U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Statistical summary table. Changes in selected labor force indicators with a statistical significance test at a 90% confidence level
 [Numbers in thousands]
Category Aug.
2025		 Current 1-month change
(Aug.25-July25)		 Current 3-month change
(Aug.25-May25)		 Current 6-month change
(Aug.25-Feb.25)		 Current 9-month change
(Aug.25-Nov.24)		 Current 12-month change
(Aug.25-Aug.24)
Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 274,001 216 - - 616 - - 1,154 - - 4,538 - - 5,145 - -

Civilian labor force

 170,778 436 633 No 268 827 No 419 952 No 2,474 947 Yes 2,282 927 Yes

Participation rate

 62.3 0.11 0.23 No -0.04 0.30 No -0.11 0.35 No -0.13 0.35 No -0.34 0.34 Yes

Employed

 163,394 288 641 No 121 856 No 87 978 No 2,211 974 Yes 1,969 957 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 59.6 0.06 0.23 No -0.09 0.31 No -0.22 0.36 No -0.18 0.36 No -0.41 0.35 Yes

Unemployed

 7,384 148 356 No 147 419 No 332 440 No 263 435 No 313 425 No

Unemployment rate

 4.3 0.08 0.21 No 0.08 0.25 No 0.18 0.26 No 0.09 0.26 No 0.13 0.25 No

Not in labor force

 103,223 -220 633 No 348 827 No 736 952 No 2,064 947 Yes 2,863 927 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.3 0.08 0.21 No 0.08 0.25 No 0.18 0.26 No 0.09 0.26 No 0.13 0.25 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.1 0.13 0.27 No 0.20 0.32 No 0.29 0.34 No 0.19 0.34 No 0.16 0.33 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.8 0.14 0.28 No -0.06 0.33 No 0.05 0.35 No -0.04 0.35 No 0.14 0.34 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 13.9 -1.37 2.01 No 0.44 2.18 No 0.94 2.21 No 0.71 2.25 No -0.33 2.29 No

White

 3.7 0.04 0.22 No -0.10 0.26 No -0.01 0.27 No -0.06 0.27 No -0.07 0.26 No

Black or African American

 7.5 0.33 0.80 No 1.52 0.91 Yes 1.53 0.96 Yes 1.16 0.97 Yes 1.41 0.95 Yes

Asian

 3.6 -0.36 0.71 No -0.05 0.84 No 0.39 0.86 No -0.17 0.89 No -0.54 0.89 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.3 0.26 0.54 No 0.13 0.63 No 0.04 0.66 No -0.01 0.66 No -0.16 0.66 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 0.04 0.19 No 0.02 0.23 No 0.07 0.24 No -0.08 0.24 No 0.04 0.23 No

Less than a high school diploma

 6.7 1.16 1.11 Yes 1.16 1.31 No 0.74 1.38 No 0.71 1.38 No -0.30 1.36 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.3 -0.06 0.45 No -0.11 0.54 No 0.09 0.56 No -0.26 0.58 No 0.30 0.53 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.2 0.22 0.36 No -0.06 0.45 No -0.27 0.48 No -0.40 0.48 No -0.24 0.47 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.7 -0.06 0.25 No 0.10 0.30 No 0.21 0.31 No 0.22 0.31 No 0.15 0.30 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,437 32 239 No -20 287 No 121 298 No 43 296 No 116 288 No

Job leavers

 784 0 116 No 80 136 No -134 149 No -70 145 No -61 145 No

Reentrants

 2,287 107 204 No -1 240 No 79 246 No 105 242 No 154 239 No

New entrants

 786 -199 132 Yes 61 141 No 124 141 No 96 141 No 78 140 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,476 177 254 No 25 259 No 139 258 No 268 253 Yes 11 258 No

5 to 14 weeks

 2,049 15 205 No -159 237 No -103 237 No -14 232 No 20 228 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,047 -120 151 No 8 166 No 16 167 No -189 173 Yes -106 169 No

27 weeks and over

 1,930 104 176 No 473 204 Yes 475 214 Yes 276 216 Yes 385 210 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,749 65 318 No 125 359 No -188 375 No 280 360 No -73 358 No

Slack work or business conditions

 3,063 28 268 No 56 293 No -229 307 No -62 297 No -257 296 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,308 44 169 No -77 193 No 55 191 No 224 183 Yes 162 183 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 23,298 528 547 No 710 676 Yes 863 717 Yes 918 701 Yes 743 672 Yes

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,836 147 208 No 280 216 Yes 132 223 No 264 216 Yes 424 210 Yes

Discouraged workers

 514 89 111 No 133 112 Yes 50 118 No 113 113 Yes 141 110 Yes

Footnotes
(1) Needed value represents the minimum change needed to be statistically significant at a 90% confidence level. Effective with the release of January 2023 data, these values are based on standard error models that are updated monthly.

- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels.

NOTE: Data are seasonally adjusted except for civilian noninstitutional population. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. The over-the-month changes for January in this table include the effects of population control updates. Differences published in this table may not match differences published elsewhere due to rounding.

 

Last Modified Date: September 05, 2025