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	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	266,621	267,214	267,818	267,712	268,251	268,860	269,463	272,851	273,389	274,004	-	274,767	275,058
Civilian labor force	166,843	167,552	167,713	167,620	167,921	168,516	168,383	170,593	170,642	170,808	-	170,345	169,811
Participation rate	62.6	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.5	62.5	62.4	62.3	-	62.0	61.7
Employed	160,904	161,394	161,373	161,226	161,257	161,513	161,397	163,559	163,490	163,389	-	162,953	162,553
Employment-population ratio	60.3	60.4	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.1	59.9	59.9	59.8	59.6	-	59.3	59.1
Unemployed	5,939	6,157	6,339	6,394	6,665	7,003	6,987	7,033	7,152	7,419	-	7,392	7,258
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	-	4.3	4.3
Not in labor force	99,778	99,663	100,106	100,092	100,329	100,344	101,080	102,259	102,747	103,196	-	104,422	105,248
People who currently want a job	5,389	5,340	5,477	5,621	5,530	5,649	5,561	5,770	5,911	6,159	-	5,950	6,115

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	130,321	130,609	130,902	130,520	130,784	131,079	131,371	133,092	133,354	133,652	-	132,586	132,716
Civilian labor force	88,724	88,986	89,184	88,671	88,835	89,133	89,272	90,257	90,496	90,616	-	89,049	88,921
Participation rate	68.1	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9	68.0	68.0	67.8	67.9	67.8	-	67.2	67.0
Employed	85,496	85,508	85,611	85,217	85,207	85,329	85,504	86,476	86,574	86,620	-	85,223	85,011
Employment-population ratio	65.6	65.5	65.4	65.3	65.2	65.1	65.1	65.0	64.9	64.8	-	64.3	64.1
Unemployed	3,228	3,477	3,573	3,453	3,629	3,804	3,768	3,782	3,923	3,996	-	3,826	3,910
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	-	4.3	4.4
Not in labor force	41,597	41,624	41,718	41,850	41,948	41,946	42,099	42,834	42,857	43,036	-	43,537	43,794

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	121,566	121,833	122,109	121,612	121,845	122,120	122,398	123,998	124,263	124,572	-	123,613	123,762
Civilian labor force	85,577	85,860	85,890	85,417	85,509	85,927	86,028	86,908	87,212	87,446	-	85,966	85,821
Participation rate	70.4	70.5	70.3	70.2	70.2	70.4	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.2	-	69.5	69.3
Employed	82,689	82,797	82,748	82,394	82,330	82,600	82,725	83,579	83,800	83,923	-	82,645	82,408
Employment-population ratio	68.0	68.0	67.8	67.8	67.6	67.6	67.6	67.4	67.4	67.4	-	66.9	66.6
Unemployed	2,888	3,062	3,142	3,022	3,178	3,326	3,302	3,329	3,412	3,522	-	3,321	3,412
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	-	3.9	4.0
Not in labor force	35,989	35,973	36,219	36,195	36,337	36,193	36,371	37,090	37,051	37,127	-	37,647	37,941

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	136,300	136,605	136,917	137,191	137,467	137,781	138,092	139,760	140,035	140,352	-	142,181	142,342
Civilian labor force	78,119	78,566	78,529	78,950	79,086	79,383	79,111	80,335	80,145	80,192	-	81,296	80,889
Participation rate	57.3	57.5	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.6	57.3	57.5	57.2	57.1	-	57.2	56.8
Employed	75,408	75,886	75,762	76,009	76,050	76,183	75,892	77,084	76,916	76,769	-	77,730	77,541
Employment-population ratio	55.3	55.6	55.3	55.4	55.3	55.3	55.0	55.2	54.9	54.7	-	54.7	54.5
Unemployed	2,711	2,680	2,767	2,941	3,036	3,200	3,219	3,252	3,230	3,423	-	3,566	3,348
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.3	-	4.4	4.1
Not in labor force	58,181	58,039	58,388	58,242	58,381	58,398	58,981	59,424	59,890	60,160	-	60,885	61,453

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	127,846	128,132	128,428	128,581	128,831	129,127	129,429	130,993	131,270	131,598	-	133,541	133,717
Civilian labor force	74,976	75,376	75,333	75,718	75,803	76,168	75,914	77,093	77,013	77,055	-	78,106	77,724
Participation rate	58.6	58.8	58.7	58.9	58.8	59.0	58.7	58.9	58.7	58.6	-	58.5	58.1
Employed	72,574	73,025	72,921	73,123	73,116	73,370	73,070	74,236	74,147	74,049	-	74,917	74,791
Employment-population ratio	56.8	57.0	56.8	56.9	56.8	56.8	56.5	56.7	56.5	56.3	-	56.1	55.9
Unemployed	2,402	2,352	2,412	2,595	2,687	2,798	2,844	2,856	2,867	3,006	-	3,189	2,934
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	-	4.1	3.8
Not in labor force	52,870	52,756	53,095	52,863	53,028	52,959	53,515	53,900	54,257	54,543	-	55,435	55,993

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,209	17,249	17,281	17,519	17,574	17,613	17,636	17,860	17,856	17,834	-	17,613	17,579
Civilian labor force	6,290	6,315	6,489	6,485	6,610	6,421	6,442	6,592	6,416	6,307	-	6,273	6,266
Participation rate	36.6	36.6	37.6	37.0	37.6	36.5	36.5	36.9	35.9	35.4	-	35.6	35.6
Employed	5,641	5,572	5,704	5,709	5,811	5,542	5,601	5,744	5,543	5,416	-	5,391	5,354
Employment-population ratio	32.8	32.3	33.0	32.6	33.1	31.5	31.8	32.2	31.0	30.4	-	30.6	30.5
Unemployed	649	744	786	777	799	879	840	848	874	891	-	882	912
Unemployment rate	10.3	11.8	12.1	12.0	12.1	13.7	13.0	12.9	13.6	14.1	-	14.1	14.6
Not in labor force	10,919	10,934	10,792	11,034	10,964	11,192	11,195	11,268	11,440	11,526	-	11,340	11,313
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 the fourth quarter of 2025 were not produced. 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: July 02, 2026