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	2024		2025
Employment status, sex, and age	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	269,463	269,638	272,685	272,847	273,023	273,197	273,385	273,585	273,785	274,001	274,226	-	274,633
Civilian labor force	168,304	168,547	170,744	170,359	170,591	171,135	170,510	170,380	170,342	170,778	171,248	-	171,571
Participation rate	62.5	62.5	62.6	62.4	62.5	62.6	62.4	62.3	62.2	62.3	62.4	-	62.5
Employed	161,183	161,661	163,895	163,307	163,508	163,969	163,273	163,366	163,106	163,394	163,645	-	163,741
Employment-population ratio	59.8	60.0	60.1	59.9	59.9	60.0	59.7	59.7	59.6	59.6	59.7	-	59.6
Unemployed	7,121	6,886	6,849	7,052	7,083	7,166	7,237	7,015	7,236	7,384	7,603	-	7,831
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.4	-	4.6
Not in labor force	101,159	101,091	101,941	102,487	102,431	102,062	102,875	103,204	103,443	103,223	102,978	-	103,061
People who currently want a job	5,483	5,505	5,479	5,893	5,915	5,672	5,991	6,030	6,175	6,354	5,933	-	6,136

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	131,371	131,455	133,010	133,089	133,175	133,260	133,351	133,449	133,546	133,651	133,760	-	133,957
Civilian labor force	89,151	89,295	90,393	89,987	90,244	90,693	90,392	90,461	90,319	90,882	90,675	-	90,761
Participation rate	67.9	67.9	68.0	67.6	67.8	68.1	67.8	67.8	67.6	68.0	67.8	-	67.8
Employed	85,318	85,620	86,733	86,226	86,443	86,733	86,486	86,575	86,347	86,886	86,650	-	86,597
Employment-population ratio	64.9	65.1	65.2	64.8	64.9	65.1	64.9	64.9	64.7	65.0	64.8	-	64.6
Unemployed	3,833	3,675	3,660	3,761	3,800	3,960	3,906	3,886	3,973	3,996	4,024	-	4,164
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	-	4.6
Not in labor force	42,220	42,160	42,617	43,102	42,932	42,567	42,959	42,988	43,227	42,769	43,085	-	43,196

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	122,398	122,480	123,918	123,996	124,082	124,166	124,261	124,361	124,462	124,571	124,684	-	124,889
Civilian labor force	85,982	85,945	87,067	86,594	86,887	87,309	87,087	87,250	87,111	87,757	87,473	-	87,653
Participation rate	70.2	70.2	70.3	69.8	70.0	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.0	70.4	70.2	-	70.2
Employed	82,633	82,739	83,803	83,311	83,563	83,858	83,704	83,872	83,660	84,171	83,932	-	84,025
Employment-population ratio	67.5	67.6	67.6	67.2	67.3	67.5	67.4	67.4	67.2	67.6	67.3	-	67.3
Unemployed	3,348	3,206	3,264	3,283	3,324	3,451	3,383	3,378	3,450	3,586	3,540	-	3,627
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.0	-	4.1
Not in labor force	36,417	36,535	36,851	37,402	37,195	36,857	37,174	37,111	37,351	36,814	37,211	-	37,237

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	138,092	138,183	139,674	139,758	139,848	139,937	140,033	140,136	140,239	140,350	140,466	-	140,676
Civilian labor force	79,153	79,252	80,351	80,372	80,348	80,442	80,118	79,920	80,023	79,896	80,573	-	80,810
Participation rate	57.3	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.5	57.5	57.2	57.0	57.1	56.9	57.4	-	57.4
Employed	75,865	76,041	77,162	77,081	77,065	77,236	76,787	76,791	76,760	76,508	76,994	-	77,144
Employment-population ratio	54.9	55.0	55.2	55.2	55.1	55.2	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.5	54.8	-	54.8
Unemployed	3,288	3,211	3,189	3,291	3,283	3,206	3,331	3,129	3,263	3,388	3,579	-	3,666
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.4	-	4.5
Not in labor force	58,939	58,931	59,324	59,385	59,500	59,495	59,915	60,216	60,216	60,455	59,893	-	59,865

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	129,428	129,518	130,908	130,991	131,080	131,167	131,268	131,374	131,481	131,597	131,717	-	131,935
Civilian labor force	75,920	75,994	77,203	77,115	76,997	77,241	76,968	76,865	76,991	76,820	77,307	-	77,454
Participation rate	58.7	58.7	59.0	58.9	58.7	58.9	58.6	58.5	58.6	58.4	58.7	-	58.7
Employed	72,988	73,135	74,380	74,205	74,159	74,379	73,979	74,134	74,155	73,881	74,096	-	74,303
Employment-population ratio	56.4	56.5	56.8	56.6	56.6	56.7	56.4	56.4	56.4	56.1	56.3	-	56.3
Unemployed	2,932	2,859	2,822	2,910	2,838	2,862	2,989	2,732	2,836	2,939	3,211	-	3,150
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.8	4.2	-	4.1
Not in labor force	53,509	53,524	53,706	53,876	54,082	53,926	54,300	54,509	54,490	54,776	54,411	-	54,482

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,636	17,640	17,859	17,860	17,862	17,863	17,856	17,850	17,843	17,833	17,824	-	17,808
Civilian labor force	6,403	6,607	6,474	6,650	6,707	6,585	6,456	6,265	6,241	6,200	6,469	-	6,465
Participation rate	36.3	37.5	36.3	37.2	37.6	36.9	36.2	35.1	35.0	34.8	36.3	-	36.3
Employed	5,562	5,786	5,712	5,792	5,786	5,732	5,590	5,361	5,291	5,342	5,617	-	5,412
Employment-population ratio	31.5	32.8	32.0	32.4	32.4	32.1	31.3	30.0	29.7	30.0	31.5	-	30.4
Unemployed	841	821	763	858	921	853	866	905	950	859	852	-	1,054
Unemployment rate	13.1	12.4	11.8	12.9	13.7	13.0	13.4	14.4	15.2	13.9	13.2	-	16.3
Not in labor force	11,233	11,033	11,385	11,210	11,154	11,279	11,400	11,584	11,602	11,633	11,356	-	11,343
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: December 16, 2025