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	Jan. to Feb. 2022	Dec. to Jan. 2023	Jan. to Feb. 2023	Jan. to Feb. 2022	Sept. to Oct. 2022	Oct. to Nov. 2022	Nov. to Dec. 2022	Dec. to Jan. 2023	Jan. to Feb. 2023
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	156,942	158,692	159,713	157,590	158,593	158,527	159,244	160,138	160,315
Employed to employed	149,965	151,930	152,499	150,669	152,319	152,058	152,259	153,035	153,634
Unemployed to employed	2,152	1,222	1,970	2,067	1,542	1,799	1,865	1,554	1,640
Not in labor force to employed	4,787	4,864	5,201	4,808	4,658	4,558	5,058	4,859	4,994
Other inflows to employed(2)	38	675	43	45	73	112	62	691	48
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	6,782	6,378	6,465	6,272	6,053	6,000	5,722	5,694	5,936
Employed to unemployed	1,505	1,940	1,522	1,605	1,661	1,602	1,490	1,399	1,419
Unemployed to unemployed	3,493	2,696	3,156	2,922	2,672	2,745	2,720	2,623	2,815
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,775	1,706	1,787	1,734	1,716	1,652	1,502	1,640	1,701
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	9	36	1	11	4	1	10	32	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	99,600	100,892	99,934	99,463	99,890	100,181	99,878	100,130	99,861
Employed to not in labor force	4,122	4,975	4,636	4,822	4,844	4,906	4,747	4,785	5,055
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,559	1,432	1,251	1,520	1,553	1,507	1,414	1,543	1,237
Not in labor force to not in labor force	93,611	93,844	93,693	92,822	93,156	93,474	93,412	93,173	93,226
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	306	641	354	298	336	293	306	629	343

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	83,460	84,120	84,666	84,071	84,559	84,557	84,880	85,186	85,266
Employed to employed	79,867	80,629	81,051	80,604	81,470	81,372	81,533	81,624	82,032
Unemployed to employed	1,264	641	1,170	1,162	851	936	1,101	767	921
Not in labor force to employed	2,313	2,266	2,432	2,283	2,189	2,195	2,229	2,199	2,300
Other inflows to employed(2)	17	584	13	21	49	54	17	596	14
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,812	3,723	3,717	3,318	3,212	3,236	2,984	3,147	3,208
Employed to unemployed	825	1,216	817	830	878	888	761	837	724
Unemployed to unemployed	2,035	1,588	1,936	1,594	1,485	1,513	1,452	1,461	1,614
Not in labor force to unemployed	949	886	963	892	848	834	762	820	869
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	2	33	0	2	1	1	9	29	0
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	41,024	42,156	41,689	40,907	41,126	41,189	41,186	41,665	41,597
Employed to not in labor force	1,669	2,443	2,228	2,002	2,169	2,284	2,243	2,403	2,411
Unemployed to not in labor force	812	717	615	789	790	762	683	755	611
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,388	38,549	38,657	37,966	38,013	37,997	38,097	38,069	38,394
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	155	447	189	150	154	145	163	438	181

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	73,483	74,572	75,047	73,519	74,033	73,970	74,364	74,952	75,049
Employed to employed	70,099	71,302	71,448	70,065	70,849	70,686	70,726	71,410	71,602
Unemployed to employed	889	581	800	905	691	863	764	787	719
Not in labor force to employed	2,474	2,598	2,768	2,525	2,469	2,362	2,829	2,660	2,694
Other inflows to employed(2)	22	91	31	24	24	58	45	95	34
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,971	2,656	2,749	2,954	2,841	2,764	2,738	2,546	2,728
Employed to unemployed	679	724	705	775	783	714	729	562	694
Unemployed to unemployed	1,458	1,108	1,219	1,327	1,187	1,233	1,268	1,161	1,201
Not in labor force to unemployed	826	821	823	843	868	817	739	821	832
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	7	3	1	8	3	0	1	3	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,575	58,736	58,245	58,555	58,764	58,991	58,692	58,465	58,264
Employed to not in labor force	2,453	2,532	2,408	2,819	2,675	2,622	2,504	2,382	2,644
Unemployed to not in labor force	747	715	636	731	763	744	731	788	626
Not in labor force to not in labor force	55,223	55,295	55,036	54,857	55,143	55,477	55,315	55,105	54,832
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	152	194	165	148	182	148	142	191	162
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: March 10, 2023