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	Nov. to Dec. 2023	Oct. to Nov. 2024	Nov. to Dec. 2024	Nov. to Dec. 2023	July to Aug. 2024	Aug. to Sept. 2024	Sept. to Oct. 2024	Oct. to Nov. 2024	Nov. to Dec. 2024
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	160,754	161,456	161,294	161,124	161,425	161,802	161,456	161,183	161,661
Employed to employed	155,826	156,007	155,861	155,438	155,006	155,482	155,701	155,391	155,443
Unemployed to employed	1,435	1,406	1,540	1,703	1,917	1,970	1,667	1,499	1,811
Not in labor force to employed	3,396	3,927	3,794	3,881	4,430	4,251	3,982	4,174	4,304
Other inflows to employed(2)	97	117	99	101	71	98	106	120	103
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	5,907	6,708	6,452	6,315	7,071	6,901	6,972	7,121	6,886
Employed to unemployed	1,528	1,372	1,474	1,524	1,770	1,593	1,640	1,352	1,483
Unemployed to unemployed	2,876	3,757	3,525	3,054	3,550	3,467	3,657	3,952	3,697
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,491	1,567	1,438	1,722	1,714	1,811	1,652	1,804	1,687
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	12	12	15	14	37	30	22	13	19
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	101,330	101,299	101,892	100,552	100,360	100,377	100,861	101,159	101,091
Employed to not in labor force	4,769	4,534	4,095	4,897	4,403	4,324	4,434	4,687	4,231
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,515	1,466	1,642	1,496	1,627	1,631	1,575	1,518	1,611
Not in labor force to not in labor force	94,750	95,015	95,857	93,870	93,965	94,088	94,534	94,674	94,958
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	296	284	298	290	365	333	318	280	291

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	85,198	85,296	85,139	85,686	85,099	85,562	85,592	85,318	85,620
Employed to employed	82,808	82,745	82,524	82,894	82,245	82,288	82,730	82,598	82,584
Unemployed to employed	818	677	780	982	970	1,112	886	760	943
Not in labor force to employed	1,515	1,816	1,757	1,752	1,842	2,103	1,944	1,901	2,014
Other inflows to employed(2)	57	58	78	58	42	58	32	59	80
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,412	3,626	3,574	3,489	3,839	3,777	3,785	3,833	3,675
Employed to unemployed	907	805	859	829	975	886	897	709	796
Unemployed to unemployed	1,722	2,088	2,024	1,796	2,046	1,976	2,098	2,241	2,092
Not in labor force to unemployed	771	724	683	851	793	892	770	873	778
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	11	10	8	13	25	23	21	11	9
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	42,375	42,450	42,743	41,810	42,139	41,848	41,909	42,220	42,160
Employed to not in labor force	2,180	2,204	1,897	2,208	2,112	1,909	1,920	2,270	1,923
Unemployed to not in labor force	806	743	822	790	829	749	792	783	797
Not in labor force to not in labor force	39,260	39,368	39,909	38,685	39,047	39,044	39,033	39,036	39,328
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	130	134	115	127	152	145	165	131	112

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	75,556	76,161	76,155	75,437	76,325	76,240	75,864	75,865	76,041
Employed to employed	73,018	73,262	73,337	72,543	72,761	73,193	72,971	72,793	72,859
Unemployed to employed	617	728	760	721	946	858	781	739	869
Not in labor force to employed	1,880	2,111	2,037	2,129	2,589	2,148	2,037	2,273	2,290
Other inflows to employed(2)	41	59	21	43	29	40	74	61	23
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,495	3,082	2,879	2,826	3,232	3,125	3,187	3,288	3,211
Employed to unemployed	620	567	614	695	795	707	744	643	686
Unemployed to unemployed	1,153	1,669	1,501	1,258	1,504	1,491	1,559	1,712	1,605
Not in labor force to unemployed	720	844	756	871	921	919	882	931	910
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	2	8	1	12	8	2	2	10
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,955	58,850	59,149	58,742	58,221	58,529	58,952	58,939	58,931
Employed to not in labor force	2,590	2,329	2,198	2,689	2,291	2,415	2,514	2,416	2,308
Unemployed to not in labor force	709	723	820	706	799	882	783	735	814
Not in labor force to not in labor force	55,491	55,647	55,948	55,185	54,918	55,045	55,501	55,638	55,630
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	166	150	183	163	213	188	153	149	179
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: January 10, 2025