Labor force status flows by sex, recent month

Labor force status flows by sex [Numbers in thousands]
Labor force flows	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Labor force flows	Aug. to Sept. 2024	July to Aug. 2025	Aug. to Sept. 2025	Aug. to Sept. 2024	Apr. to May 2025	May to June 2025	June to July 2025	July to Aug. 2025	Aug. to Sept. 2025
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	162,046	163,288	163,894	161,802	163,273	163,366	163,106	163,394	163,645
Employed to employed	155,167	156,060	156,487	155,482	156,725	156,776	156,798	156,762	156,845
Unemployed to employed	2,270	2,187	2,112	1,970	1,787	2,002	1,879	1,789	1,824
Not in labor force to employed	4,514	4,931	5,196	4,251	4,624	4,490	4,345	4,738	4,873
Other inflows to employed(2)	94	111	98	98	137	98	84	105	102
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	6,524	7,747	7,324	6,901	7,237	7,015	7,236	7,384	7,603
Employed to unemployed	1,333	1,804	1,501	1,593	1,799	1,684	1,741	1,595	1,734
Unemployed to unemployed	3,459	3,793	3,878	3,467	3,689	3,552	3,480	3,757	3,847
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,704	2,115	1,932	1,811	1,737	1,772	1,995	1,999	2,010
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	29	35	12	30	12	7	20	33	12
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	100,511	102,966	103,009	100,377	102,875	103,204	103,443	103,223	102,978
Employed to not in labor force	4,822	5,908	5,272	4,324	5,417	4,787	4,618	4,723	4,787
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,684	1,866	1,754	1,631	1,688	1,681	1,646	1,688	1,712
Not in labor force to not in labor force	93,665	94,881	95,625	94,088	95,488	96,399	96,542	96,493	96,127
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	339	312	357	333	280	337	637	319	352

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	85,754	87,194	86,849	85,562	86,486	86,575	86,347	86,886	86,650
Employed to employed	82,432	83,792	83,822	82,288	83,284	83,479	83,344	83,511	83,664
Unemployed to employed	1,101	1,069	960	1,112	991	1,041	1,042	992	981
Not in labor force to employed	2,165	2,273	2,028	2,103	2,155	2,002	1,921	2,325	1,963
Other inflows to employed(2)	56	60	39	58	57	52	39	57	41
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,455	3,920	3,766	3,777	3,906	3,886	3,973	3,996	4,024
Employed to unemployed	751	930	822	886	932	934	991	861	939
Unemployed to unemployed	1,880	2,048	2,101	1,976	2,109	2,052	2,020	2,162	2,170
Not in labor force to unemployed	803	919	833	892	855	894	957	951	905
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	21	23	10	23	9	6	5	22	10
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	41,978	42,538	43,144	41,848	42,959	42,988	43,227	42,769	43,085
Employed to not in labor force	2,181	2,579	2,535	1,909	2,501	2,057	2,111	1,959	2,267
Unemployed to not in labor force	777	900	857	749	859	812	817	818	844
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,871	38,918	39,573	39,044	39,455	39,962	39,951	39,849	39,798
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	148	140	179	145	144	158	348	144	176

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	76,292	76,094	77,045	76,240	76,787	76,791	76,760	76,508	76,994
Employed to employed	72,735	72,268	72,666	73,193	73,441	73,297	73,454	73,251	73,181
Unemployed to employed	1,169	1,118	1,152	858	795	960	837	797	843
Not in labor force to employed	2,349	2,657	3,168	2,148	2,470	2,488	2,423	2,412	2,910
Other inflows to employed(2)	38	51	59	40	80	45	45	48	61
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,069	3,827	3,557	3,125	3,331	3,129	3,263	3,388	3,579
Employed to unemployed	582	873	679	707	867	749	751	733	795
Unemployed to unemployed	1,579	1,745	1,777	1,491	1,580	1,500	1,459	1,596	1,677
Not in labor force to unemployed	901	1,197	1,099	919	881	879	1,038	1,048	1,105
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	8	12	2	8	2	1	15	11	2
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,533	60,429	59,864	58,529	59,915	60,216	60,216	60,455	59,893
Employed to not in labor force	2,641	3,329	2,738	2,415	2,916	2,729	2,507	2,764	2,521
Unemployed to not in labor force	907	965	897	882	829	870	829	870	867
Not in labor force to not in labor force	54,794	55,962	56,051	55,045	56,033	56,438	56,591	56,645	56,329
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	191	172	178	188	137	180	288	176	176
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: November 20, 2025