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	Jan. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	272,685	274,816	274,982	272,685	274,226	-	274,633	274,816	274,982
Civilian labor force	169,814	170,723	171,031	170,696	171,261	-	171,541	171,495	171,882
Participation rate	62.3	62.1	62.2	62.6	62.5	-	62.5	62.4	62.5
Employed	162,347	163,720	163,090	163,831	163,656	-	163,760	163,992	164,520
Employment-population ratio	59.5	59.6	59.3	60.1	59.7	-	59.6	59.7	59.8
Unemployed	7,467	7,003	7,941	6,865	7,605	-	7,781	7,503	7,362
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.1	4.6	4.0	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3
Not in labor force	102,871	104,094	103,951	101,989	102,964	-	103,092	103,321	103,100
People who currently want a job	5,658	5,977	5,930	5,506	5,943	-	6,139	6,208	5,809

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,010	134,046	134,125	133,010	133,760	-	133,957	134,046	134,125
Civilian labor force	89,844	90,199	90,341	90,388	90,685	-	90,739	90,780	90,870
Participation rate	67.5	67.3	67.4	68.0	67.8	-	67.7	67.7	67.8
Employed	85,611	86,372	85,920	86,700	86,652	-	86,616	86,812	86,967
Employment-population ratio	64.4	64.4	64.1	65.2	64.8	-	64.7	64.8	64.8
Unemployed	4,233	3,827	4,421	3,687	4,033	-	4,123	3,968	3,903
Unemployment rate	4.7	4.2	4.9	4.1	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3
Not in labor force	43,166	43,847	43,784	42,623	43,075	-	43,218	43,266	43,255

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	123,918	124,981	125,065	123,918	124,684	-	124,889	124,981	125,065
Civilian labor force	86,808	87,251	87,447	87,066	87,491	-	87,628	87,638	87,715
Participation rate	70.1	69.8	69.9	70.3	70.2	-	70.2	70.1	70.1
Employed	82,954	83,874	83,552	83,776	83,945	-	84,043	84,199	84,361
Employment-population ratio	66.9	67.1	66.8	67.6	67.3	-	67.3	67.4	67.5
Unemployed	3,854	3,377	3,895	3,289	3,546	-	3,585	3,439	3,353
Unemployment rate	4.4	3.9	4.5	3.8	4.1	-	4.1	3.9	3.8
Not in labor force	37,110	37,730	37,617	36,852	37,193	-	37,261	37,344	37,350

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	139,674	140,770	140,857	139,674	140,466	-	140,676	140,770	140,857
Civilian labor force	79,969	80,524	80,690	80,308	80,577	-	80,802	80,715	81,012
Participation rate	57.3	57.2	57.3	57.5	57.4	-	57.4	57.3	57.5
Employed	76,736	77,348	77,170	77,131	77,004	-	77,144	77,180	77,553
Employment-population ratio	54.9	54.9	54.8	55.2	54.8	-	54.8	54.8	55.1
Unemployed	3,234	3,176	3,520	3,177	3,572	-	3,658	3,535	3,459
Unemployment rate	4.0	3.9	4.4	4.0	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3
Not in labor force	59,705	60,246	60,167	59,366	59,889	-	59,873	60,055	59,845

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,908	132,034	132,124	130,908	131,717	-	131,935	132,034	132,124
Civilian labor force	77,020	77,358	77,733	77,167	77,303	-	77,442	77,351	77,860
Participation rate	58.8	58.6	58.8	58.9	58.7	-	58.7	58.6	58.9
Employed	74,136	74,572	74,510	74,354	74,102	-	74,302	74,306	74,711
Employment-population ratio	56.6	56.5	56.4	56.8	56.3	-	56.3	56.3	56.5
Unemployed	2,884	2,787	3,223	2,812	3,201	-	3,140	3,044	3,149
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.6	4.1	3.6	4.1	-	4.1	3.9	4.0
Not in labor force	53,888	54,675	54,391	53,741	54,414	-	54,493	54,683	54,264

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,859	17,801	17,793	17,859	17,824	-	17,808	17,801	17,793
Civilian labor force	5,986	6,113	5,850	6,463	6,467	-	6,470	6,506	6,307
Participation rate	33.5	34.3	32.9	36.2	36.3	-	36.3	36.6	35.4
Employed	5,257	5,275	5,028	5,701	5,609	-	5,415	5,486	5,448
Employment-population ratio	29.4	29.6	28.3	31.9	31.5	-	30.4	30.8	30.6
Unemployed	728	839	823	763	858	-	1,056	1,020	860
Unemployment rate	12.2	13.7	14.1	11.8	13.3	-	16.3	15.7	13.6
Not in labor force	11,873	11,688	11,943	11,395	11,357	-	11,338	11,295	11,486
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

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Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026