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	Sept. 2024	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	269,080	274,001	274,226	269,080	273,385	273,585	273,785	274,001	274,226
Civilian labor force	168,569	171,035	171,217	168,703	170,510	170,380	170,342	170,778	171,248
Participation rate	62.6	62.4	62.4	62.7	62.4	62.3	62.2	62.3	62.4
Employed	162,046	163,288	163,894	161,802	163,273	163,366	163,106	163,394	163,645
Employment-population ratio	60.2	59.6	59.8	60.1	59.7	59.7	59.6	59.6	59.7
Unemployed	6,524	7,747	7,324	6,901	7,237	7,015	7,236	7,384	7,603
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4
Not in labor force	100,511	102,966	103,009	100,377	102,875	103,204	103,443	103,223	102,978
People who currently want a job	5,591	6,499	5,792	5,683	5,991	6,030	6,175	6,354	5,933

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,186	133,651	133,760	131,186	133,351	133,449	133,546	133,651	133,760
Civilian labor force	89,209	91,113	90,615	89,339	90,392	90,461	90,319	90,882	90,675
Participation rate	68.0	68.2	67.7	68.1	67.8	67.8	67.6	68.0	67.8
Employed	85,754	87,194	86,849	85,562	86,486	86,575	86,347	86,886	86,650
Employment-population ratio	65.4	65.2	64.9	65.2	64.9	64.9	64.7	65.0	64.8
Unemployed	3,455	3,920	3,766	3,777	3,906	3,886	3,973	3,996	4,024
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4
Not in labor force	41,978	42,538	43,144	41,848	42,959	42,988	43,227	42,769	43,085

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	122,221	124,571	124,684	122,221	124,261	124,361	124,462	124,571	124,684
Civilian labor force	86,045	87,779	87,553	86,042	87,087	87,250	87,111	87,757	87,473
Participation rate	70.4	70.5	70.2	70.4	70.1	70.2	70.0	70.4	70.2
Employed	83,091	84,280	84,252	82,783	83,704	83,872	83,660	84,171	83,932
Employment-population ratio	68.0	67.7	67.6	67.7	67.4	67.4	67.2	67.6	67.3
Unemployed	2,955	3,498	3,301	3,258	3,383	3,378	3,450	3,586	3,540
Unemployment rate	3.4	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.0
Not in labor force	36,175	36,792	37,131	36,179	37,174	37,111	37,351	36,814	37,211

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	137,894	140,350	140,466	137,894	140,033	140,136	140,239	140,350	140,466
Civilian labor force	79,361	79,921	80,602	79,365	80,118	79,920	80,023	79,896	80,573
Participation rate	57.6	56.9	57.4	57.6	57.2	57.0	57.1	56.9	57.4
Employed	76,292	76,094	77,045	76,240	76,787	76,791	76,760	76,508	76,994
Employment-population ratio	55.3	54.2	54.8	55.3	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.5	54.8
Unemployed	3,069	3,827	3,557	3,125	3,331	3,129	3,263	3,388	3,579
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.8	4.4	3.9	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.4
Not in labor force	58,533	60,429	59,864	58,529	59,915	60,216	60,216	60,455	59,893

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	129,236	131,597	131,717	129,236	131,268	131,374	131,481	131,597	131,717
Civilian labor force	76,264	76,636	77,476	76,110	76,968	76,865	76,991	76,820	77,307
Participation rate	59.0	58.2	58.8	58.9	58.6	58.5	58.6	58.4	58.7
Employed	73,598	73,300	74,278	73,397	73,979	74,134	74,155	73,881	74,096
Employment-population ratio	56.9	55.7	56.4	56.8	56.4	56.4	56.4	56.1	56.3
Unemployed	2,667	3,336	3,198	2,713	2,989	2,732	2,836	2,939	3,211
Unemployment rate	3.5	4.4	4.1	3.6	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.8	4.2
Not in labor force	52,972	54,961	54,241	53,126	54,300	54,509	54,490	54,776	54,411

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,623	17,833	17,824	17,623	17,856	17,850	17,843	17,833	17,824
Civilian labor force	6,260	6,620	6,188	6,552	6,456	6,265	6,241	6,200	6,469
Participation rate	35.5	37.1	34.7	37.2	36.2	35.1	35.0	34.8	36.3
Employed	5,357	5,707	5,363	5,621	5,590	5,361	5,291	5,342	5,617
Employment-population ratio	30.4	32.0	30.1	31.9	31.3	30.0	29.7	30.0	31.5
Unemployed	902	913	825	930	866	905	950	859	852
Unemployment rate	14.4	13.8	13.3	14.2	13.4	14.4	15.2	13.9	13.2
Not in labor force	11,364	11,213	11,636	11,072	11,400	11,584	11,602	11,633	11,356
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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Last Modified Date: November 20, 2025