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. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	274,001	275,282	275,415	274,001	274,955	275,054	275,166	275,282	275,415
Civilian labor force	171,035	170,235	170,048	170,750	169,995	170,078	169,358	169,094	169,777
Participation rate	62.4	61.8	61.7	62.3	61.8	61.8	61.5	61.4	61.6
Employed	163,288	162,800	162,667	163,370	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746
Employment-population ratio	59.6	59.1	59.1	59.6	59.1	59.2	59.0	58.9	59.1
Unemployed	7,747	7,435	7,381	7,380	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031
Unemployment rate	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	102,966	105,047	105,367	103,251	104,959	104,976	105,808	106,189	105,638
People who currently want a job	6,499	6,258	5,884	6,347	6,111	6,187	6,045	5,920	5,747

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,651	132,816	132,876	133,651	132,670	132,714	132,763	132,816	132,876
Civilian labor force	91,113	89,680	89,604	90,804	88,936	89,138	88,690	88,739	89,259
Participation rate	68.2	67.5	67.4	67.9	67.0	67.2	66.8	66.8	67.2
Employed	87,194	85,897	85,734	86,834	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337
Employment-population ratio	65.2	64.7	64.5	65.0	64.1	64.2	63.9	64.0	64.2
Unemployed	3,920	3,782	3,870	3,970	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4
Not in labor force	42,538	43,136	43,272	42,847	43,734	43,576	44,073	44,077	43,617

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,571	123,887	123,959	124,571	123,704	123,760	123,822	123,887	123,959
Civilian labor force	87,779	86,002	86,126	87,686	85,791	85,982	85,690	85,690	86,028
Participation rate	70.5	69.4	69.5	70.4	69.4	69.5	69.2	69.2	69.4
Employed	84,280	82,739	82,744	84,129	82,353	82,539	82,333	82,352	82,585
Employment-population ratio	67.7	66.8	66.8	67.5	66.6	66.7	66.5	66.5	66.6
Unemployed	3,498	3,263	3,381	3,557	3,438	3,443	3,356	3,338	3,444
Unemployment rate	4.0	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0
Not in labor force	36,792	37,885	37,834	36,885	37,913	37,778	38,133	38,198	37,931

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	140,350	142,467	142,540	140,350	142,284	142,340	142,403	142,467	142,540
Civilian labor force	79,921	80,555	80,444	79,946	81,059	80,940	80,668	80,354	80,518
Participation rate	56.9	56.5	56.4	57.0	57.0	56.9	56.6	56.4	56.5
Employed	76,094	76,903	76,933	76,536	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409
Employment-population ratio	54.2	54.0	54.0	54.5	54.5	54.5	54.4	54.2	54.3
Unemployed	3,827	3,653	3,511	3,410	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9
Not in labor force	60,429	61,911	62,096	60,404	61,225	61,400	61,735	62,112	62,021

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,597	133,864	133,948	131,597	133,648	133,715	133,789	133,864	133,948
Civilian labor force	76,636	76,909	77,251	76,854	77,898	77,827	77,448	77,283	77,495
Participation rate	58.2	57.5	57.7	58.4	58.3	58.2	57.9	57.7	57.9
Employed	73,300	73,666	74,178	73,895	74,872	74,882	74,618	74,445	74,788
Employment-population ratio	55.7	55.0	55.4	56.2	56.0	56.0	55.8	55.6	55.8
Unemployed	3,336	3,243	3,072	2,959	3,026	2,945	2,830	2,838	2,708
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5
Not in labor force	54,961	56,955	56,697	54,743	55,750	55,889	56,341	56,581	56,452

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,833	17,531	17,508	17,833	17,603	17,579	17,555	17,531	17,508
Civilian labor force	6,620	7,324	6,672	6,210	6,307	6,269	6,221	6,121	6,254
Participation rate	37.1	41.8	38.1	34.8	35.8	35.7	35.4	34.9	35.7
Employed	5,707	6,394	5,744	5,346	5,397	5,350	5,313	5,380	5,373
Employment-population ratio	32.0	36.5	32.8	30.0	30.7	30.4	30.3	30.7	30.7
Unemployed	913	929	927	864	910	919	907	740	880
Unemployment rate	13.8	12.7	13.9	13.9	14.4	14.7	14.6	12.1	14.1
Not in labor force	11,213	10,207	10,837	11,623	11,297	11,309	11,334	11,410	11,255
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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