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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-38. People not in the labor force by desire and availability for work, age, and sex [In thousands]
Category Total Age Sex
June
2025		 June
2026		 16 to 24
years		 25 to 54
years		 55 years
and over		 Men Women
June
2025		 June
2026		 June
2025		 June
2026		 June
2025		 June
2026		 June
2025		 June
2026		 June
2025		 June
2026

Total not in the labor force

 102,242 104,968 16,304 16,252 21,913 22,131 64,025 66,585 42,202 43,380 60,041 61,589

Do not want a job now(1)

 95,787 98,506 14,041 14,006 19,420 19,520 62,326 64,979 39,096 40,155 56,692 58,351

Want a job(1)

 6,455 6,463 2,263 2,246 2,493 2,611 1,700 1,606 3,106 3,225 3,349 3,237

Did not search for work in previous year

 3,916 3,880 1,290 1,312 1,439 1,396 1,186 1,172 1,795 1,784 2,121 2,096

Searched for work in previous year(2),
but not in past 4 weeks

 2,539 2,583 972 934 1,054 1,215 513 434 1,312 1,441 1,228 1,141

Not available to work now

 677 758 330 413 242 284 104 61 248 394 430 364

Marginally attached (available to work now)(3)

 1,862 1,825 642 521 811 931 409 373 1,064 1,047 798 778

Discouraged over job prospects(4)

 654 499 201 95 270 327 182 76 464 294 190 205

Reasons other than discouragement

 1,208 1,326 441 426 541 604 227 296 600 754 608 573

Family responsibilities

 217 134 49 14 122 94 45 25 64 50 154 84

In school or training

 189 252 155 169 27 68 7 15 104 181 85 71

Ill health or disability

 187 163 32 13 104 81 51 69 91 91 96 72

Other(5)

 615 777 205 231 287 359 124 187 341 432 274 346

Footnotes
(1) Includes some people who are not asked if they want a job, such as passive jobseekers.
(2) People who had a job in the prior 12 months must have searched since the end of that job.
(3) People "marginally attached to the labor force" are those who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.
(4) Discouraged workers are people marginally attached to the labor force who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
(5) Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not ascertained.

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

 

Last Modified Date: July 02, 2026