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	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	274,001	274,226	-	274,633	274,816	274,676	274,766	274,858	274,955	275,054	275,166	275,282	275,415
Civilian labor force	170,750	171,261	-	171,541	171,495	170,465	170,483	170,087	169,995	170,078	169,358	169,094	169,777
Participation rate	62.3	62.5	-	62.5	62.4	62.1	62.0	61.9	61.8	61.8	61.5	61.4	61.6
Employed	163,370	163,656	-	163,760	163,992	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622	162,771	162,264	162,177	162,746
Employment-population ratio	59.6	59.7	-	59.6	59.7	59.4	59.3	59.2	59.1	59.2	59.0	58.9	59.1
Unemployed	7,380	7,605	-	7,781	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373	7,307	7,094	6,916	7,031
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	103,251	102,964	-	103,092	103,321	104,211	104,283	104,771	104,959	104,976	105,808	106,189	105,638
People who currently want a job	6,347	5,943	-	6,139	6,208	5,838	5,974	6,040	6,111	6,187	6,045	5,920	5,747

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	133,651	133,760	-	133,957	134,046	132,546	132,586	132,627	132,670	132,714	132,763	132,816	132,876
Civilian labor force	90,804	90,685	-	90,739	90,780	89,200	89,101	88,846	88,936	89,138	88,690	88,739	89,259
Participation rate	67.9	67.8	-	67.7	67.7	67.3	67.2	67.0	67.0	67.2	66.8	66.8	67.2
Employed	86,834	86,652	-	86,616	86,812	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007	85,172	84,854	84,978	85,337
Employment-population ratio	65.0	64.8	-	64.7	64.8	64.4	64.3	64.2	64.1	64.2	63.9	64.0	64.2
Unemployed	3,970	4,033	-	4,123	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929	3,966	3,836	3,761	3,922
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.4
Not in labor force	42,847	43,075	-	43,218	43,266	43,345	43,485	43,780	43,734	43,576	44,073	44,077	43,617

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	124,571	124,684	-	124,889	124,981	123,570	123,612	123,657	123,704	123,760	123,822	123,887	123,959
Civilian labor force	87,686	87,491	-	87,628	87,638	86,096	86,006	85,796	85,791	85,982	85,690	85,690	86,028
Participation rate	70.4	70.2	-	70.2	70.1	69.7	69.6	69.4	69.4	69.5	69.2	69.2	69.4
Employed	84,129	83,945	-	84,043	84,199	82,783	82,591	82,562	82,353	82,539	82,333	82,352	82,585
Employment-population ratio	67.5	67.3	-	67.3	67.4	67.0	66.8	66.8	66.6	66.7	66.5	66.5	66.6
Unemployed	3,557	3,546	-	3,585	3,439	3,313	3,415	3,235	3,438	3,443	3,356	3,338	3,444
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.1	-	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0
Not in labor force	36,885	37,193	-	37,261	37,344	37,474	37,606	37,860	37,913	37,778	38,133	38,198	37,931

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	140,350	140,466	-	140,676	140,770	142,130	142,180	142,231	142,284	142,340	142,403	142,467	142,540
Civilian labor force	79,946	80,577	-	80,802	80,715	81,265	81,382	81,241	81,059	80,940	80,668	80,354	80,518
Participation rate	57.0	57.4	-	57.4	57.3	57.2	57.2	57.1	57.0	56.9	56.6	56.4	56.5
Employed	76,536	77,004	-	77,144	77,180	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615	77,599	77,410	77,199	77,409
Employment-population ratio	54.5	54.8	-	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.7	54.7	54.5	54.5	54.4	54.2	54.3
Unemployed	3,410	3,572	-	3,658	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444	3,341	3,258	3,155	3,109
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9
Not in labor force	60,404	59,889	-	59,873	60,055	60,865	60,798	60,991	61,225	61,400	61,735	62,112	62,021

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	131,597	131,717	-	131,935	132,034	133,489	133,541	133,593	133,648	133,715	133,789	133,864	133,948
Civilian labor force	76,854	77,303	-	77,442	77,351	78,128	78,183	78,007	77,898	77,827	77,448	77,283	77,495
Participation rate	58.4	58.7	-	58.7	58.6	58.5	58.5	58.4	58.3	58.2	57.9	57.7	57.9
Employed	73,895	74,102	-	74,302	74,306	74,925	74,965	74,861	74,872	74,882	74,618	74,445	74,788
Employment-population ratio	56.2	56.3	-	56.3	56.3	56.1	56.1	56.0	56.0	56.0	55.8	55.6	55.8
Unemployed	2,959	3,201	-	3,140	3,044	3,203	3,218	3,146	3,026	2,945	2,830	2,838	2,708
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.1	-	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5
Not in labor force	54,743	54,414	-	54,493	54,683	55,361	55,358	55,587	55,750	55,889	56,341	56,581	56,452

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,833	17,824	-	17,808	17,801	17,617	17,613	17,608	17,603	17,579	17,555	17,531	17,508
Civilian labor force	6,210	6,467	-	6,470	6,506	6,241	6,294	6,284	6,307	6,269	6,221	6,121	6,254
Participation rate	34.8	36.3	-	36.3	36.6	35.4	35.7	35.7	35.8	35.7	35.4	34.9	35.7
Employed	5,346	5,609	-	5,415	5,486	5,390	5,357	5,425	5,397	5,350	5,313	5,380	5,373
Employment-population ratio	30.0	31.5	-	30.4	30.8	30.6	30.4	30.8	30.7	30.4	30.3	30.7	30.7
Unemployed	864	858	-	1,056	1,020	851	937	858	910	919	907	740	880
Unemployment rate	13.9	13.3	-	16.3	15.7	13.6	14.9	13.7	14.4	14.7	14.6	12.1	14.1
Not in labor force	11,623	11,357	-	11,338	11,295	11,376	11,319	11,324	11,297	11,309	11,334	11,410	11,255
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: September 04, 2026