A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2025			2026
Employment status, sex, and age	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	-	274,633	274,816	274,676	274,766	274,858	274,955	275,054	275,166	275,282	275,415	275,554	275,682
Civilian labor force	-	171,541	171,495	170,465	170,483	170,087	169,995	170,078	169,358	169,094	169,777	170,262	170,683
Participation rate	-	62.5	62.4	62.1	62.0	61.9	61.8	61.8	61.5	61.4	61.6	61.8	61.9
Employed	-	163,760	163,992	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746	163,152	163,615
Employment-population ratio	-	59.6	59.7	59.4	59.3	59.2	59.1	59.2	59.0	58.9	59.1	59.2	59.3
Unemployed	-	7,781	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031	7,109	7,068
Unemployment rate	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	-	103,092	103,321	104,211	104,283	104,771	104,959	104,976	105,808	106,189	105,638	105,292	104,999
People who currently want a job	-	6,139	6,208	5,838	5,974	6,040	6,111	6,187	6,045	5,920	5,747	5,790	6,024

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	-	133,957	134,046	132,546	132,586	132,627	132,670	132,714	132,763	132,816	132,876	132,938	132,995
Civilian labor force	-	90,739	90,780	89,200	89,101	88,846	88,936	89,138	88,690	88,739	89,259	89,363	89,547
Participation rate	-	67.7	67.7	67.3	67.2	67.0	67.0	67.2	66.8	66.8	67.2	67.2	67.3
Employed	-	86,616	86,812	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337	85,495	85,721
Employment-population ratio	-	64.7	64.8	64.4	64.3	64.2	64.1	64.2	63.9	64.0	64.2	64.3	64.5
Unemployed	-	4,123	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922	3,867	3,826
Unemployment rate	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3
Not in labor force	-	43,218	43,266	43,345	43,485	43,780	43,734	43,576	44,073	44,077	43,617	43,575	43,448

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	-	124,889	124,981	123,570	123,612	123,657	123,704	123,760	123,822	123,887	123,959	124,034	124,104
Civilian labor force	-	87,628	87,638	86,096	86,006	85,796	85,791	85,982	85,690	85,690	86,028	86,109	86,383
Participation rate	-	70.2	70.1	69.7	69.6	69.4	69.4	69.5	69.2	69.2	69.4	69.4	69.6
Employed	-	84,043	84,199	82,783	82,591	82,562	82,353	82,539	82,333	82,352	82,585	82,725	82,990
Employment-population ratio	-	67.3	67.4	67.0	66.8	66.8	66.6	66.7	66.5	66.5	66.6	66.7	66.9
Unemployed	-	3,585	3,439	3,313	3,415	3,235	3,438	3,443	3,356	3,338	3,444	3,384	3,393
Unemployment rate	-	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.9	3.9
Not in labor force	-	37,261	37,344	37,474	37,606	37,860	37,913	37,778	38,133	38,198	37,931	37,925	37,720

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	-	140,676	140,770	142,130	142,180	142,231	142,284	142,340	142,403	142,467	142,540	142,616	142,686
Civilian labor force	-	80,802	80,715	81,265	81,382	81,241	81,059	80,940	80,668	80,354	80,518	80,899	81,136
Participation rate	-	57.4	57.3	57.2	57.2	57.1	57.0	56.9	56.6	56.4	56.5	56.7	56.9
Employed	-	77,144	77,180	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409	77,657	77,894
Employment-population ratio	-	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.7	54.7	54.5	54.5	54.4	54.2	54.3	54.5	54.6
Unemployed	-	3,658	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109	3,242	3,242
Unemployment rate	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
Not in labor force	-	59,873	60,055	60,865	60,798	60,991	61,225	61,400	61,735	62,112	62,021	61,716	61,551

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	-	131,935	132,034	133,489	133,541	133,593	133,648	133,715	133,789	133,864	133,948	134,034	134,115
Civilian labor force	-	77,442	77,351	78,128	78,183	78,007	77,898	77,827	77,448	77,283	77,495	77,677	77,888
Participation rate	-	58.7	58.6	58.5	58.5	58.4	58.3	58.2	57.9	57.7	57.9	58.0	58.1
Employed	-	74,302	74,306	74,925	74,965	74,861	74,872	74,882	74,618	74,445	74,788	74,892	75,105
Employment-population ratio	-	56.3	56.3	56.1	56.1	56.0	56.0	56.0	55.8	55.6	55.8	55.9	56.0
Unemployed	-	3,140	3,044	3,203	3,218	3,146	3,026	2,945	2,830	2,838	2,708	2,785	2,783
Unemployment rate	-	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	-	54,493	54,683	55,361	55,358	55,587	55,750	55,889	56,341	56,581	56,452	56,357	56,227

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	-	17,808	17,801	17,617	17,613	17,608	17,603	17,579	17,555	17,531	17,508	17,486	17,463
Civilian labor force	-	6,470	6,506	6,241	6,294	6,284	6,307	6,269	6,221	6,121	6,254	6,476	6,412
Participation rate	-	36.3	36.6	35.4	35.7	35.7	35.8	35.7	35.4	34.9	35.7	37.0	36.7
Employed	-	5,415	5,486	5,390	5,357	5,425	5,397	5,350	5,313	5,380	5,373	5,535	5,520
Employment-population ratio	-	30.4	30.8	30.6	30.4	30.8	30.7	30.4	30.3	30.7	30.7	31.7	31.6
Unemployed	-	1,056	1,020	851	937	858	910	919	907	740	880	941	892
Unemployment rate	-	16.3	15.7	13.6	14.9	13.7	14.4	14.7	14.6	12.1	14.1	14.5	13.9
Not in labor force	-	11,338	11,295	11,376	11,319	11,324	11,297	11,309	11,334	11,410	11,255	11,010	11,051
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.

Last Modified Date: November 06, 2026