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	June to July 2025	May to June 2026	June to July 2026	June to July 2025	Feb. to Mar. 2026	Mar. to Apr. 2026	Apr. to May 2026	May to June 2026	June to July 2026
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	163,799	162,722	162,800	163,140	162,848	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177
Employed to employed	157,115	156,168	155,623	156,791	156,391	156,236	156,208	156,111	155,848
Unemployed to employed	1,909	1,640	1,961	1,879	1,882	1,736	1,829	1,771	1,676
Not in labor force to employed	4,676	4,839	5,153	4,385	4,529	4,597	4,696	4,315	4,600
Other inflows to employed(2)	99	75	63	85	46	54	38	68	54
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	7,847	7,476	7,435	7,272	7,239	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916
Employed to unemployed	1,906	1,661	1,578	1,730	1,380	1,715	1,454	1,599	1,261
Unemployed to unemployed	3,760	3,553	3,670	3,521	3,919	3,750	3,927	3,696	3,699
Not in labor force to unemployed	2,156	2,212	2,171	2,001	1,935	1,897	1,906	1,764	1,944
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	25	49	15	20	5	11	20	36	12
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	102,140	104,968	105,047	103,373	104,771	104,959	104,976	105,808	106,189
Employed to not in labor force	4,682	5,041	5,384	4,597	5,115	4,860	4,906	5,034	4,994
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,783	1,708	1,837	1,644	1,768	1,750	1,613	1,839	1,712
Not in labor force to not in labor force	95,106	97,988	97,351	96,497	97,605	98,059	98,129	98,683	98,954
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	570	231	475	636	284	290	328	252	529

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	87,317	85,498	85,897	86,375	85,111	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978
Employed to employed	84,181	82,339	82,465	83,353	82,092	81,937	82,162	82,007	81,935
Unemployed to employed	1,037	927	1,036	1,043	1,028	913	901	957	907
Not in labor force to employed	2,052	2,179	2,384	1,940	1,976	2,148	2,106	1,841	2,126
Other inflows to employed(2)	47	53	12	39	15	10	3	49	10
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	4,017	3,886	3,782	3,985	3,736	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761
Employed to unemployed	921	717	808	981	789	879	766	810	750
Unemployed to unemployed	2,066	2,038	1,998	2,038	2,034	2,081	2,228	2,133	2,107
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,024	1,119	975	962	909	958	972	884	902
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	6	12	1	5	4	10	0	9	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	42,212	43,380	43,136	43,186	43,780	43,734	43,576	44,073	44,077
Employed to not in labor force	2,057	2,173	2,180	2,094	2,313	2,270	2,036	2,340	2,111
Unemployed to not in labor force	867	807	849	813	828	740	797	875	818
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,977	40,297	39,904	39,930	40,499	40,568	40,541	40,749	40,921
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	311	102	203	349	141	156	201	109	227

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	76,482	77,224	76,903	76,765	77,737	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199
Employed to employed	72,933	73,829	73,158	73,439	74,299	74,299	74,046	74,105	73,913
Unemployed to employed	872	713	925	836	854	824	928	813	768
Not in labor force to employed	2,624	2,660	2,769	2,445	2,553	2,449	2,590	2,474	2,474
Other inflows to employed(2)	52	21	51	46	31	44	35	19	44
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,830	3,590	3,653	3,287	3,503	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155
Employed to unemployed	985	944	770	750	591	836	688	789	511
Unemployed to unemployed	1,694	1,515	1,672	1,483	1,885	1,669	1,699	1,563	1,592
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,131	1,094	1,196	1,039	1,026	938	934	880	1,042
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	20	37	13	15	1	0	20	26	11
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	59,928	61,589	61,911	60,187	60,991	61,225	61,400	61,735	62,112
Employed to not in labor force	2,624	2,868	3,204	2,503	2,802	2,591	2,870	2,694	2,883
Unemployed to not in labor force	915	901	988	830	940	1,010	816	964	893
Not in labor force to not in labor force	56,129	57,691	57,447	56,566	57,106	57,491	57,588	57,934	58,033
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	259	129	272	288	143	134	126	142	303
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: August 07, 2026