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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-38. Persons not in the labor force by desire and availability for work, age, and sex [In thousands]
Category Total Age Sex
June
2023		 June
2024		 16 to 24
years		 25 to 54
years		 55 years
and over		 Men Women
June
2023		 June
2024		 June
2023		 June
2024		 June
2023		 June
2024		 June
2023		 June
2024		 June
2023		 June
2024

Total not in the labor force

 98,891 99,431 15,815 15,584 21,454 21,277 61,622 62,570 40,905 40,974 57,986 58,457

Do not want a job now(1)

 93,045 93,776 13,721 13,647 19,237 19,017 60,087 61,113 38,223 38,124 54,822 55,652

Want a job(1)

 5,846 5,655 2,094 1,937 2,217 2,261 1,535 1,457 2,682 2,850 3,164 2,805

Did not search for work in previous year

 3,653 3,435 1,281 1,136 1,278 1,269 1,094 1,029 1,576 1,611 2,076 1,823

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

 2,193 2,220 813 801 939 991 441 428 1,106 1,239 1,087 982

Not available to work now

 714 672 324 287 288 290 102 96 347 297 367 375

Marginally attached (available to work now)(3)

 1,479 1,548 489 514 651 701 339 333 759 941 721 607

Discouraged over job prospects(4)

 320 369 97 107 174 187 49 75 185 238 134 131

Reasons other than discouragement

 1,159 1,179 392 407 478 514 290 257 573 703 586 476

Family responsibilities

 205 156 24 17 123 104 58 35 76 76 129 80

In school or training

 121 197 96 123 13 70 13 4 62 134 60 62

Ill health or disability

 153 139 24 13 68 64 62 63 70 76 83 63

Other(5)

 680 688 249 255 274 277 157 156 366 417 314 271

Footnotes
(1) Includes some persons who are not asked if they want a job, such as passive jobseekers.
(2) Persons who had a job in the prior 12 months must have searched since the end of that job.
(3) Persons "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 persons 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 05, 2024