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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-6. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Full- and part-time status,
sex, and age		 2023 2024
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 133,076 133,201 133,021 132,989 133,817 133,296 133,209 133,648 133,332 133,627 133,471 133,423 133,510

Men, 16 years and over

 75,439 74,599 74,552 74,639 74,963 74,636 74,976 75,068 74,322 75,211 75,221 74,921 75,144

Men, 20 years and over

 74,444 73,611 73,541 73,628 73,941 73,570 74,009 74,075 73,574 74,181 74,195 73,951 74,120

Women, 16 years and over

 57,623 58,597 58,452 58,350 58,837 58,705 58,215 58,518 58,816 58,453 58,268 58,512 58,342

Women, 20 years and over

 57,055 57,895 57,811 57,608 58,110 57,929 57,558 57,927 58,108 57,745 57,626 57,883 57,686

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,577 1,696 1,668 1,753 1,766 1,797 1,642 1,646 1,650 1,701 1,650 1,589 1,704

Part-time workers

 27,810 27,890 27,922 28,576 27,728 28,031 28,071 27,740 28,222 28,128 27,922 27,671 27,918

Men, 16 years and over

 10,158 10,430 10,444 10,893 10,275 10,392 10,591 10,430 10,717 10,314 10,311 10,308 10,388

Men, 20 years and over

 8,326 8,693 8,639 8,982 8,408 8,569 8,613 8,582 9,040 8,548 8,595 8,583 8,527

Women, 16 years and over

 17,683 17,423 17,466 17,679 17,449 17,630 17,480 17,322 17,477 17,835 17,621 17,383 17,562

Women, 20 years and over

 15,437 15,213 15,339 15,517 15,277 15,408 15,272 15,135 15,397 15,650 15,507 15,120 15,306

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 4,046 3,984 3,944 4,078 4,043 4,054 4,186 4,024 3,785 3,930 3,821 3,968 4,085


UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 5,250 4,973 5,372 5,126 5,274 5,443 5,555 5,768 5,739 5,544 5,756 5,796 5,617

Men, 16 years and over

 3,045 2,963 2,987 2,865 2,987 3,161 3,130 3,284 3,267 3,194 3,285 3,307 3,108

Men, 20 years and over

 2,808 2,762 2,761 2,614 2,740 2,861 2,917 3,036 3,026 2,890 3,024 3,040 2,861

Women, 16 years and over

 2,207 1,991 2,408 2,252 2,274 2,285 2,392 2,439 2,504 2,349 2,510 2,495 2,512

Women, 20 years and over

 2,043 1,883 2,183 2,092 2,128 2,137 2,252 2,308 2,303 2,188 2,324 2,375 2,364

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 398 328 428 420 405 446 386 424 411 466 408 380 392

Looking for part-time work

 1,100 1,222 1,142 1,331 1,225 1,184 1,220 1,360 1,354 1,242 1,255 1,366 1,278

Men, 16 years and over

 459 548 452 490 521 561 465 568 595 529 538 566 557

Men, 20 years and over

 288 337 293 285 327 364 262 403 351 297 336 341 343

Women, 16 years and over

 641 673 683 835 699 632 763 769 756 738 716 803 720

Women, 20 years and over

 442 522 478 625 508 444 535 574 513 490 472 567 507

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 370 362 371 421 391 375 423 383 490 455 447 458 428


UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.0

Men, 16 years and over

 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0

Men, 20 years and over

 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.7

Women, 16 years and over

 3.7 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1

Women, 20 years and over

 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 20.2 16.2 20.4 19.3 18.7 19.9 19.0 20.5 20.0 21.5 19.8 19.3 18.7

Part-time workers

 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.4

Men, 16 years and over

 4.3 5.0 4.2 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.2 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.1

Men, 20 years and over

 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.7 4.1 3.0 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9

Women, 16 years and over

 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.5 3.9 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.4 3.9

Women, 20 years and over

 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.9 3.2 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 8.4 8.3 8.6 9.4 8.8 8.5 9.2 8.7 11.5 10.4 10.5 10.3 9.5

NOTE: Full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. Detail for the data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: January 10, 2025