E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2023				2024				2025				2026
Employment status, sex, and age	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	266,115	266,621	267,214	267,818	267,712	268,251	268,860	269,463	272,851	273,389	274,004	-	274,767
Civilian labor force	166,364	166,843	167,552	167,713	167,620	167,921	168,516	168,383	170,593	170,642	170,808	-	170,345
Participation rate	62.5	62.6	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.5	62.5	62.4	62.3	-	62.0
Employed	160,492	160,904	161,394	161,373	161,226	161,257	161,513	161,397	163,559	163,490	163,389	-	162,953
Employment-population ratio	60.3	60.3	60.4	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.1	59.9	59.9	59.8	59.6	-	59.3
Unemployed	5,872	5,939	6,157	6,339	6,394	6,665	7,003	6,987	7,033	7,152	7,419	-	7,392
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	-	4.3
Not in labor force	99,751	99,778	99,663	100,106	100,092	100,329	100,344	101,080	102,259	102,747	103,196	-	104,422
People who currently want a job	5,115	5,389	5,340	5,477	5,621	5,530	5,649	5,561	5,770	5,911	6,159	-	5,950

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	130,073	130,321	130,609	130,902	130,520	130,784	131,079	131,371	133,092	133,354	133,652	-	132,586
Civilian labor force	88,628	88,724	88,986	89,184	88,671	88,835	89,133	89,272	90,257	90,496	90,616	-	89,049
Participation rate	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9	68.0	68.0	67.8	67.9	67.8	-	67.2
Employed	85,411	85,496	85,508	85,611	85,217	85,207	85,329	85,504	86,476	86,574	86,620	-	85,223
Employment-population ratio	65.7	65.6	65.5	65.4	65.3	65.2	65.1	65.1	65.0	64.9	64.8	-	64.3
Unemployed	3,218	3,228	3,477	3,573	3,453	3,629	3,804	3,768	3,782	3,923	3,996	-	3,826
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.6	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	-	4.3
Not in labor force	41,445	41,597	41,624	41,718	41,850	41,948	41,946	42,099	42,834	42,857	43,036	-	43,537

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	121,348	121,566	121,833	122,109	121,612	121,845	122,120	122,398	123,998	124,263	124,572	-	123,613
Civilian labor force	85,380	85,577	85,860	85,890	85,417	85,509	85,927	86,028	86,908	87,212	87,446	-	85,966
Participation rate	70.4	70.4	70.5	70.3	70.2	70.2	70.4	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.2	-	69.5
Employed	82,539	82,689	82,797	82,748	82,394	82,330	82,600	82,725	83,579	83,800	83,923	-	82,645
Employment-population ratio	68.0	68.0	68.0	67.8	67.8	67.6	67.6	67.6	67.4	67.4	67.4	-	66.9
Unemployed	2,841	2,888	3,062	3,142	3,022	3,178	3,326	3,302	3,329	3,412	3,522	-	3,321
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	-	3.9
Not in labor force	35,968	35,989	35,973	36,219	36,195	36,337	36,193	36,371	37,090	37,051	37,127	-	37,647

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	136,042	136,300	136,605	136,917	137,191	137,467	137,781	138,092	139,760	140,035	140,352	-	142,181
Civilian labor force	77,736	78,119	78,566	78,529	78,950	79,086	79,383	79,111	80,335	80,145	80,192	-	81,296
Participation rate	57.1	57.3	57.5	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.6	57.3	57.5	57.2	57.1	-	57.2
Employed	75,082	75,408	75,886	75,762	76,009	76,050	76,183	75,892	77,084	76,916	76,769	-	77,730
Employment-population ratio	55.2	55.3	55.6	55.3	55.4	55.3	55.3	55.0	55.2	54.9	54.7	-	54.7
Unemployed	2,654	2,711	2,680	2,767	2,941	3,036	3,200	3,219	3,252	3,230	3,423	-	3,566
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.3	-	4.4
Not in labor force	58,306	58,181	58,039	58,388	58,242	58,381	58,398	58,981	59,424	59,890	60,160	-	60,885

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	127,614	127,846	128,132	128,428	128,581	128,831	129,127	129,429	130,993	131,270	131,598	-	133,541
Civilian labor force	74,608	74,976	75,376	75,333	75,718	75,803	76,168	75,914	77,093	77,013	77,055	-	78,106
Participation rate	58.5	58.6	58.8	58.7	58.9	58.8	59.0	58.7	58.9	58.7	58.6	-	58.5
Employed	72,247	72,574	73,025	72,921	73,123	73,116	73,370	73,070	74,236	74,147	74,049	-	74,917
Employment-population ratio	56.6	56.8	57.0	56.8	56.9	56.8	56.8	56.5	56.7	56.5	56.3	-	56.1
Unemployed	2,361	2,402	2,352	2,412	2,595	2,687	2,798	2,844	2,856	2,867	3,006	-	3,189
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	-	4.1
Not in labor force	53,007	52,870	52,756	53,095	52,863	53,028	52,959	53,515	53,900	54,257	54,543	-	55,435

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,153	17,209	17,249	17,281	17,519	17,574	17,613	17,636	17,860	17,856	17,834	-	17,613
Civilian labor force	6,377	6,290	6,315	6,489	6,485	6,610	6,421	6,442	6,592	6,416	6,307	-	6,273
Participation rate	37.2	36.6	36.6	37.6	37.0	37.6	36.5	36.5	36.9	35.9	35.4	-	35.6
Employed	5,707	5,641	5,572	5,704	5,709	5,811	5,542	5,601	5,744	5,543	5,416	-	5,391
Employment-population ratio	33.3	32.8	32.3	33.0	32.6	33.1	31.5	31.8	32.2	31.0	30.4	-	30.6
Unemployed	670	649	744	786	777	799	879	840	848	874	891	-	882
Unemployment rate	10.5	10.3	11.8	12.1	12.0	12.1	13.7	13.0	12.9	13.6	14.1	-	14.1
Not in labor force	10,776	10,919	10,934	10,792	11,034	10,964	11,192	11,195	11,268	11,440	11,526	-	11,340
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
Note: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown; therefore, reliable estimates for the fourth quarter of 2025 could not be produced.

Last Modified Date: April 03, 2026