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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
July
2024		 July
2025		 16 to 24
years		 25 to 54
years		 55 years
and over		 Men Women
July
2024		 July
2025		 July
2024		 July
2025		 July
2024		 July
2025		 July
2024		 July
2025		 July
2024		 July
2025

Total not in the labor force

 98,921 102,140 15,427 16,099 21,013 22,155 62,481 63,886 40,719 42,212 58,203 59,928

Do not want a job now(1)

 92,972 95,607 13,539 14,096 18,639 19,392 60,793 62,120 37,996 39,217 54,976 56,390

Want a job(1)

 5,950 6,533 1,888 2,003 2,374 2,763 1,688 1,767 2,723 2,995 3,227 3,538

Did not search for work in previous year

 3,667 4,043 1,132 1,192 1,313 1,494 1,222 1,357 1,586 1,782 2,081 2,260

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

 2,283 2,490 756 810 1,061 1,269 466 410 1,137 1,213 1,146 1,277

Not available to work now

 655 739 246 233 314 403 96 103 241 322 414 417

Marginally attached (available to work now)(3)

 1,628 1,751 510 577 747 866 370 308 896 891 732 860

Discouraged over job prospects(4)

 449 457 117 199 224 222 108 35 282 270 167 187

Reasons other than discouragement

 1,178 1,294 393 378 523 644 262 272 614 621 565 673

Family responsibilities

 169 249 23 55 101 142 45 52 39 93 130 156

In school or training

 156 182 102 125 55 57 0 0 113 107 43 75

Ill health or disability

 155 115 29 7 77 60 49 48 76 59 79 57

Other(5)

 698 748 240 191 290 385 168 171 385 362 312 386

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: August 01, 2025