Labor force status flows by sex, current month

Labor force status flows by sex [Numbers in thousands]
Labor force flows	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Labor force flows	July to Aug. 2024	June to July 2025	July to Aug. 2025	July to Aug. 2024	Mar. to Apr. 2025	Apr. to May 2025	May to June 2025	June to July 2025	July to Aug. 2025
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	161,348	163,799	163,288	161,425	163,969	163,273	163,366	163,106	163,394
Employed to employed	154,396	157,115	156,060	155,006	157,483	156,725	156,776	156,798	156,762
Unemployed to employed	2,327	1,909	2,187	1,917	1,839	1,787	2,002	1,879	1,789
Not in labor force to employed	4,549	4,676	4,931	4,430	4,613	4,624	4,490	4,345	4,738
Other inflows to employed(2)	77	99	111	71	34	137	98	84	105
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	7,415	7,847	7,747	7,071	7,166	7,237	7,015	7,236	7,384
Employed to unemployed	1,998	1,906	1,804	1,770	1,545	1,799	1,684	1,741	1,595
Unemployed to unemployed	3,564	3,760	3,793	3,550	3,591	3,689	3,552	3,480	3,757
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,813	2,156	2,115	1,714	1,988	1,737	1,772	1,995	1,999
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	39	25	35	37	42	12	7	20	33
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	100,092	102,140	102,966	100,360	102,062	102,875	103,204	103,443	103,223
Employed to not in labor force	5,607	4,682	5,908	4,403	4,446	5,417	4,787	4,618	4,723
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,792	1,783	1,866	1,627	1,651	1,688	1,681	1,646	1,688
Not in labor force to not in labor force	92,342	95,106	94,881	93,965	95,614	95,488	96,399	96,542	96,493
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	351	570	312	365	351	280	337	637	319

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	85,379	87,317	87,194	85,099	86,733	86,486	86,575	86,347	86,886
Employed to employed	82,543	84,181	83,792	82,245	83,541	83,284	83,479	83,344	83,511
Unemployed to employed	1,053	1,037	1,069	970	952	991	1,041	1,042	992
Not in labor force to employed	1,735	2,052	2,273	1,842	2,232	2,155	2,002	1,921	2,325
Other inflows to employed(2)	47	47	60	42	8	57	52	39	57
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,759	4,017	3,920	3,839	3,960	3,906	3,886	3,973	3,996
Employed to unemployed	1,050	921	930	975	863	932	934	991	861
Unemployed to unemployed	1,924	2,066	2,048	2,046	2,113	2,109	2,052	2,020	2,162
Not in labor force to unemployed	759	1,024	919	793	967	855	894	957	951
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	26	6	23	25	16	9	6	5	22
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	41,939	42,212	42,538	42,139	42,567	42,959	42,988	43,227	42,769
Employed to not in labor force	2,759	2,057	2,579	2,112	2,016	2,501	2,057	2,111	1,959
Unemployed to not in labor force	910	867	900	829	734	859	812	817	818
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,124	38,977	38,918	39,047	39,627	39,455	39,962	39,951	39,849
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	146	311	140	152	190	144	158	348	144

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	75,970	76,482	76,094	76,325	77,236	76,787	76,791	76,760	76,508
Employed to employed	71,853	72,933	72,268	72,761	73,942	73,441	73,297	73,454	73,251
Unemployed to employed	1,273	872	1,118	946	887	795	960	837	797
Not in labor force to employed	2,813	2,624	2,657	2,589	2,381	2,470	2,488	2,423	2,412
Other inflows to employed(2)	30	52	51	29	26	80	45	45	48
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,656	3,830	3,827	3,232	3,206	3,331	3,129	3,263	3,388
Employed to unemployed	948	985	873	795	682	867	749	751	733
Unemployed to unemployed	1,640	1,694	1,745	1,504	1,478	1,580	1,500	1,459	1,596
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,055	1,131	1,197	921	1,021	881	879	1,038	1,048
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	13	20	12	12	25	2	1	15	11
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,153	59,928	60,429	58,221	59,495	59,915	60,216	60,216	60,455
Employed to not in labor force	2,848	2,624	3,329	2,291	2,430	2,916	2,729	2,507	2,764
Unemployed to not in labor force	882	915	965	799	917	829	870	829	870
Not in labor force to not in labor force	54,218	56,129	55,962	54,918	55,987	56,033	56,438	56,591	56,645
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	205	259	172	213	161	137	180	288	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: September 05, 2025