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. 2025	July to Aug. 2026	Aug. to Sept. 2026	Aug. to Sept. 2025	Apr. to May 2026	May to June 2026	June to July 2026	July to Aug. 2026	Aug. to Sept. 2026
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	163,894	162,667	163,439	163,656	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746	163,152
Employed to employed	156,487	155,847	156,349	156,838	156,208	156,111	155,848	156,022	156,661
Unemployed to employed	2,112	1,844	2,155	1,826	1,829	1,771	1,676	1,721	1,858
Not in labor force to employed	5,196	4,873	4,868	4,890	4,696	4,315	4,600	4,905	4,565
Other inflows to employed(2)	98	103	65	102	38	68	54	98	69
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	7,324	7,381	6,859	7,605	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031	7,109
Employed to unemployed	1,501	1,584	1,225	1,733	1,454	1,599	1,261	1,505	1,446
Unemployed to unemployed	3,878	3,923	3,794	3,847	3,927	3,696	3,699	3,673	3,773
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,932	1,853	1,838	2,012	1,906	1,764	1,944	1,834	1,888
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	12	21	2	13	20	36	12	19	2
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	103,009	105,367	105,256	102,964	104,976	105,808	106,189	105,638	105,292
Employed to not in labor force	5,272	5,341	5,065	4,772	4,906	5,034	4,994	4,624	4,612
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,754	1,666	1,429	1,705	1,613	1,839	1,712	1,521	1,398
Not in labor force to not in labor force	95,625	98,108	98,447	96,135	98,129	98,683	98,954	99,235	98,971
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	357	252	314	352	328	252	529	259	310

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	86,849	85,734	85,728	86,652	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337	85,495
Employed to employed	83,822	82,724	82,617	83,639	82,162	82,007	81,935	82,146	82,407
Unemployed to employed	960	894	1,055	979	901	957	907	945	1,061
Not in labor force to employed	2,028	2,070	2,037	1,992	2,106	1,841	2,126	2,205	2,006
Other inflows to employed(2)	39	45	19	41	3	49	10	41	22
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,766	3,870	3,627	4,033	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922	3,867
Employed to unemployed	822	789	656	943	766	810	750	796	767
Unemployed to unemployed	2,101	2,055	2,084	2,160	2,228	2,133	2,107	2,054	2,139
Not in labor force to unemployed	833	1,024	886	920	972	884	902	1,070	961
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	10	1	0	10	0	9	1	1	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	43,144	43,272	43,582	43,075	43,576	44,073	44,077	43,617	43,575
Employed to not in labor force	2,535	2,368	2,445	2,236	2,036	2,340	2,111	2,020	2,148
Unemployed to not in labor force	857	832	730	830	797	875	818	761	721
Not in labor force to not in labor force	39,573	39,940	40,247	39,833	40,541	40,749	40,921	40,700	40,548
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	179	132	161	176	201	109	227	136	158

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	77,045	76,933	77,710	77,004	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409	77,657
Employed to employed	72,666	73,123	73,733	73,199	74,046	74,105	73,913	73,876	74,254
Unemployed to employed	1,152	949	1,100	847	928	813	768	776	797
Not in labor force to employed	3,168	2,802	2,831	2,898	2,590	2,474	2,474	2,701	2,559
Other inflows to employed(2)	59	58	46	61	35	19	44	57	47
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,557	3,511	3,232	3,572	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109	3,242
Employed to unemployed	679	795	568	790	688	789	511	708	679
Unemployed to unemployed	1,777	1,868	1,710	1,687	1,699	1,563	1,592	1,618	1,635
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,099	829	952	1,093	934	880	1,042	764	927
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	2	20	2	2	20	26	11	18	2
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	59,864	62,096	61,674	59,889	61,400	61,735	62,112	62,021	61,716
Employed to not in labor force	2,738	2,973	2,620	2,536	2,870	2,694	2,883	2,603	2,465
Unemployed to not in labor force	897	835	700	875	816	964	893	760	677
Not in labor force to not in labor force	56,051	58,167	58,200	56,302	57,588	57,934	58,033	58,535	58,423
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	178	120	153	176	126	142	303	123	152
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: October 02, 2026