A-6. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

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	2025											2026
Full- and part-time status, sex, and age	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.
EMPLOYED
Full-time workers	134,618	135,055	135,351	134,773	135,188	134,839	134,468	135,157	-	134,325	135,215	134,441	134,341
Men, 16 years and over	75,245	75,501	75,816	75,741	76,028	75,691	75,866	76,004	-	75,581	76,194	75,207	74,770
Men, 20 years and over	74,219	74,499	74,811	74,758	75,086	74,760	75,171	75,068	-	74,693	75,222	74,278	73,827
Women, 16 years and over	59,358	59,555	59,513	59,086	59,095	59,023	58,381	59,188	-	58,768	59,016	59,245	59,584
Women, 20 years and over	58,604	58,946	58,902	58,374	58,529	58,534	57,861	58,463	-	58,035	58,275	58,533	58,933
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	1,795	1,610	1,638	1,641	1,574	1,546	1,436	1,627	-	1,597	1,718	1,631	1,581
Part-time workers	28,521	28,453	28,522	28,547	28,207	28,453	29,043	28,490	-	29,452	28,712	28,727	28,478
Men, 16 years and over	10,841	10,873	10,787	10,731	10,557	10,785	10,953	10,658	-	11,088	10,669	10,244	10,358
Men, 20 years and over	8,985	9,045	8,959	8,950	8,762	9,005	9,061	8,869	-	9,373	9,009	8,594	8,673
Women, 16 years and over	17,676	17,575	17,731	17,801	17,616	17,646	18,060	17,865	-	18,411	18,080	18,464	18,121
Women, 20 years and over	15,566	15,299	15,528	15,680	15,590	15,607	15,967	15,643	-	16,257	15,927	16,374	16,030
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	3,969	4,109	4,035	3,918	3,855	3,841	4,015	3,978	-	3,822	3,775	3,759	3,775

UNEMPLOYED
Looking for full-time work	5,814	5,775	5,952	5,898	5,616	5,996	5,985	6,226	-	6,329	6,082	5,961	6,059
Men, 16 years and over	3,328	3,307	3,492	3,290	3,195	3,352	3,400	3,439	-	3,530	3,387	3,213	3,282
Men, 20 years and over	3,064	3,031	3,173	3,037	2,921	3,078	3,215	3,185	-	3,238	3,114	2,960	3,056
Women, 16 years and over	2,507	2,464	2,434	2,603	2,405	2,627	2,588	2,794	-	2,796	2,683	2,721	2,794
Women, 20 years and over	2,324	2,257	2,305	2,448	2,236	2,426	2,376	2,623	-	2,562	2,467	2,582	2,593
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	426	487	474	413	459	492	394	417	-	529	501	420	410
Looking for part-time work	1,312	1,333	1,237	1,320	1,397	1,268	1,449	1,328	-	1,501	1,398	1,437	1,545
Men, 16 years and over	491	528	481	605	666	621	602	583	-	640	559	627	635
Men, 20 years and over	278	329	296	333	427	371	374	338	-	395	312	353	395
Women, 16 years and over	817	796	754	729	737	632	836	769	-	861	841	805	897
Women, 20 years and over	606	576	537	535	519	431	590	550	-	585	580	616	638
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	428	428	403	452	451	466	484	440	-	521	506	467	512

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Full-time workers	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.3	4.4	-	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.3
Men, 16 years and over	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.3	-	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.2
Men, 20 years and over	4.0	3.9	4.1	3.9	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	-	4.2	4.0	3.8	4.0
Women, 16 years and over	4.1	4.0	3.9	4.2	3.9	4.3	4.2	4.5	-	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.5
Women, 20 years and over	3.8	3.7	3.8	4.0	3.7	4.0	3.9	4.3	-	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.2
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	19.2	23.2	22.5	20.1	22.6	24.2	21.5	20.4	-	24.9	22.6	20.5	20.6
Part-time workers	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.7	4.3	4.8	4.5	-	4.8	4.6	4.8	5.1
Men, 16 years and over	4.3	4.6	4.3	5.3	5.9	5.4	5.2	5.2	-	5.5	5.0	5.8	5.8
Men, 20 years and over	3.0	3.5	3.2	3.6	4.6	4.0	4.0	3.7	-	4.0	3.3	4.0	4.4
Women, 16 years and over	4.4	4.3	4.1	3.9	4.0	3.5	4.4	4.1	-	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.7
Women, 20 years and over	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.2	2.7	3.6	3.4	-	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.8
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	9.7	9.4	9.1	10.3	10.5	10.8	10.8	10.0	-	12.0	11.8	11.0	11.9
NOTE: Full-time workers are people who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part-time workers are people 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. 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