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	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	267,214	267,818	267,712	268,251	268,860	269,463	272,851	273,389	274,004	-	274,767	275,058	275,417
Civilian labor force	167,552	167,713	167,620	167,921	168,516	168,383	170,593	170,642	170,808	-	170,345	169,811	169,711
Participation rate	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.5	62.5	62.4	62.3	-	62.0	61.7	61.6
Employed	161,394	161,373	161,226	161,257	161,513	161,397	163,559	163,490	163,389	-	162,953	162,553	162,692
Employment-population ratio	60.4	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.1	59.9	59.9	59.8	59.6	-	59.3	59.1	59.1
Unemployed	6,157	6,339	6,394	6,665	7,003	6,987	7,033	7,152	7,419	-	7,392	7,258	7,019
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	-	4.3	4.3	4.1
Not in labor force	99,663	100,106	100,092	100,329	100,344	101,080	102,259	102,747	103,196	-	104,422	105,248	105,706
People who currently want a job	5,340	5,477	5,621	5,530	5,649	5,561	5,770	5,911	6,159	-	5,950	6,115	5,819

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	130,609	130,902	130,520	130,784	131,079	131,371	133,092	133,354	133,652	-	132,586	132,716	132,876
Civilian labor force	88,986	89,184	88,671	88,835	89,133	89,272	90,257	90,496	90,616	-	89,049	88,921	89,120
Participation rate	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9	68.0	68.0	67.8	67.9	67.8	-	67.2	67.0	67.1
Employed	85,508	85,611	85,217	85,207	85,329	85,504	86,476	86,574	86,620	-	85,223	85,011	85,270
Employment-population ratio	65.5	65.4	65.3	65.2	65.1	65.1	65.0	64.9	64.8	-	64.3	64.1	64.2
Unemployed	3,477	3,573	3,453	3,629	3,804	3,768	3,782	3,923	3,996	-	3,826	3,910	3,850
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	-	4.3	4.4	4.3
Not in labor force	41,624	41,718	41,850	41,948	41,946	42,099	42,834	42,857	43,036	-	43,537	43,794	43,756

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	121,833	122,109	121,612	121,845	122,120	122,398	123,998	124,263	124,572	-	123,613	123,762	123,960
Civilian labor force	85,860	85,890	85,417	85,509	85,927	86,028	86,908	87,212	87,446	-	85,966	85,821	85,942
Participation rate	70.5	70.3	70.2	70.2	70.4	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.2	-	69.5	69.3	69.3
Employed	82,797	82,748	82,394	82,330	82,600	82,725	83,579	83,800	83,923	-	82,645	82,408	82,554
Employment-population ratio	68.0	67.8	67.8	67.6	67.6	67.6	67.4	67.4	67.4	-	66.9	66.6	66.6
Unemployed	3,062	3,142	3,022	3,178	3,326	3,302	3,329	3,412	3,522	-	3,321	3,412	3,388
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.0	-	3.9	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	35,973	36,219	36,195	36,337	36,193	36,371	37,090	37,051	37,127	-	37,647	37,941	38,018

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	136,605	136,917	137,191	137,467	137,781	138,092	139,760	140,035	140,352	-	142,181	142,342	142,541
Civilian labor force	78,566	78,529	78,950	79,086	79,383	79,111	80,335	80,145	80,192	-	81,296	80,889	80,591
Participation rate	57.5	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.6	57.3	57.5	57.2	57.1	-	57.2	56.8	56.5
Employed	75,886	75,762	76,009	76,050	76,183	75,892	77,084	76,916	76,769	-	77,730	77,541	77,422
Employment-population ratio	55.6	55.3	55.4	55.3	55.3	55.0	55.2	54.9	54.7	-	54.7	54.5	54.3
Unemployed	2,680	2,767	2,941	3,036	3,200	3,219	3,252	3,230	3,423	-	3,566	3,348	3,169
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.3	-	4.4	4.1	3.9
Not in labor force	58,039	58,388	58,242	58,381	58,398	58,981	59,424	59,890	60,160	-	60,885	61,453	61,950

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	128,132	128,428	128,581	128,831	129,127	129,429	130,993	131,270	131,598	-	133,541	133,717	133,948
Civilian labor force	75,376	75,333	75,718	75,803	76,168	75,914	77,093	77,013	77,055	-	78,106	77,724	77,485
Participation rate	58.8	58.7	58.9	58.8	59.0	58.7	58.9	58.7	58.6	-	58.5	58.1	57.8
Employed	73,025	72,921	73,123	73,116	73,370	73,070	74,236	74,147	74,049	-	74,917	74,791	74,708
Employment-population ratio	57.0	56.8	56.9	56.8	56.8	56.5	56.7	56.5	56.3	-	56.1	55.9	55.8
Unemployed	2,352	2,412	2,595	2,687	2,798	2,844	2,856	2,867	3,006	-	3,189	2,934	2,777
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	-	4.1	3.8	3.6
Not in labor force	52,756	53,095	52,863	53,028	52,959	53,515	53,900	54,257	54,543	-	55,435	55,993	56,463

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,249	17,281	17,519	17,574	17,613	17,636	17,860	17,856	17,834	-	17,613	17,579	17,508
Civilian labor force	6,315	6,489	6,485	6,610	6,421	6,442	6,592	6,416	6,307	-	6,273	6,266	6,283
Participation rate	36.6	37.6	37.0	37.6	36.5	36.5	36.9	35.9	35.4	-	35.6	35.6	35.9
Employed	5,572	5,704	5,709	5,811	5,542	5,601	5,744	5,543	5,416	-	5,391	5,354	5,430
Employment-population ratio	32.3	33.0	32.6	33.1	31.5	31.8	32.2	31.0	30.4	-	30.6	30.5	31.0
Unemployed	744	786	777	799	879	840	848	874	891	-	882	912	854
Unemployment rate	11.8	12.1	12.0	12.1	13.7	13.0	12.9	13.6	14.1	-	14.1	14.6	13.6
Not in labor force	10,934	10,792	11,034	10,964	11,192	11,195	11,268	11,440	11,526	-	11,340	11,313	11,225
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: October 02, 2026