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	May to June 2025	Apr. to May 2026	May to June 2026	May to June 2025	Jan. to Feb. 2026	Feb. to Mar. 2026	Mar. to Apr. 2026	Apr. to May 2026	May to June 2026
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	163,883	162,897	162,722	163,327	162,912	162,848	162,622	162,771	162,264
Employed to employed	156,849	156,846	156,168	156,735	156,815	156,391	156,236	156,208	156,111
Unemployed to employed	1,857	1,619	1,640	1,998	1,688	1,882	1,736	1,829	1,771
Not in labor force to employed	5,060	4,395	4,839	4,497	4,380	4,529	4,597	4,696	4,315
Other inflows to employed(2)	116	37	75	98	29	46	54	38	68
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	7,460	6,904	7,476	7,054	7,571	7,239	7,373	7,307	7,094
Employed to unemployed	1,752	1,259	1,661	1,691	1,623	1,380	1,715	1,454	1,599
Unemployed to unemployed	3,440	3,678	3,553	3,572	4,029	3,919	3,750	3,927	3,696
Not in labor force to unemployed	2,258	1,947	2,212	1,783	1,911	1,935	1,897	1,906	1,764
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	9	20	49	7	8	5	11	20	36
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	102,242	105,253	104,968	103,205	104,283	104,771	104,959	104,976	105,808
Employed to not in labor force	4,773	4,620	5,041	4,791	4,602	5,115	4,860	4,906	5,034
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,516	1,467	1,708	1,676	1,647	1,768	1,750	1,613	1,839
Not in labor force to not in labor force	95,638	98,835	97,988	96,400	97,691	97,605	98,059	98,129	98,683
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	316	331	231	337	342	284	290	328	252

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	87,272	85,245	85,498	86,558	85,210	85,111	85,007	85,172	84,854
Employed to employed	83,829	82,415	82,339	83,463	82,318	82,092	81,937	82,162	82,007
Unemployed to employed	992	825	927	1,040	937	1,028	913	901	957
Not in labor force to employed	2,388	2,002	2,179	2,002	1,941	1,976	2,148	2,106	1,841
Other inflows to employed(2)	62	3	53	52	13	15	10	3	49
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,975	3,773	3,886	3,901	3,891	3,736	3,929	3,966	3,836
Employed to unemployed	858	640	717	936	887	789	879	766	810
Unemployed to unemployed	1,963	2,143	2,038	2,062	2,078	2,034	2,081	2,228	2,133
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,147	990	1,119	897	926	909	958	972	884
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	8	0	12	6	0	4	10	0	9
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	42,202	43,696	43,380	42,990	43,485	43,780	43,734	43,576	44,073
Employed to not in labor force	1,862	1,882	2,173	2,058	2,098	2,313	2,270	2,036	2,340
Unemployed to not in labor force	729	761	807	812	834	828	740	797	875
Not in labor force to not in labor force	39,465	40,849	40,297	39,962	40,362	40,499	40,568	40,541	40,749
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	146	204	102	158	190	141	156	201	109

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	76,611	77,652	77,224	76,769	77,702	77,737	77,615	77,599	77,410
Employed to employed	73,020	74,431	73,829	73,272	74,497	74,299	74,299	74,046	74,105
Unemployed to employed	865	794	713	957	751	854	824	928	813
Not in labor force to employed	2,672	2,393	2,660	2,495	2,439	2,553	2,449	2,590	2,474
Other inflows to employed(2)	54	34	21	45	15	31	44	35	19
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,484	3,130	3,590	3,153	3,680	3,503	3,444	3,341	3,258
Employed to unemployed	894	618	944	755	737	591	836	688	789
Unemployed to unemployed	1,477	1,536	1,515	1,510	1,951	1,885	1,669	1,699	1,563
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,112	956	1,094	886	985	1,026	938	934	880
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	20	37	1	8	1	0	20	26
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	60,041	61,558	61,589	60,214	60,798	60,991	61,225	61,400	61,735
Employed to not in labor force	2,911	2,739	2,868	2,732	2,504	2,802	2,591	2,870	2,694
Unemployed to not in labor force	787	706	901	864	813	940	1,010	816	964
Not in labor force to not in labor force	56,173	57,986	57,691	56,438	57,329	57,106	57,491	57,588	57,934
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	170	127	129	180	152	143	134	126	142
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: July 02, 2026