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	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.
EMPLOYED
Full-time workers	-	134,325	135,215	134,441	134,341	134,676	134,252	134,173	133,659	133,553	134,288	134,376	135,090
Men, 16 years and over	-	75,581	76,194	75,207	74,770	74,814	74,401	74,560	74,255	74,264	74,593	74,782	75,224
Men, 20 years and over	-	74,693	75,222	74,278	73,827	73,832	73,344	73,596	73,265	73,291	73,686	73,753	74,304
Women, 16 years and over	-	58,768	59,016	59,245	59,584	59,863	59,830	59,666	59,360	59,179	59,517	59,628	59,891
Women, 20 years and over	-	58,035	58,275	58,533	58,933	59,212	59,291	59,038	58,774	58,683	59,011	58,984	59,245
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	-	1,597	1,718	1,631	1,581	1,633	1,617	1,539	1,621	1,579	1,590	1,640	1,542
Part-time workers	-	29,452	28,712	28,727	28,478	28,290	28,413	28,679	28,626	28,764	28,541	28,746	28,504
Men, 16 years and over	-	11,088	10,669	10,244	10,358	10,319	10,570	10,624	10,601	10,799	10,739	10,690	10,498
Men, 20 years and over	-	9,373	9,009	8,594	8,673	8,750	8,969	8,953	9,066	9,128	8,988	8,942	8,682
Women, 16 years and over	-	18,411	18,080	18,464	18,121	17,989	17,848	18,038	17,977	17,931	17,778	18,087	18,033
Women, 20 years and over	-	16,257	15,927	16,374	16,030	15,762	15,678	15,920	15,831	15,746	15,697	15,913	15,844
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	-	3,822	3,775	3,759	3,775	3,777	3,766	3,806	3,729	3,889	3,857	3,892	3,978

UNEMPLOYED
Looking for full-time work	-	6,329	6,082	5,961	6,059	5,854	5,996	5,897	5,709	5,682	5,749	5,732	5,772
Men, 16 years and over	-	3,530	3,387	3,213	3,282	3,193	3,340	3,298	3,226	3,173	3,375	3,291	3,312
Men, 20 years and over	-	3,238	3,114	2,960	3,056	2,929	3,089	3,046	2,968	2,993	3,122	3,035	3,089
Women, 16 years and over	-	2,796	2,683	2,721	2,794	2,660	2,638	2,592	2,445	2,424	2,382	2,453	2,493
Women, 20 years and over	-	2,562	2,467	2,582	2,593	2,499	2,464	2,425	2,315	2,334	2,188	2,224	2,259
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	-	529	501	420	410	427	443	426	426	355	439	473	424
Looking for part-time work	-	1,501	1,398	1,437	1,545	1,358	1,378	1,418	1,353	1,255	1,304	1,343	1,303
Men, 16 years and over	-	640	559	627	635	525	598	677	553	567	565	578	506
Men, 20 years and over	-	395	312	353	395	290	356	405	332	343	334	341	293
Women, 16 years and over	-	861	841	805	897	825	778	753	807	680	733	783	796
Women, 20 years and over	-	585	580	616	638	636	545	517	519	509	524	538	555
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	-	521	506	467	512	432	477	496	502	404	446	464	455

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Full-time workers	-	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Men, 16 years and over	-	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.2
Men, 20 years and over	-	4.2	4.0	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.0
Women, 16 years and over	-	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.9	3.8	4.0	4.0
Women, 20 years and over	-	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.7
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	-	24.9	22.6	20.5	20.6	20.7	21.5	21.7	20.8	18.4	21.6	22.4	21.6
Part-time workers	-	4.8	4.6	4.8	5.1	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.4
Men, 16 years and over	-	5.5	5.0	5.8	5.8	4.8	5.4	6.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	4.6
Men, 20 years and over	-	4.0	3.3	4.0	4.4	3.2	3.8	4.3	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.3
Women, 16 years and over	-	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.3	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.2
Women, 20 years and over	-	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.4	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	-	12.0	11.8	11.0	11.9	10.3	11.2	11.5	11.9	9.4	10.4	10.6	10.3
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. 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: November 06, 2026