Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Characteristic	Number of unemployed people (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
Characteristic	Sept. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	7,605	7,031	7,109	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2
16 to 19 years	858	880	941	13.3	14.7	14.6	12.1	14.1	14.5
16 to 17 years	366	326	402	14.8	17.4	17.1	13.6	14.9	16.9
18 to 19 years	500	554	547	12.6	13.3	13.0	11.3	13.7	13.3
20 years and over	6,747	6,151	6,169	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8
20 to 24 years	1,430	1,115	1,269	9.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	8.0
25 years and over	5,280	5,063	4,898	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3
25 to 54 years	4,020	3,910	3,892	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6
25 to 34 years	1,813	1,653	1,654	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.3
35 to 44 years	1,257	1,190	1,276	3.3	3.5	3.3	2.9	3.1	3.3
45 to 54 years	950	1,067	963	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.0
55 years and over	1,276	1,169	1,022	3.2	3.0	2.8	3.1	3.0	2.6

Men, 16 years and over	4,033	3,922	3,867	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.3
16 to 19 years	487	478	483	15.2	16.6	16.0	13.9	14.8	14.9
16 to 17 years	193	167	179	16.7	18.5	17.0	16.5	16.0	17.0
18 to 19 years	299	313	307	14.8	15.3	15.1	12.1	14.4	14.0
20 years and over	3,546	3,444	3,384	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.9
20 to 24 years	755	598	659	9.4	8.2	6.7	6.6	7.2	8.0
25 years and over	2,771	2,872	2,736	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.5
25 to 54 years	2,068	2,200	2,122	3.5	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.7
25 to 34 years	996	1,033	953	4.9	4.6	4.8	5.2	5.1	4.7
35 to 44 years	570	614	687	2.8	3.5	3.6	3.1	3.1	3.4
45 to 54 years	502	554	482	2.9	2.8	3.1	3.2	3.3	2.8
55 years and over	703	672	614	3.3	3.3	2.8	2.9	3.3	3.0

Women, 16 years and over	3,572	3,109	3,242	4.4	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0
16 to 19 years	371	402	458	11.3	12.7	13.3	10.3	13.3	14.2
16 to 17 years	173	158	223	13.1	16.5	17.2	10.8	14.0	16.9
18 to 19 years	201	241	239	10.3	11.2	10.9	10.4	12.8	12.6
20 years and over	3,201	2,708	2,785	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6
20 to 24 years	675	517	610	9.0	6.2	7.6	7.6	7.0	8.0
25 years and over	2,509	2,190	2,162	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.1
25 to 54 years	1,952	1,710	1,770	3.8	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.4
25 to 34 years	817	620	701	4.6	4.8	4.3	4.1	3.5	3.9
35 to 44 years	687	575	589	3.8	3.5	2.9	2.7	3.2	3.2
45 to 54 years	448	514	481	2.8	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.3	3.1
55 years and over	565	499	400	3.1	2.5	2.7	3.3	2.7	2.2

MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present(1)	1,089	979	951	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1
Married women, spouse present(1)	907	975	817	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.4	2.5	2.1
Women who maintain families(2)	641	560	530	6.1	4.7	4.6	5.8	5.2	4.9

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(3)	6,226	5,749	5,732	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Part-time workers(4)	1,328	1,304	1,343	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.5
Footnotes (1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to people in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to people in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Data are not seasonally adjusted. Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse. (3) Full-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. (4) Part-time workers are unemployed people who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026