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	Mar. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	273,023	274,766	274,858	273,023	274,633	274,816	274,676	274,766	274,858
Civilian labor force	170,653	170,206	170,102	170,641	171,541	171,495	170,465	170,483	170,087
Participation rate	62.5	61.9	61.9	62.5	62.5	62.4	62.1	62.0	61.9
Employed	163,412	162,153	162,764	163,509	163,760	163,992	163,097	162,912	162,848
Employment-population ratio	59.9	59.0	59.2	59.9	59.6	59.7	59.4	59.3	59.2
Unemployed	7,242	8,052	7,337	7,132	7,781	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3
Not in labor force	102,369	104,560	104,756	102,382	103,092	103,321	104,211	104,283	104,771
People who currently want a job	5,600	5,880	5,728	5,910	6,139	6,208	5,838	5,974	6,040

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,175	132,586	132,627	133,175	133,957	134,046	132,546	132,586	132,627
Civilian labor force	90,318	88,835	88,827	90,306	90,739	90,780	89,200	89,101	88,846
Participation rate	67.8	67.0	67.0	67.8	67.7	67.7	67.3	67.2	67.0
Employed	86,216	84,460	84,852	86,457	86,616	86,812	85,348	85,210	85,111
Employment-population ratio	64.7	63.7	64.0	64.9	64.7	64.8	64.4	64.3	64.2
Unemployed	4,102	4,375	3,975	3,849	4,123	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736
Unemployment rate	4.5	4.9	4.5	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2
Not in labor force	42,857	43,750	43,799	42,869	43,218	43,266	43,345	43,485	43,780

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,082	123,612	123,657	124,082	124,889	124,981	123,570	123,612	123,657
Civilian labor force	87,135	85,945	85,931	86,965	87,628	87,638	86,096	86,006	85,796
Participation rate	70.2	69.5	69.5	70.1	70.2	70.1	69.7	69.6	69.4
Employed	83,485	82,038	82,429	83,594	84,043	84,199	82,783	82,591	82,562
Employment-population ratio	67.3	66.4	66.7	67.4	67.3	67.4	67.0	66.8	66.8
Unemployed	3,650	3,907	3,503	3,371	3,585	3,439	3,313	3,415	3,235
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.5	4.1	3.9	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8
Not in labor force	36,946	37,667	37,726	37,117	37,261	37,344	37,474	37,606	37,860

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	139,848	142,180	142,231	139,848	140,676	140,770	142,130	142,180	142,231
Civilian labor force	80,336	81,370	81,274	80,335	80,802	80,715	81,265	81,382	81,241
Participation rate	57.4	57.2	57.1	57.4	57.4	57.3	57.2	57.2	57.1
Employed	77,195	77,693	77,912	77,052	77,144	77,180	77,749	77,702	77,737
Employment-population ratio	55.2	54.6	54.8	55.1	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.7	54.7
Unemployed	3,140	3,677	3,362	3,283	3,658	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.5	4.1	4.1	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3
Not in labor force	59,512	60,810	60,957	59,513	59,873	60,055	60,865	60,798	60,991

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,080	133,541	133,593	131,080	131,935	132,034	133,489	133,541	133,593
Civilian labor force	77,153	78,384	78,181	76,997	77,442	77,351	78,128	78,183	78,007
Participation rate	58.9	58.7	58.5	58.7	58.7	58.6	58.5	58.5	58.4
Employed	74,398	75,121	75,125	74,156	74,302	74,306	74,925	74,965	74,861
Employment-population ratio	56.8	56.3	56.2	56.6	56.3	56.3	56.1	56.1	56.0
Unemployed	2,754	3,263	3,055	2,841	3,140	3,044	3,203	3,218	3,146
Unemployment rate	3.6	4.2	3.9	3.7	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0
Not in labor force	53,927	55,157	55,413	54,082	54,493	54,683	55,361	55,358	55,587

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,862	17,613	17,608	17,862	17,808	17,801	17,617	17,613	17,608
Civilian labor force	6,366	5,877	5,990	6,679	6,470	6,506	6,241	6,294	6,284
Participation rate	35.6	33.4	34.0	37.4	36.3	36.6	35.4	35.7	35.7
Employed	5,528	4,994	5,211	5,759	5,415	5,486	5,390	5,357	5,425
Employment-population ratio	31.0	28.4	29.6	32.2	30.4	30.8	30.6	30.4	30.8
Unemployed	837	883	779	920	1,056	1,020	851	937	858
Unemployment rate	13.2	15.0	13.0	13.8	16.3	15.7	13.6	14.9	13.7
Not in labor force	11,496	11,736	11,618	11,183	11,338	11,295	11,376	11,319	11,324
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: April 03, 2026