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	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	268,856	273,785	274,001	268,856	273,197	273,385	273,585	273,785	274,001
Civilian labor force	168,763	171,646	171,035	168,496	171,135	170,510	170,380	170,342	170,778
Participation rate	62.8	62.7	62.4	62.7	62.6	62.4	62.3	62.2	62.3
Employed	161,348	163,799	163,288	161,425	163,969	163,273	163,366	163,106	163,394
Employment-population ratio	60.0	59.8	59.6	60.0	60.0	59.7	59.7	59.6	59.6
Unemployed	7,415	7,847	7,747	7,071	7,166	7,237	7,015	7,236	7,384
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.6	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.3
Not in labor force	100,092	102,140	102,966	100,360	102,062	102,875	103,204	103,443	103,223
People who currently want a job	5,749	6,533	6,499	5,632	5,672	5,991	6,030	6,175	6,354

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,077	133,546	133,651	131,077	133,260	133,351	133,449	133,546	133,651
Civilian labor force	89,138	91,334	91,113	88,938	90,693	90,392	90,461	90,319	90,882
Participation rate	68.0	68.4	68.2	67.9	68.1	67.8	67.8	67.6	68.0
Employed	85,379	87,317	87,194	85,099	86,733	86,486	86,575	86,347	86,886
Employment-population ratio	65.1	65.4	65.2	64.9	65.1	64.9	64.9	64.7	65.0
Unemployed	3,759	4,017	3,920	3,839	3,960	3,906	3,886	3,973	3,996
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4
Not in labor force	41,939	42,212	42,538	42,139	42,567	42,959	42,988	43,227	42,769

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	122,118	124,462	124,571	122,118	124,166	124,261	124,361	124,462	124,571
Civilian labor force	85,816	87,478	87,779	85,846	87,309	87,087	87,250	87,111	87,757
Participation rate	70.3	70.3	70.5	70.3	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.0	70.4
Employed	82,552	84,106	84,280	82,479	83,858	83,704	83,872	83,660	84,171
Employment-population ratio	67.6	67.6	67.7	67.5	67.5	67.4	67.4	67.2	67.6
Unemployed	3,264	3,372	3,498	3,367	3,451	3,383	3,378	3,450	3,586
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1
Not in labor force	36,302	36,984	36,792	36,272	36,857	37,174	37,111	37,351	36,814

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	137,779	140,239	140,350	137,779	139,937	140,033	140,136	140,239	140,350
Civilian labor force	79,626	80,311	79,921	79,558	80,442	80,118	79,920	80,023	79,896
Participation rate	57.8	57.3	56.9	57.7	57.5	57.2	57.0	57.1	56.9
Employed	75,970	76,482	76,094	76,325	77,236	76,787	76,791	76,760	76,508
Employment-population ratio	55.1	54.5	54.2	55.4	55.2	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.5
Unemployed	3,656	3,830	3,827	3,232	3,206	3,331	3,129	3,263	3,388
Unemployment rate	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.1	4.0	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.2
Not in labor force	58,153	59,928	60,429	58,221	59,495	59,915	60,216	60,216	60,455

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	129,125	131,481	131,597	129,125	131,167	131,268	131,374	131,481	131,597
Civilian labor force	76,216	76,672	76,636	76,368	77,241	76,968	76,865	76,991	76,820
Participation rate	59.0	58.3	58.2	59.1	58.9	58.6	58.5	58.6	58.4
Employed	73,014	73,404	73,300	73,555	74,379	73,979	74,134	74,155	73,881
Employment-population ratio	56.5	55.8	55.7	57.0	56.7	56.4	56.4	56.4	56.1
Unemployed	3,202	3,268	3,336	2,813	2,862	2,989	2,732	2,836	2,939
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.3	4.4	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.8
Not in labor force	52,909	54,809	54,961	52,757	53,926	54,300	54,509	54,490	54,776

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,612	17,843	17,833	17,612	17,863	17,856	17,850	17,843	17,833
Civilian labor force	6,731	7,496	6,620	6,281	6,585	6,456	6,265	6,241	6,200
Participation rate	38.2	42.0	37.1	35.7	36.9	36.2	35.1	35.0	34.8
Employed	5,782	6,288	5,707	5,390	5,732	5,590	5,361	5,291	5,342
Employment-population ratio	32.8	35.2	32.0	30.6	32.1	31.3	30.0	29.7	30.0
Unemployed	949	1,207	913	891	853	866	905	950	859
Unemployment rate	14.1	16.1	13.8	14.2	13.0	13.4	14.4	15.2	13.9
Not in labor force	10,881	10,347	11,213	11,331	11,279	11,400	11,584	11,602	11,633
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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