years and over	17,571	17,304	17,676	17,575	17,731	17,801	17,616	17,646	18,060	17,865	-	18,411	18,080
Women, 20 years and over	15,323	15,213	15,566	15,299	15,528	15,680	15,590	15,607	15,967	15,643	-	16,257	15,927
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	4,100	4,010	3,969	4,109	4,035	3,918	3,855	3,841	4,015	3,978	-	3,822	3,775

UNEMPLOYED
Looking for full-time work	5,629	5,677	5,814	5,775	5,952	5,898	5,616	5,996	5,985	6,226	-	6,329	6,082
Men, 16 years and over	3,130	3,210	3,328	3,307	3,492	3,290	3,195	3,352	3,400	3,439	-	3,530	3,387
Men, 20 years and over	2,882	2,963	3,064	3,031	3,173	3,037	2,921	3,078	3,215	3,185	-	3,238	3,114
Women, 16 years and over	2,511	2,452	2,507	2,464	2,434	2,603	2,405	2,627	2,588	2,794	-	2,796	2,683
Women, 20 years and over	2,355	2,323	2,324	2,257	2,305	2,448	2,236	2,426	2,376	2,623	-	2,562	2,467
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	391	392	426	487	474	413	459	492	394	417	-	529	501
Looking for part-time work	1,276	1,229	1,312	1,333	1,237	1,320	1,397	1,268	1,449	1,328	-	1,501	1,398
Men, 16 years and over	562	500	491	528	481	605	666	621	602	583	-	640	559
Men, 20 years and over	345	353	278	329	296	333	427	371	374	338	-	395	312
Women, 16 years and over	716	726	817	796	754	729	737	632	836	769	-	861	841
Women, 20 years and over	507	485	606	576	537	535	519	431	590	550	-	585	580
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	424	391	428	428	403	452	451	466	484	440	-	521	506

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Full-time workers	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.3	4.4	-	4.5	4.3
Men, 16 years and over	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.3	-	4.5	4.3
Men, 20 years and over	3.7	3.8	4.0	3.9	4.1	3.9	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	-	4.2	4.0
Women, 16 years and over	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.0	3.9	4.2	3.9	4.3	4.2	4.5	-	4.5	4.3
Women, 20 years and over	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.8	4.0	3.7	4.0	3.9	4.3	-	4.2	4.1
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	18.9	19.1	19.2	23.2	22.5	20.1	22.6	24.2	21.5	20.4	-	24.9	22.6
Part-time workers	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.7	4.3	4.8	4.5	-	4.8	4.6
Men, 16 years and over	5.1	4.5	4.3	4.6	4.3	5.3	5.9	5.4	5.2	5.2	-	5.5	5.0
Men, 20 years and over	3.9	3.9	3.0	3.5	3.2	3.6	4.6	4.0	4.0	3.7	-	4.0	3.3
Women, 16 years and over	3.9	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.1	3.9	4.0	3.5	4.4	4.1	-	4.5	4.4
Women, 20 years and over	3.2	3.1	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.2	2.7	3.6	3.4	-	3.5	3.5
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	9.4	8.9	9.7	9.4	9.1	10.3	10.5	10.8	10.8	10.0	-	12.0	11.8
NOTE: Full-time workers are people who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part-time workers are people who usually work less than 35 hours per week. Detail for the 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. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Last Modified Date: January 09, 2026