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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 July
2026		 Current 1-month change
(July26-June26)		 Current 3-month change
(July26-Apr.26)		 Current 6-month change
(July26-Jan.26)		 Current 9-month change
(July26-Oct.25)		 Current 12-month change
(July26-July25)
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

 275,282 116 - - 327 - - 606 - - - - - 1,497 - -

Civilian labor force

 169,094 -264 669 No -901 872 Yes -1,371 999 Yes - - - -1,318 987 Yes

Participation rate

 61.4 -0.12 0.24 No -0.40 0.32 Yes -0.63 0.36 Yes - - - -0.82 0.36 Yes

Employed

 162,177 -87 678 No -445 899 No -920 1,026 No - - - -963 1,017 No

Employment-population ratio

 58.9 -0.06 0.25 No -0.23 0.33 No -0.47 0.37 Yes - - - -0.67 0.37 Yes

Unemployed

 6,916 -178 364 No -457 432 Yes -452 455 No - - - -356 442 No

Unemployment rate

 4.1 -0.10 0.21 No -0.25 0.25 Yes -0.23 0.27 No - - - -0.18 0.26 No

Not in labor force

 106,189 381 669 No 1,230 872 Yes 1,978 999 Yes - - - 2,816 987 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.1 -0.10 0.21 No -0.25 0.25 Yes -0.23 0.27 No - - - -0.18 0.26 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 -0.02 0.28 No -0.11 0.34 No 0.05 0.35 No - - - -0.08 0.35 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.7 0.02 0.29 No -0.21 0.35 No -0.43 0.37 Yes - - - -0.04 0.35 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 12.1 -2.49 2.06 Yes -2.33 2.30 Yes -1.54 2.36 No - - - -3.13 2.41 Yes

White

 3.6 -0.04 0.22 No -0.12 0.26 No -0.10 0.28 No - - - -0.11 0.29 No

Black or African American

 6.3 -0.31 0.80 No -1.01 0.97 Yes -0.99 1.02 No - - - -0.98 1.00 No

Asian

 4.0 0.07 0.75 No 0.67 0.86 No -0.28 0.97 No - - - 0.02 0.93 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.6 -0.63 0.54 Yes -0.41 0.62 No -0.29 0.65 No - - - -0.43 0.64 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 -0.01 0.20 No -0.13 0.24 No -0.21 0.26 No - - - 0.03 0.25 No

Less than a high school diploma

 5.4 -0.11 1.13 No -0.97 1.37 No 0.08 1.31 No - - - -0.20 1.27 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 -0.16 0.44 No -0.67 0.55 Yes -0.53 0.57 No - - - -0.36 0.56 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.6 0.05 0.41 No 0.46 0.49 No 0.02 0.52 No - - - 0.61 0.49 Yes

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.7 0.08 0.26 No -0.05 0.32 No -0.24 0.34 No - - - -0.01 0.32 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,309 31 244 No -202 298 No -186 312 No - - - -103 302 No

Job leavers

 793 17 121 No -51 149 No -245 161 Yes - - - 8 150 No

Reentrants

 2,123 -114 210 No -159 245 No -45 250 No - - - -76 248 No

New entrants

 761 -11 128 No -44 149 No -35 152 No - - - -221 159 Yes

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 1,960 -222 246 No -536 256 Yes -206 249 No - - - -344 251 Yes

5 to 14 weeks

 2,049 113 212 No 190 237 No -102 247 No - - - 8 240 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,157 105 157 No 100 178 No -45 185 No - - - -9 182 No

27 weeks and over

 1,771 -166 182 No -62 219 No -42 229 No - - - -51 224 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,804 123 333 No -138 381 No -69 390 No - - - 115 376 No

Slack work or business conditions

 3,019 9 278 No -270 312 No -162 316 No - - - -21 304 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,428 19 185 No 161 202 No 49 208 No - - - 139 202 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,770 152 567 No 64 700 No -129 745 No - - - -3 703 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,806 45 218 No 14 231 No 144 230 No - - - 109 229 No

Discouraged workers

 476 -1 116 No 1 120 No 1 121 No - - - 46 117 No

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. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Differences published in this table may not match differences published elsewhere due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Any changes in this table that compare data before and after January (such as the over-the-month change from December to January) do not account for the effects of the updated population controls. For additional information see www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cps-pop-control-adjustments.pdf. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

 

Last Modified Date: August 07, 2026