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	July to Aug. 2025	June to July 2026	July to Aug. 2026	July to Aug. 2025	Mar. to Apr. 2026	Apr. to May 2026	May to June 2026	June to July 2026	July to Aug. 2026
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	163,288	162,800	162,667	163,370	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746
Employed to employed	156,060	155,623	155,847	156,758	156,236	156,208	156,111	155,848	156,022
Unemployed to employed	2,187	1,961	1,844	1,792	1,736	1,829	1,771	1,676	1,721
Not in labor force to employed	4,931	5,153	4,873	4,714	4,597	4,696	4,315	4,600	4,905
Other inflows to employed(2)	111	63	103	105	54	38	68	54	98
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	7,747	7,435	7,381	7,380	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031
Employed to unemployed	1,804	1,578	1,584	1,596	1,715	1,454	1,599	1,261	1,505
Unemployed to unemployed	3,793	3,670	3,923	3,767	3,750	3,927	3,696	3,699	3,673
Not in labor force to unemployed	2,115	2,171	1,853	1,984	1,897	1,906	1,764	1,944	1,834
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	35	15	21	33	11	20	36	12	19
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	102,966	105,047	105,367	103,251	104,959	104,976	105,808	106,189	105,638
Employed to not in labor force	5,908	5,384	5,341	4,759	4,860	4,906	5,034	4,994	4,624
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,866	1,837	1,666	1,711	1,750	1,613	1,839	1,712	1,521
Not in labor force to not in labor force	94,881	97,351	98,108	96,462	98,059	98,129	98,683	98,954	99,235
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	312	475	252	320	290	328	252	529	259

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	87,194	85,897	85,734	86,834	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337
Employed to employed	83,792	82,465	82,724	83,504	81,937	82,162	82,007	81,935	82,146
Unemployed to employed	1,069	1,036	894	992	913	901	957	907	945
Not in labor force to employed	2,273	2,384	2,070	2,280	2,148	2,106	1,841	2,126	2,205
Other inflows to employed(2)	60	12	45	57	10	3	49	10	41
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,920	3,782	3,870	3,970	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922
Employed to unemployed	930	808	789	862	879	766	810	750	796
Unemployed to unemployed	2,048	1,998	2,055	2,155	2,081	2,228	2,133	2,107	2,054
Not in labor force to unemployed	919	975	1,024	931	958	972	884	902	1,070
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	23	1	1	22	10	0	9	1	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	42,538	43,136	43,272	42,847	43,734	43,576	44,073	44,077	43,617
Employed to not in labor force	2,579	2,180	2,368	1,993	2,270	2,036	2,340	2,111	2,020
Unemployed to not in labor force	900	849	832	837	740	797	875	818	761
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,918	39,904	39,940	39,873	40,568	40,541	40,749	40,921	40,700
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	140	203	132	144	156	201	109	227	136

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	76,094	76,903	76,933	76,536	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409
Employed to employed	72,268	73,158	73,123	73,254	74,299	74,046	74,105	73,913	73,876
Unemployed to employed	1,118	925	949	800	824	928	813	768	776
Not in labor force to employed	2,657	2,769	2,802	2,434	2,449	2,590	2,474	2,474	2,701
Other inflows to employed(2)	51	51	58	48	44	35	19	44	57
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,827	3,653	3,511	3,410	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109
Employed to unemployed	873	770	795	734	836	688	789	511	708
Unemployed to unemployed	1,745	1,672	1,868	1,612	1,669	1,699	1,563	1,592	1,618
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,197	1,196	829	1,053	938	934	880	1,042	764
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	12	13	20	11	0	20	26	11	18
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	60,429	61,911	62,096	60,404	61,225	61,400	61,735	62,112	62,021
Employed to not in labor force	3,329	3,204	2,973	2,766	2,591	2,870	2,694	2,883	2,603
Unemployed to not in labor force	965	988	835	873	1,010	816	964	893	760
Not in labor force to not in labor force	55,962	57,447	58,167	56,589	57,491	57,588	57,934	58,033	58,535
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	172	272	120	175	134	126	142	303	123
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. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. There are no labor force status flows estimates for either October or November 2025 because flows estimates reference both current and prior month data. SOURCE: Research series from the Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: September 04, 2026