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 2025	Mar. to Apr. 2026	Apr. to May 2026	Apr. to May 2025	Dec. to Jan. 2026	Jan. to Feb. 2026	Feb. to Mar. 2026	Mar. to Apr. 2026	Apr. to May 2026
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	163,401	162,781	162,897	163,244	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622	162,771
Employed to employed	156,873	156,499	156,846	156,672	156,374	156,815	156,391	156,236	156,208
Unemployed to employed	1,793	1,974	1,619	1,787	1,832	1,688	1,882	1,736	1,829
Not in labor force to employed	4,599	4,257	4,395	4,647	4,150	4,380	4,529	4,597	4,696
Other inflows to employed(2)	136	51	37	137	741	29	46	54	38
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	6,815	6,768	6,904	7,248	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373	7,307
Employed to unemployed	1,774	1,548	1,259	1,805	1,501	1,623	1,380	1,715	1,454
Unemployed to unemployed	3,221	3,559	3,678	3,685	3,889	4,029	3,919	3,750	3,927
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,808	1,651	1,947	1,747	1,898	1,911	1,935	1,897	1,906
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	11	9	20	12	80	8	5	11	20
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	103,169	105,406	105,253	102,893	104,211	104,283	104,771	104,959	104,976
Employed to not in labor force	5,394	4,679	4,620	5,394	5,073	4,602	5,115	4,860	4,906
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,565	1,801	1,467	1,681	1,734	1,647	1,768	1,750	1,613
Not in labor force to not in labor force	95,926	98,629	98,835	95,537	96,554	97,691	97,605	98,059	98,129
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	283	298	331	281	849	342	284	290	328

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	86,565	84,981	85,245	86,473	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007	85,172
Employed to employed	83,270	81,803	82,415	83,262	82,684	82,318	82,092	81,937	82,162
Unemployed to employed	1,074	1,169	825	992	956	937	1,028	913	901
Not in labor force to employed	2,165	2,000	2,002	2,163	1,701	1,941	1,976	2,148	2,106
Other inflows to employed(2)	56	10	3	57	8	13	15	10	3
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,685	3,731	3,773	3,915	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929	3,966
Employed to unemployed	910	825	640	938	752	887	789	879	766
Unemployed to unemployed	1,877	2,038	2,143	2,106	2,081	2,078	2,034	2,081	2,228
Not in labor force to unemployed	889	859	990	862	997	926	909	958	972
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	9	9	0	9	23	0	4	10	0
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	43,102	43,958	43,696	42,963	43,345	43,485	43,780	43,734	43,576
Employed to not in labor force	2,492	2,197	1,882	2,475	2,344	2,098	2,313	2,270	2,036
Unemployed to not in labor force	811	767	761	853	884	834	828	740	797
Not in labor force to not in labor force	39,654	40,834	40,849	39,491	39,961	40,362	40,499	40,568	40,541
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	145	161	204	144	156	190	141	156	201

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	76,836	77,799	77,652	76,771	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615	77,599
Employed to employed	73,603	74,696	74,431	73,411	73,690	74,497	74,299	74,299	74,046
Unemployed to employed	719	806	794	796	876	751	854	824	928
Not in labor force to employed	2,434	2,257	2,393	2,484	2,450	2,439	2,553	2,449	2,590
Other inflows to employed(2)	80	41	34	80	733	15	31	44	35
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,130	3,037	3,130	3,333	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444	3,341
Employed to unemployed	864	723	618	866	750	737	591	836	688
Unemployed to unemployed	1,345	1,521	1,536	1,579	1,808	1,951	1,885	1,669	1,699
Not in labor force to unemployed	919	792	956	885	901	985	1,026	938	934
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	2	0	20	2	57	8	1	0	20
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	60,067	61,448	61,558	59,930	60,865	60,798	60,991	61,225	61,400
Employed to not in labor force	2,902	2,482	2,739	2,920	2,729	2,504	2,802	2,591	2,870
Unemployed to not in labor force	755	1,034	706	828	850	813	940	1,010	816
Not in labor force to not in labor force	56,272	57,795	57,986	56,046	56,593	57,329	57,106	57,491	57,588
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	137	137	127	137	693	152	143	134	126
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: June 05, 2026