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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-22. Employed people in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker
[In thousands]
Age and sex September 2026
Agriculture and related industries Nonagricultural industries
Wage and
salary
workers(1)
Self-
employed
workers,
unincor-
porated
Unpaid
family
workers
Wage and salary workers(1) Self-
employed
workers,
unincor-
porated
Unpaid
family
workers
Total Private industries Government
Total Private
household
workers
Other
private
industries

Total, 16 years and over

1,937 688 11 151,837 129,656 499 129,157 22,181 8,891 74

16 to 19 years

62 4 0 5,130 4,907 15 4,892 223 117 5

16 to 17 years

35 0 0 1,946 1,869 5 1,864 77 49 5

18 to 19 years

26 4 0 3,184 3,039 10 3,028 146 67 0

20 to 24 years

196 7 1 13,757 12,502 70 12,432 1,255 412 12

25 to 34 years

547 62 0 34,532 30,130 84 30,046 4,402 1,361 3

35 to 44 years

400 76 3 34,705 29,349 79 29,269 5,356 1,937 15

45 to 54 years

239 58 0 29,574 24,167 100 24,067 5,407 1,923 15

55 to 64 years

290 209 0 24,340 20,197 105 20,092 4,143 1,789 6

65 years and over

205 272 7 9,798 8,404 45 8,358 1,394 1,354 19

Men, 16 years and over

1,457 464 7 78,474 68,820 42 68,778 9,654 5,299 29

16 to 19 years

39 4 0 2,557 2,461 2 2,459 96 74 0

16 to 17 years

19 0 0 840 823 2 822 16 39 0

18 to 19 years

21 4 0 1,717 1,638 0 1,638 80 35 0

20 to 24 years

155 7 0 7,008 6,418 12 6,406 590 304 6

25 to 34 years

433 47 0 18,023 16,094 10 16,085 1,929 817 3

35 to 44 years

337 58 0 17,951 15,683 2 15,681 2,268 1,134 10

45 to 54 years

182 33 0 15,306 13,065 7 13,058 2,241 1,064 4

55 to 64 years

167 130 0 12,433 10,584 6 10,578 1,849 1,067 0

65 years and over

142 185 7 5,196 4,515 4 4,511 680 840 6

Women, 16 years and over

481 224 4 73,362 60,836 457 60,379 12,527 3,593 46

16 to 19 years

22 0 0 2,573 2,446 13 2,433 127 43 5

16 to 17 years

17 0 0 1,106 1,045 3 1,042 61 11 5

18 to 19 years

5 0 0 1,467 1,401 10 1,391 66 32 0

20 to 24 years

41 0 1 6,749 6,084 58 6,026 665 108 6

25 to 34 years

114 14 0 16,509 14,036 75 13,961 2,474 545 0

35 to 44 years

62 19 3 16,754 13,666 78 13,588 3,088 803 5

45 to 54 years

56 25 0 14,268 11,102 93 11,010 3,165 859 11

55 to 64 years

123 79 0 11,907 9,613 99 9,514 2,294 721 6

65 years and over

62 87 1 4,602 3,888 42 3,847 714 514 13

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026