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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-38. People not in the labor force by desire and availability for work, age, and sex
[In thousands]
Category Total Age Sex
June
2024
June
2025
16 to 24
years
25 to 54
years
55 years
and over
Men Women
June
2024
June
2025
June
2024
June
2025
June
2024
June
2025
June
2024
June
2025
June
2024
June
2025

Total not in the labor force

99,431 102,242 15,584 16,304 21,277 21,913 62,570 64,025 40,974 42,202 58,457 60,041

Do not want a job now(1)

93,776 95,787 13,647 14,041 19,017 19,420 61,113 62,326 38,124 39,096 55,652 56,692

Want a job(1)

5,655 6,455 1,937 2,263 2,261 2,493 1,457 1,700 2,850 3,106 2,805 3,349

Did not search for work in previous year

3,435 3,916 1,136 1,290 1,269 1,439 1,029 1,186 1,611 1,795 1,823 2,121

Searched for work in previous year(2),
but not in past 4 weeks

2,220 2,539 801 972 991 1,054 428 513 1,239 1,312 982 1,228

Not available to work now

672 677 287 330 290 242 96 104 297 248 375 430

Marginally attached (available to work now)(3)

1,548 1,862 514 642 701 811 333 409 941 1,064 607 798

Discouraged over job prospects(4)

369 654 107 201 187 270 75 182 238 464 131 190

Reasons other than discouragement

1,179 1,208 407 441 514 541 257 227 703 600 476 608

Family responsibilities

156 217 17 49 104 122 35 45 76 64 80 154

In school or training

197 189 123 155 70 27 4 7 134 104 62 85

Ill health or disability

139 187 13 32 64 104 63 51 76 91 63 96

Other(5)

688 615 255 205 277 287 156 124 417 341 271 274

Footnotes
(1) Includes some people who are not asked if they want a job, such as passive jobseekers.
(2) People who had a job in the prior 12 months must have searched since the end of that job.
(3) People "marginally attached to the labor force" are those who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.
(4) Discouraged workers are people marginally attached to the labor force who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
(5) Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not ascertained.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: July 03, 2025