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	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	272,847	273,023	273,197	273,385	273,585	273,785	274,001	274,226	-	274,633	274,816	274,676	274,766
Civilian labor force	170,441	170,641	171,054	170,492	170,380	170,412	170,750	171,261	-	171,541	171,495	170,465	170,483
Participation rate	62.5	62.5	62.6	62.4	62.3	62.2	62.3	62.5	-	62.5	62.4	62.1	62.0
Employed	163,338	163,509	163,898	163,244	163,327	163,140	163,370	163,656	-	163,760	163,992	163,097	162,912
Employment-population ratio	59.9	59.9	60.0	59.7	59.7	59.6	59.6	59.7	-	59.6	59.7	59.4	59.3
Unemployed	7,104	7,132	7,155	7,248	7,054	7,272	7,380	7,605	-	7,781	7,503	7,368	7,571
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4
Not in labor force	102,405	102,382	102,143	102,893	103,205	103,373	103,251	102,964	-	103,092	103,321	104,211	104,283
People who currently want a job	5,896	5,910	5,691	6,008	6,032	6,186	6,347	5,943	-	6,139	6,208	5,838	5,974

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	133,089	133,175	133,260	133,351	133,449	133,546	133,651	133,760	-	133,957	134,046	132,546	132,586
Civilian labor force	90,078	90,306	90,642	90,388	90,458	90,360	90,804	90,685	-	90,739	90,780	89,200	89,101
Participation rate	67.7	67.8	68.0	67.8	67.8	67.7	67.9	67.8	-	67.7	67.7	67.3	67.2
Employed	86,269	86,457	86,691	86,473	86,558	86,375	86,834	86,652	-	86,616	86,812	85,348	85,210
Employment-population ratio	64.8	64.9	65.1	64.8	64.9	64.7	65.0	64.8	-	64.7	64.8	64.4	64.3
Unemployed	3,809	3,849	3,952	3,915	3,901	3,985	3,970	4,033	-	4,123	3,968	3,852	3,891
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4
Not in labor force	43,011	42,869	42,618	42,963	42,990	43,186	42,847	43,075	-	43,218	43,266	43,345	43,485

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	123,996	124,082	124,166	124,261	124,361	124,462	124,571	124,684	-	124,889	124,981	123,570	123,612
Civilian labor force	86,694	86,965	87,281	87,100	87,256	87,160	87,686	87,491	-	87,628	87,638	86,096	86,006
Participation rate	69.9	70.1	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.0	70.4	70.2	-	70.2	70.1	69.7	69.6
Employed	83,366	83,594	83,835	83,705	83,862	83,696	84,129	83,945	-	84,043	84,199	82,783	82,591
Employment-population ratio	67.2	67.4	67.5	67.4	67.4	67.2	67.5	67.3	-	67.3	67.4	67.0	66.8
Unemployed	3,327	3,371	3,446	3,395	3,394	3,464	3,557	3,546	-	3,585	3,439	3,313	3,415
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.1	-	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.0
Not in labor force	37,302	37,117	36,885	37,161	37,105	37,302	36,885	37,193	-	37,261	37,344	37,474	37,606

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	139,758	139,848	139,937	140,033	140,136	140,239	140,350	140,466	-	140,676	140,770	142,130	142,180
Civilian labor force	80,363	80,335	80,411	80,103	79,922	80,052	79,946	80,577	-	80,802	80,715	81,265	81,382
Participation rate	57.5	57.4	57.5	57.2	57.0	57.1	57.0	57.4	-	57.4	57.3	57.2	57.2
Employed	77,068	77,052	77,208	76,771	76,769	76,765	76,536	77,004	-	77,144	77,180	77,749	77,702
Employment-population ratio	55.1	55.1	55.2	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.5	54.8	-	54.8	54.8	54.7	54.7
Unemployed	3,295	3,283	3,203	3,333	3,153	3,287	3,410	3,572	-	3,658	3,535	3,515	3,680
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.4	-	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.5
Not in labor force	59,394	59,513	59,525	59,930	60,214	60,187	60,404	59,889	-	59,873	60,055	60,865	60,798

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	130,991	131,080	131,167	131,268	131,374	131,481	131,597	131,717	-	131,935	132,034	133,489	133,541
Civilian labor force	77,113	76,997	77,218	76,959	76,863	77,008	76,854	77,303	-	77,442	77,351	78,128	78,183
Participation rate	58.9	58.7	58.9	58.6	58.5	58.6	58.4	58.7	-	58.7	58.6	58.5	58.5
Employed	74,199	74,156	74,360	73,970	74,110	74,150	73,895	74,102	-	74,302	74,306	74,925	74,965
Employment-population ratio	56.6	56.6	56.7	56.4	56.4	56.4	56.2	56.3	-	56.3	56.3	56.1	56.1
Unemployed	2,915	2,841	2,859	2,989	2,753	2,857	2,959	3,201	-	3,140	3,044	3,203	3,218
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.9	4.1	-	4.1	3.9	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	53,878	54,082	53,949	54,309	54,512	54,473	54,743	54,414	-	54,493	54,683	55,361	55,358

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,860	17,862	17,863	17,856	17,850	17,843	17,833	17,824	-	17,808	17,801	17,617	17,613
Civilian labor force	6,634	6,679	6,554	6,433	6,262	6,244	6,210	6,467	-	6,470	6,506	6,241	6,294
Participation rate	37.1	37.4	36.7	36.0	35.1	35.0	34.8	36.3	-	36.3	36.6	35.4	35.7
Employed	5,773	5,759	5,704	5,569	5,355	5,294	5,346	5,609	-	5,415	5,486	5,390	5,357
Employment-population ratio	32.3	32.2	31.9	31.2	30.0	29.7	30.0	31.5	-	30.4	30.8	30.6	30.4
Unemployed	862	920	850	864	906	950	864	858	-	1,056	1,020	851	937
Unemployment rate	13.0	13.8	13.0	13.4	14.5	15.2	13.9	13.3	-	16.3	15.7	13.6	14.9
Not in labor force	11,226	11,183	11,309	11,423	11,588	11,599	11,623	11,357	-	11,338	11,295	11,376	11,319
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: January 2026 estimates were revised to incorporate updated population estimates. For additional information, see https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Last Modified Date: March 06, 2026