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	Aug. to Sept. 2023	July to Aug. 2024	Aug. to Sept. 2024	Aug. to Sept. 2023	Apr. to May 2024	May to June 2024	June to July 2024	July to Aug. 2024	Aug. to Sept. 2024
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	161,669	161,348	162,046	161,550	161,083	161,199	161,266	161,434	161,864
Employed to employed	154,243	154,396	155,167	155,170	154,969	154,737	155,046	154,998	155,498
Unemployed to employed	2,240	2,327	2,270	1,799	1,766	1,791	1,750	1,937	2,010
Not in labor force to employed	5,112	4,549	4,514	4,502	4,286	4,563	4,410	4,428	4,257
Other inflows to employed(2)	74	77	94	79	63	108	60	71	98
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	6,049	7,415	6,524	6,347	6,649	6,811	7,163	7,115	6,834
Employed to unemployed	1,483	1,998	1,333	1,551	1,547	1,542	1,834	1,787	1,572
Unemployed to unemployed	2,878	3,564	3,459	3,053	3,123	3,384	3,610	3,582	3,450
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,674	1,813	1,704	1,729	1,970	1,879	1,696	1,709	1,784
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	13	39	29	14	8	6	23	37	30
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	99,710	100,092	100,511	99,531	100,516	100,429	100,215	100,306	100,381
Employed to not in labor force	5,674	5,607	4,822	4,752	4,948	4,777	4,160	4,441	4,338
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,502	1,792	1,684	1,486	1,601	1,473	1,443	1,642	1,654
Not in labor force to not in labor force	92,170	92,342	93,665	92,935	93,619	93,865	94,036	93,858	94,056
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	364	351	339	358	347	314	576	365	334

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	85,745	85,379	85,754	85,657	84,882	85,514	85,390	85,075	85,596
Employed to employed	82,323	82,543	82,432	82,457	81,825	82,140	82,415	82,227	82,274
Unemployed to employed	1,057	1,053	1,101	991	1,000	1,062	974	986	1,148
Not in labor force to employed	2,340	1,735	2,165	2,181	2,021	2,284	1,970	1,820	2,116
Other inflows to employed(2)	24	47	56	27	36	28	31	42	58
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,414	3,759	3,455	3,678	3,737	3,657	3,903	3,875	3,712
Employed to unemployed	895	1,050	751	923	971	781	1,048	991	866
Unemployed to unemployed	1,675	1,924	1,880	1,860	1,761	1,928	2,059	2,074	1,959
Not in labor force to unemployed	832	759	803	883	1,005	947	784	786	865
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	12	26	21	13	1	1	11	24	22
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	41,553	41,939	41,978	41,378	42,163	41,704	41,682	42,127	41,878
Employed to not in labor force	2,604	2,759	2,181	2,131	2,396	1,945	1,951	2,157	1,920
Unemployed to not in labor force	728	910	777	735	739	747	619	843	767
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,037	38,124	38,871	38,330	38,860	38,832	38,808	38,975	39,046
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	184	146	148	181	168	180	304	152	146

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	75,924	75,970	76,292	75,893	76,201	75,684	75,876	76,359	76,268
Employed to employed	71,920	71,853	72,735	72,713	73,144	72,597	72,632	72,771	73,224
Unemployed to employed	1,183	1,273	1,169	808	765	729	776	951	862
Not in labor force to employed	2,772	2,813	2,349	2,320	2,265	2,279	2,440	2,608	2,141
Other inflows to employed(2)	49	30	38	52	28	80	29	29	40
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,634	3,656	3,069	2,669	2,912	3,154	3,260	3,240	3,123
Employed to unemployed	588	948	582	629	576	761	786	796	706
Unemployed to unemployed	1,204	1,640	1,579	1,193	1,363	1,456	1,552	1,508	1,490
Not in labor force to unemployed	842	1,055	901	846	965	932	911	923	919
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	13	8	1	8	5	11	12	8
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,156	58,153	58,533	58,153	58,353	58,725	58,533	58,179	58,503
Employed to not in labor force	3,070	2,848	2,641	2,621	2,552	2,832	2,209	2,284	2,418
Unemployed to not in labor force	774	882	907	751	862	726	824	799	886
Not in labor force to not in labor force	54,133	54,218	54,794	54,605	54,759	55,033	55,229	54,883	55,010
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	180	205	191	177	179	134	273	213	188
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: October 04, 2024