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 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	May 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	273,385	274,955	275,054	273,385	274,676	274,766	274,858	274,955	275,054
Civilian labor force	170,216	169,548	169,801	170,492	170,465	170,483	170,087	169,995	170,078
Participation rate	62.3	61.7	61.7	62.4	62.1	62.0	61.9	61.8	61.8
Employed	163,401	162,781	162,897	163,244	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622	162,771
Employment-population ratio	59.8	59.2	59.2	59.7	59.4	59.3	59.2	59.1	59.2
Unemployed	6,815	6,768	6,904	7,248	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373	7,307
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3
Not in labor force	103,169	105,406	105,253	102,893	104,211	104,283	104,771	104,959	104,976
People who currently want a job	6,567	5,956	6,756	6,008	5,838	5,974	6,040	6,111	6,187

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,351	132,670	132,714	133,351	132,546	132,586	132,627	132,670	132,714
Civilian labor force	90,249	88,712	89,018	90,388	89,200	89,101	88,846	88,936	89,138
Participation rate	67.7	66.9	67.1	67.8	67.3	67.2	67.0	67.0	67.2
Employed	86,565	84,981	85,245	86,473	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007	85,172
Employment-population ratio	64.9	64.1	64.2	64.8	64.4	64.3	64.2	64.1	64.2
Unemployed	3,685	3,731	3,773	3,915	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929	3,966
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.4
Not in labor force	43,102	43,958	43,696	42,963	43,345	43,485	43,780	43,734	43,576

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,261	123,704	123,760	124,261	123,570	123,612	123,657	123,704	123,760
Civilian labor force	87,032	85,739	85,927	87,100	86,096	86,006	85,796	85,791	85,982
Participation rate	70.0	69.3	69.4	70.1	69.7	69.6	69.4	69.4	69.5
Employed	83,836	82,420	82,646	83,705	82,783	82,591	82,562	82,353	82,539
Employment-population ratio	67.5	66.6	66.8	67.4	67.0	66.8	66.8	66.6	66.7
Unemployed	3,196	3,320	3,281	3,395	3,313	3,415	3,235	3,438	3,443
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0
Not in labor force	37,229	37,964	37,833	37,161	37,474	37,606	37,860	37,913	37,778

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	140,033	142,284	142,340	140,033	142,130	142,180	142,231	142,284	142,340
Civilian labor force	79,967	80,837	80,783	80,103	81,265	81,382	81,241	81,059	80,940
Participation rate	57.1	56.8	56.8	57.2	57.2	57.2	57.1	57.0	56.9
Employed	76,836	77,799	77,652	76,771	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615	77,599
Employment-population ratio	54.9	54.7	54.6	54.8	54.7	54.7	54.7	54.5	54.5
Unemployed	3,130	3,037	3,130	3,333	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444	3,341
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.8	3.9	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	60,067	61,448	61,558	59,930	60,865	60,798	60,991	61,225	61,400

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,268	133,648	133,715	131,268	133,489	133,541	133,593	133,648	133,715
Civilian labor force	76,861	77,854	77,714	76,959	78,128	78,183	78,007	77,898	77,827
Participation rate	58.6	58.3	58.1	58.6	58.5	58.5	58.4	58.3	58.2
Employed	74,073	75,168	74,979	73,970	74,925	74,965	74,861	74,872	74,882
Employment-population ratio	56.4	56.2	56.1	56.4	56.1	56.1	56.0	56.0	56.0
Unemployed	2,787	2,686	2,734	2,989	3,203	3,218	3,146	3,026	2,945
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8
Not in labor force	54,407	55,793	56,002	54,309	55,361	55,358	55,587	55,750	55,889

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,856	17,603	17,579	17,856	17,617	17,613	17,608	17,603	17,579
Civilian labor force	6,323	5,955	6,160	6,433	6,241	6,294	6,284	6,307	6,269
Participation rate	35.4	33.8	35.0	36.0	35.4	35.7	35.7	35.8	35.7
Employed	5,492	5,193	5,271	5,569	5,390	5,357	5,425	5,397	5,350
Employment-population ratio	30.8	29.5	30.0	31.2	30.6	30.4	30.8	30.7	30.4
Unemployed	831	762	889	864	851	937	858	910	919
Unemployment rate	13.1	12.8	14.4	13.4	13.6	14.9	13.7	14.4	14.7
Not in labor force	11,533	11,648	11,418	11,423	11,376	11,319	11,324	11,297	11,309
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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