Labor force status flows by sex, recent months

Labor force status flows by sex [Numbers in thousands]
Labor force flows	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Labor force flows	Mar. to Apr. 2025	Feb. to Mar. 2026	Mar. to Apr. 2026	Mar. to Apr. 2025	Nov. to Dec. 2025	Dec. to Jan. 2026	Jan. to Feb. 2026	Feb. to Mar. 2026	Mar. to Apr. 2026
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	164,069	162,764	162,781	163,898	163,992	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622
Employed to employed	158,095	156,446	156,499	157,409	157,085	156,374	156,815	156,391	156,236
Unemployed to employed	1,876	1,949	1,974	1,859	2,050	1,832	1,688	1,882	1,736
Not in labor force to employed	4,065	4,328	4,257	4,596	4,757	4,150	4,380	4,529	4,597
Other inflows to employed(2)	33	42	51	34	100	741	29	46	54
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	6,582	7,337	6,768	7,155	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373
Employed to unemployed	1,210	1,177	1,548	1,559	1,651	1,501	1,623	1,380	1,715
Unemployed to unemployed	3,647	4,266	3,559	3,594	3,990	3,889	4,029	3,919	3,750
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,690	1,888	1,651	1,961	1,859	1,898	1,911	1,935	1,897
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	35	5	9	41	4	80	8	5	11
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	102,547	104,756	105,406	102,143	103,321	104,211	104,283	104,771	104,959
Employed to not in labor force	4,070	4,503	4,679	4,506	4,997	5,073	4,602	5,115	4,860
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,717	1,835	1,801	1,677	1,740	1,734	1,647	1,768	1,750
Not in labor force to not in labor force	96,397	98,130	98,629	95,609	96,263	96,554	97,691	97,605	98,059
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	363	288	298	352	322	849	342	284	290

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	86,688	84,852	84,981	86,691	86,812	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007
Employed to employed	83,627	81,705	81,803	83,510	83,503	82,684	82,318	82,092	81,937
Unemployed to employed	1,093	1,193	1,169	972	1,103	956	937	1,028	913
Not in labor force to employed	1,960	1,942	2,000	2,201	2,143	1,701	1,941	1,976	2,148
Other inflows to employed(2)	8	12	10	8	63	8	13	15	10
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,763	3,975	3,731	3,952	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929
Employed to unemployed	701	728	825	873	961	752	887	789	879
Unemployed to unemployed	2,216	2,316	2,038	2,117	2,127	2,081	2,078	2,034	2,081
Not in labor force to unemployed	832	926	859	946	878	997	926	909	958
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	13	4	9	16	2	23	0	4	10
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	42,810	43,799	43,958	42,618	43,266	43,345	43,485	43,780	43,734
Employed to not in labor force	1,863	2,011	2,197	2,051	2,136	2,344	2,098	2,313	2,270
Unemployed to not in labor force	791	865	767	759	892	884	834	828	740
Not in labor force to not in labor force	39,958	40,781	40,834	39,617	40,094	39,961	40,362	40,499	40,568
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	198	143	161	191	143	156	190	141	156

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	77,381	77,912	77,799	77,208	77,180	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615
Employed to employed	74,467	74,741	74,696	73,899	73,582	73,690	74,497	74,299	74,299
Unemployed to employed	783	756	806	887	947	876	751	854	824
Not in labor force to employed	2,105	2,386	2,257	2,396	2,614	2,450	2,439	2,553	2,449
Other inflows to employed(2)	25	30	41	26	37	733	15	31	44
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,819	3,362	3,037	3,203	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444
Employed to unemployed	510	449	723	686	690	750	737	591	836
Unemployed to unemployed	1,430	1,950	1,521	1,477	1,863	1,808	1,951	1,885	1,669
Not in labor force to unemployed	858	962	792	1,015	980	901	985	1,026	938
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	21	1	0	25	2	57	8	1	0
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	59,737	60,957	61,448	59,525	60,055	60,865	60,798	60,991	61,225
Employed to not in labor force	2,207	2,492	2,482	2,455	2,860	2,729	2,504	2,802	2,591
Unemployed to not in labor force	926	971	1,034	918	847	850	813	940	1,010
Not in labor force to not in labor force	56,438	57,349	57,795	55,992	56,168	56,593	57,329	57,106	57,491
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	165	145	137	161	179	693	152	143	134
Footnotes (1) Total shown for measure in the second month. (2) Includes persons just turning 16 and adjustments to estimated population totals.
NOTE: Data may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Research series from the Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: May 08, 2026