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. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	274,226	275,415	275,554	274,226	275,054	275,166	275,282	275,415	275,554
Civilian labor force	171,217	170,048	170,298	171,261	170,078	169,358	169,094	169,777	170,262
Participation rate	62.4	61.7	61.8	62.5	61.8	61.5	61.4	61.6	61.8
Employed	163,894	162,667	163,439	163,656	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746	163,152
Employment-population ratio	59.8	59.1	59.3	59.7	59.2	59.0	58.9	59.1	59.2
Unemployed	7,324	7,381	6,859	7,605	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031	7,109
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.3	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2
Not in labor force	103,009	105,367	105,256	102,964	104,976	105,808	106,189	105,638	105,292
People who currently want a job	5,792	5,884	5,631	5,943	6,187	6,045	5,920	5,747	5,790

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,760	132,876	132,938	133,760	132,714	132,763	132,816	132,876	132,938
Civilian labor force	90,615	89,604	89,356	90,685	89,138	88,690	88,739	89,259	89,363
Participation rate	67.7	67.4	67.2	67.8	67.2	66.8	66.8	67.2	67.2
Employed	86,849	85,734	85,728	86,652	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337	85,495
Employment-population ratio	64.9	64.5	64.5	64.8	64.2	63.9	64.0	64.2	64.3
Unemployed	3,766	3,870	3,627	4,033	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922	3,867
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.3
Not in labor force	43,144	43,272	43,582	43,075	43,576	44,073	44,077	43,617	43,575

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,684	123,959	124,034	124,684	123,760	123,822	123,887	123,959	124,034
Civilian labor force	87,553	86,126	86,219	87,491	85,982	85,690	85,690	86,028	86,109
Participation rate	70.2	69.5	69.5	70.2	69.5	69.2	69.2	69.4	69.4
Employed	84,252	82,744	83,054	83,945	82,539	82,333	82,352	82,585	82,725
Employment-population ratio	67.6	66.8	67.0	67.3	66.7	66.5	66.5	66.6	66.7
Unemployed	3,301	3,381	3,165	3,546	3,443	3,356	3,338	3,444	3,384
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.9	3.7	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	37,131	37,834	37,814	37,193	37,778	38,133	38,198	37,931	37,925

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	140,466	142,540	142,616	140,466	142,340	142,403	142,467	142,540	142,616
Civilian labor force	80,602	80,444	80,942	80,577	80,940	80,668	80,354	80,518	80,899
Participation rate	57.4	56.4	56.8	57.4	56.9	56.6	56.4	56.5	56.7
Employed	77,045	76,933	77,710	77,004	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409	77,657
Employment-population ratio	54.8	54.0	54.5	54.8	54.5	54.4	54.2	54.3	54.5
Unemployed	3,557	3,511	3,232	3,572	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109	3,242
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.4	4.0	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0
Not in labor force	59,864	62,096	61,674	59,889	61,400	61,735	62,112	62,021	61,716

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,717	133,948	134,034	131,717	133,715	133,789	133,864	133,948	134,034
Civilian labor force	77,476	77,251	77,848	77,303	77,827	77,448	77,283	77,495	77,677
Participation rate	58.8	57.7	58.1	58.7	58.2	57.9	57.7	57.9	58.0
Employed	74,278	74,178	75,067	74,102	74,882	74,618	74,445	74,788	74,892
Employment-population ratio	56.4	55.4	56.0	56.3	56.0	55.8	55.6	55.8	55.9
Unemployed	3,198	3,072	2,781	3,201	2,945	2,830	2,838	2,708	2,785
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.0	3.6	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6
Not in labor force	54,241	56,697	56,186	54,414	55,889	56,341	56,581	56,452	56,357

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,824	17,508	17,486	17,824	17,579	17,555	17,531	17,508	17,486
Civilian labor force	6,188	6,672	6,230	6,467	6,269	6,221	6,121	6,254	6,476
Participation rate	34.7	38.1	35.6	36.3	35.7	35.4	34.9	35.7	37.0
Employed	5,363	5,744	5,317	5,609	5,350	5,313	5,380	5,373	5,535
Employment-population ratio	30.1	32.8	30.4	31.5	30.4	30.3	30.7	30.7	31.7
Unemployed	825	927	913	858	919	907	740	880	941
Unemployment rate	13.3	13.9	14.7	13.3	14.7	14.6	12.1	14.1	14.5
Not in labor force	11,636	10,837	11,256	11,357	11,309	11,334	11,410	11,255	11,010
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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