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

 274,982 166 - - - - - 1,197 - - 1,785 - - 2,297 - -

Civilian labor force

 171,882 387 666 No - - - 1,470 995 Yes 828 997 No 1,186 980 Yes

Participation rate

 62.5 0.10 0.24 No - - - 0.26 0.36 No -0.11 0.36 No -0.09 0.36 No

Employed

 164,520 528 677 No - - - 1,380 1,023 Yes 622 1,027 No 689 1,011 No

Employment-population ratio

 59.8 0.16 0.25 No - - - 0.24 0.37 No -0.16 0.37 No -0.25 0.37 No

Unemployed

 7,362 -141 376 No - - - 90 461 No 207 457 No 497 443 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.3 -0.09 0.22 No - - - 0.02 0.27 No 0.10 0.27 No 0.26 0.26 Yes

Not in labor force

 103,100 -221 666 No - - - -273 995 No 957 997 No 1,111 980 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.3 -0.09 0.22 No - - - 0.02 0.27 No 0.10 0.27 No 0.26 0.26 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.8 -0.10 0.28 No - - - -0.15 0.36 No -0.13 0.35 No 0.04 0.35 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 4.0 0.11 0.30 No - - - 0.33 0.36 No 0.34 0.36 No 0.40 0.35 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 13.6 -2.05 2.05 Yes - - - -1.59 2.40 No 0.66 2.28 No 1.83 2.24 No

White

 3.7 -0.04 0.23 No - - - 0.01 0.28 No -0.10 0.29 No 0.17 0.28 No

Black or African American

 7.2 -0.32 0.87 No - - - -0.07 1.07 No 0.78 1.03 No 0.98 1.02 No

Asian

 4.1 0.52 0.76 No - - - 0.18 0.97 No 1.08 0.91 Yes 0.46 0.93 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.7 -0.20 0.55 No - - - -0.29 0.67 No -0.45 0.67 No -0.08 0.65 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.6 0.12 0.20 No - - - 0.21 0.25 No 0.24 0.25 No 0.33 0.25 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 5.2 -0.38 1.12 No - - - -0.36 1.37 No -0.93 1.41 No -0.01 1.28 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.5 0.53 0.46 Yes - - - 0.15 0.60 No 0.49 0.58 No 0.10 0.58 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.6 -0.17 0.42 No - - - 0.58 0.50 Yes -0.04 0.52 No 0.07 0.51 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.9 0.18 0.26 No - - - 0.19 0.34 No 0.43 0.33 Yes 0.65 0.31 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,514 41 252 No - - - 102 315 No 59 314 No 260 303 No

Job leavers

 1,029 197 132 Yes - - - 244 160 Yes 175 163 Yes 119 166 No

Reentrants

 2,157 -180 214 No - - - -42 253 No -83 251 No 25 247 No

New entrants

 792 -48 132 No - - - -190 162 Yes 83 149 No 124 146 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,155 -134 256 No - - - -149 259 No -39 256 No -137 257 No

5 to 14 weeks

 2,150 81 218 No - - - 109 246 No -112 253 No 194 241 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,193 -2 163 No - - - 27 185 No 200 178 Yes 35 183 No

27 weeks and over

 1,835 -113 184 No - - - 13 231 No 163 224 No 386 214 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,888 -453 346 Yes - - - 199 388 No 202 385 No 410 373 Yes

Slack work or business conditions

 3,219 -217 292 No - - - 179 317 No 73 316 No 325 305 Yes

Could only find part-time work

 1,357 -157 187 No - - - 68 202 No 92 202 No 157 196 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,929 678 566 Yes - - - 156 746 No 196 734 No 595 700 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,671 -87 214 No - - - -26 226 No 44 223 No 72 221 No

Discouraged workers

 475 14 115 No - - - 45 118 No 58 116 No -117 127 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. Persons 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.

 

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026