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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		 2022 2023
Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 132,336 132,575 132,179 132,300 132,299 132,577 133,184 134,339 134,500 134,477 134,859 134,274 134,189

Men, 16 years and over

 74,394 74,888 74,698 74,738 74,753 74,756 75,099 75,542 75,735 75,531 75,852 75,680 75,394

Men, 20 years and over

 73,332 73,858 73,730 73,695 73,727 73,780 74,118 74,547 74,691 74,501 74,870 74,782 74,348

Women, 16 years and over

 57,928 57,824 57,741 57,788 57,728 57,901 58,066 58,529 58,530 58,685 58,773 58,435 58,781

Women, 20 years and over

 57,237 56,971 56,719 56,916 56,909 57,133 57,382 57,975 57,970 58,245 58,318 57,943 58,095

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,766 1,747 1,730 1,688 1,663 1,663 1,684 1,818 1,839 1,730 1,671 1,549 1,746

Part-time workers

 26,250 26,249 26,413 26,115 26,794 27,400 27,089 26,747 26,663 26,443 26,181 27,153 27,185

Men, 16 years and over

 9,737 9,605 9,826 9,699 9,960 10,243 10,022 10,211 9,903 9,977 9,768 9,945 10,118

Men, 20 years and over

 7,908 7,921 8,020 7,910 8,159 8,413 8,199 8,314 8,026 8,128 8,038 8,274 8,407

Women, 16 years and over

 16,594 16,642 16,560 16,352 16,803 17,130 17,045 16,516 16,748 16,444 16,439 17,225 17,089

Women, 20 years and over

 14,332 14,515 14,517 14,187 14,607 14,989 14,889 14,484 14,655 14,311 14,183 14,858 14,917

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 4,009 3,814 3,877 4,017 4,028 3,997 4,000 3,948 3,982 4,004 3,960 4,021 3,861


UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 4,948 4,754 5,012 4,801 4,661 4,634 4,863 4,725 4,655 4,953 4,875 4,702 5,129

Men, 16 years and over

 2,778 2,758 2,785 2,762 2,605 2,684 2,770 2,753 2,668 2,853 2,758 2,683 2,996

Men, 20 years and over

 2,600 2,581 2,569 2,554 2,402 2,473 2,499 2,523 2,470 2,632 2,594 2,498 2,792

Women, 16 years and over

 2,137 1,989 2,232 2,036 2,064 1,968 2,119 2,010 2,039 2,146 2,041 1,904 2,110

Women, 20 years and over

 1,995 1,806 2,024 1,866 1,870 1,805 1,916 1,814 1,869 2,021 1,956 1,861 1,967

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 353 368 419 381 390 356 448 388 316 300 325 343 370

Looking for part-time work

 1,113 1,010 1,073 1,200 1,079 1,078 1,117 1,083 991 1,095 1,086 1,150 1,258

Men, 16 years and over

 510 381 441 478 405 475 447 457 435 438 491 505 590

Men, 20 years and over

 339 221 282 295 281 305 317 328 282 274 286 315 359

Women, 16 years and over

 596 648 630 728 670 605 667 633 564 640 602 629 660

Women, 20 years and over

 446 433 510 551 513 473 524 500 416 472 432 474 471

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 328 356 281 354 285 300 276 256 293 350 369 362 427


UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.7

Men, 16 years and over

 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.8

Men, 20 years and over

 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.6

Women, 16 years and over

 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.5

Women, 20 years and over

 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 16.7 17.4 19.5 18.4 19.0 17.6 21.0 17.6 14.7 14.8 16.3 18.1 17.5

Part-time workers

 4.1 3.7 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.4

Men, 16 years and over

 5.0 3.8 4.3 4.7 3.9 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.8 5.5

Men, 20 years and over

 4.1 2.7 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.7 4.1

Women, 16 years and over

 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.3 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 7.6 8.5 6.8 8.1 6.6 7.0 6.5 6.1 6.9 8.0 8.5 8.2 10.0

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: September 01, 2023