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	July 2025	June 2026	July 2026	July 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	273,785	275,166	275,282	273,785	274,858	274,955	275,054	275,166	275,282
Civilian labor force	171,646	170,198	170,235	170,412	170,087	169,995	170,078	169,358	169,094
Participation rate	62.7	61.9	61.8	62.2	61.9	61.8	61.8	61.5	61.4
Employed	163,799	162,722	162,800	163,140	162,848	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177
Employment-population ratio	59.8	59.1	59.1	59.6	59.2	59.1	59.2	59.0	58.9
Unemployed	7,847	7,476	7,435	7,272	7,239	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916
Unemployment rate	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	102,140	104,968	105,047	103,373	104,771	104,959	104,976	105,808	106,189
People who currently want a job	6,533	6,463	6,258	6,186	6,040	6,111	6,187	6,045	5,920

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,546	132,763	132,816	133,546	132,627	132,670	132,714	132,763	132,816
Civilian labor force	91,334	89,384	89,680	90,360	88,846	88,936	89,138	88,690	88,739
Participation rate	68.4	67.3	67.5	67.7	67.0	67.0	67.2	66.8	66.8
Employed	87,317	85,498	85,897	86,375	85,111	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978
Employment-population ratio	65.4	64.4	64.7	64.7	64.2	64.1	64.2	63.9	64.0
Unemployed	4,017	3,886	3,782	3,985	3,736	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2
Not in labor force	42,212	43,380	43,136	43,186	43,780	43,734	43,576	44,073	44,077

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,462	123,822	123,887	124,462	123,657	123,704	123,760	123,822	123,887
Civilian labor force	87,478	85,820	86,002	87,160	85,796	85,791	85,982	85,690	85,690
Participation rate	70.3	69.3	69.4	70.0	69.4	69.4	69.5	69.2	69.2
Employed	84,106	82,589	82,739	83,696	82,562	82,353	82,539	82,333	82,352
Employment-population ratio	67.6	66.7	66.8	67.2	66.8	66.6	66.7	66.5	66.5
Unemployed	3,372	3,231	3,263	3,464	3,235	3,438	3,443	3,356	3,338
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9
Not in labor force	36,984	38,003	37,885	37,302	37,860	37,913	37,778	38,133	38,198

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	140,239	142,403	142,467	140,239	142,231	142,284	142,340	142,403	142,467
Civilian labor force	80,311	80,814	80,555	80,052	81,241	81,059	80,940	80,668	80,354
Participation rate	57.3	56.8	56.5	57.1	57.1	57.0	56.9	56.6	56.4
Employed	76,482	77,224	76,903	76,765	77,737	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199
Employment-population ratio	54.5	54.2	54.0	54.7	54.7	54.5	54.5	54.4	54.2
Unemployed	3,830	3,590	3,653	3,287	3,503	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.4	4.5	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	59,928	61,589	61,911	60,187	60,991	61,225	61,400	61,735	62,112

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,481	133,789	133,864	131,481	133,593	133,648	133,715	133,789	133,864
Civilian labor force	76,672	77,080	76,909	77,008	78,007	77,898	77,827	77,448	77,283
Participation rate	58.3	57.6	57.5	58.6	58.4	58.3	58.2	57.9	57.7
Employed	73,404	74,093	73,666	74,150	74,861	74,872	74,882	74,618	74,445
Employment-population ratio	55.8	55.4	55.0	56.4	56.0	56.0	56.0	55.8	55.6
Unemployed	3,268	2,987	3,243	2,857	3,146	3,026	2,945	2,830	2,838
Unemployment rate	4.3	3.9	4.2	3.7	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7
Not in labor force	54,809	56,709	56,955	54,473	55,587	55,750	55,889	56,341	56,581

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,843	17,555	17,531	17,843	17,608	17,603	17,579	17,555	17,531
Civilian labor force	7,496	7,298	7,324	6,244	6,284	6,307	6,269	6,221	6,121
Participation rate	42.0	41.6	41.8	35.0	35.7	35.8	35.7	35.4	34.9
Employed	6,288	6,040	6,394	5,294	5,425	5,397	5,350	5,313	5,380
Employment-population ratio	35.2	34.4	36.5	29.7	30.8	30.7	30.4	30.3	30.7
Unemployed	1,207	1,258	929	950	858	910	919	907	740
Unemployment rate	16.1	17.2	12.7	15.2	13.7	14.4	14.7	14.6	12.1
Not in labor force	10,347	10,257	10,207	11,599	11,324	11,297	11,309	11,334	11,410
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: August 07, 2026