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	Apr. to May 2024	Mar. to Apr. 2025	Apr. to May 2025	Apr. to May 2024	Dec. to Jan. 2025	Jan. to Feb. 2025	Feb. to Mar. 2025	Mar. to Apr. 2025	Apr. to May 2025
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	161,341	164,069	163,401	161,164	163,895	163,307	163,508	163,969	163,273
Employed to employed	155,322	158,095	156,873	155,040	155,811	157,367	157,016	157,483	156,725
Unemployed to employed	1,767	1,876	1,793	1,771	1,882	1,743	1,840	1,839	1,787
Not in labor force to employed	4,191	4,065	4,599	4,290	4,422	4,115	4,602	4,613	4,624
Other inflows to employed(2)	61	33	136	63	1,780	83	50	34	137
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	6,235	6,582	6,815	6,635	6,849	7,052	7,083	7,166	7,237
Employed to unemployed	1,491	1,210	1,774	1,536	1,450	1,699	1,636	1,545	1,799
Unemployed to unemployed	2,670	3,647	3,221	3,128	3,479	3,561	3,513	3,591	3,689
Not in labor force to unemployed	2,065	1,690	1,808	1,963	1,847	1,789	1,895	1,988	1,737
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	8	35	11	8	73	3	39	42	12
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	100,672	102,547	103,169	100,449	101,941	102,487	102,431	102,062	102,875
Employed to not in labor force	4,750	4,070	5,394	4,893	4,374	4,801	4,629	4,446	5,417
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,455	1,717	1,565	1,592	1,523	1,543	1,697	1,651	1,688
Not in labor force to not in labor force	94,117	96,397	95,926	93,617	94,613	95,825	95,777	95,614	95,488
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	350	363	283	347	1,432	318	328	351	280

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	85,076	86,688	86,565	84,977	86,733	86,226	86,443	86,733	86,486
Employed to employed	81,971	83,627	83,270	81,914	82,752	83,546	83,243	83,541	83,284
Unemployed to employed	1,071	1,093	1,074	1,003	994	928	1,010	952	991
Not in labor force to employed	2,001	1,960	2,165	2,024	2,016	1,725	2,181	2,232	2,155
Other inflows to employed(2)	34	8	56	36	971	27	10	8	57
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,515	3,763	3,685	3,711	3,660	3,761	3,800	3,960	3,906
Employed to unemployed	922	701	910	950	799	863	939	863	932
Unemployed to unemployed	1,540	2,216	1,877	1,766	1,888	1,949	1,924	2,113	2,109
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,052	832	889	994	932	948	915	967	855
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	13	9	1	40	1	23	16	9
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	42,191	42,810	43,102	42,095	42,617	43,102	42,932	42,567	42,959
Employed to not in labor force	2,280	1,863	2,492	2,355	2,053	2,308	2,029	2,016	2,501
Unemployed to not in labor force	673	791	811	733	792	782	826	734	859
Not in labor force to not in labor force	39,069	39,958	39,654	38,838	39,111	39,844	39,905	39,627	39,455
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	170	198	145	168	661	168	172	190	144

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	76,265	77,381	76,836	76,187	77,162	77,081	77,065	77,236	76,787
Employed to employed	73,352	74,467	73,603	73,126	73,059	73,821	73,772	73,942	73,441
Unemployed to employed	696	783	719	768	888	815	830	887	795
Not in labor force to employed	2,190	2,105	2,434	2,266	2,406	2,390	2,422	2,381	2,470
Other inflows to employed(2)	27	25	80	27	809	55	41	26	80
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,720	2,819	3,130	2,924	3,189	3,291	3,283	3,206	3,331
Employed to unemployed	569	510	864	586	651	837	697	682	867
Unemployed to unemployed	1,130	1,430	1,345	1,362	1,591	1,612	1,589	1,478	1,580
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,014	858	919	969	915	841	981	1,021	881
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	8	21	2	8	33	1	15	25	2
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,481	59,737	60,067	58,354	59,324	59,385	59,500	59,495	59,915
Employed to not in labor force	2,471	2,207	2,902	2,538	2,321	2,493	2,600	2,430	2,916
Unemployed to not in labor force	782	926	755	859	731	761	871	917	829
Not in labor force to not in labor force	55,048	56,438	56,272	54,779	55,501	55,982	55,872	55,987	56,033
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	180	165	137	179	771	150	156	161	137
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: June 06, 2025