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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 Feb.
2026		 Current 1-month change
(Feb.26-Jan.26)		 Current 3-month change
(Feb.26-Nov.25)		 Current 6-month change
(Feb.26-Aug.25)		 Current 9-month change
(Feb.26-May25)		 Current 12-month change
(Feb.26-Feb.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

 274,766 90 - - 133 - - 765 - - 1,381 - - 1,919 - -

Civilian labor force

 170,483 18 661 No -1,058 925 Yes -267 987 No -9 990 No 42 973 No

Participation rate

 62.0 -0.01 0.24 No -0.42 0.34 Yes -0.27 0.36 No -0.32 0.36 No -0.42 0.36 Yes

Employed

 162,912 -185 672 No -848 950 No -458 1,015 No -332 1,019 No -426 1,003 No

Employment-population ratio

 59.3 -0.09 0.24 No -0.34 0.35 No -0.33 0.37 No -0.42 0.37 Yes -0.57 0.37 Yes

Unemployed

 7,571 203 373 No -210 461 No 191 461 No 323 457 No 467 445 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.4 0.12 0.22 No -0.10 0.27 No 0.12 0.27 No 0.19 0.27 No 0.27 0.26 Yes

Not in labor force

 104,283 72 661 No 1,191 925 Yes 1,032 987 Yes 1,390 990 Yes 1,878 973 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.4 0.12 0.22 No -0.10 0.27 No 0.12 0.27 No 0.19 0.27 No 0.27 0.26 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.0 0.12 0.28 No -0.12 0.36 No -0.09 0.36 No 0.07 0.36 No 0.13 0.35 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 4.1 0.02 0.30 No 0.06 0.36 No 0.27 0.36 No 0.23 0.36 No 0.34 0.35 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.9 1.25 2.02 No -1.43 2.37 No 0.97 2.37 No 1.45 2.32 No 1.90 2.27 No

White

 3.7 0.00 0.22 No -0.16 0.29 No -0.05 0.29 No -0.13 0.30 No -0.07 0.29 No

Black or African American

 7.7 0.41 0.86 No -0.55 1.08 No 0.10 1.08 No 1.57 1.02 Yes 1.62 1.01 Yes

Asian

 4.8 0.58 0.81 No 1.26 0.97 Yes 1.24 0.99 Yes 1.19 0.98 Yes 1.63 0.94 Yes

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.2 0.32 0.55 No 0.18 0.66 No -0.04 0.68 No 0.07 0.67 No -0.03 0.67 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.7 0.08 0.20 No 0.05 0.25 No 0.29 0.26 Yes 0.32 0.25 Yes 0.36 0.25 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 5.6 0.26 1.07 No -1.21 1.38 No -1.14 1.41 No -0.01 1.31 No -0.42 1.30 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.8 0.28 0.47 No 0.47 0.56 No 0.51 0.57 No 0.39 0.58 No 0.56 0.57 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.5 -0.07 0.41 No 0.01 0.51 No 0.29 0.50 No 0.26 0.50 No 0.04 0.50 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 3.0 0.02 0.27 No 0.11 0.34 No 0.31 0.33 No 0.41 0.33 Yes 0.51 0.32 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,620 125 251 No 60 314 No 173 315 No 161 313 No 293 304 No

Job leavers

 867 -171 132 Yes 6 155 No 82 152 No 161 148 Yes -48 158 No

Reentrants

 2,320 152 211 No -280 265 Yes 18 257 No 29 255 No 108 251 No

New entrants

 805 9 130 No 31 152 No 13 152 No 71 149 No 132 145 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,319 153 254 No -221 266 No -156 266 No -137 266 No -15 260 No

5 to 14 weeks

 2,078 -73 216 No -112 245 No 20 242 No -125 247 No -83 242 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,206 4 162 No 16 184 No 155 180 No 164 178 No 173 177 No

27 weeks and over

 1,899 86 180 No -11 231 No -25 234 No 435 217 Yes 438 215 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,396 -477 326 Yes -1,091 390 Yes -359 376 No -228 370 No -527 368 Yes

Slack work or business conditions

 2,838 -343 275 Yes -607 314 Yes -231 305 No -171 300 No -448 302 Yes

Could only find part-time work

 1,251 -128 177 No -399 210 Yes -81 198 No -125 200 No -13 193 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,728 -171 563 No -340 737 No -542 741 No 128 725 No 260 693 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,619 -43 207 No -202 226 No -217 227 No 48 217 No -89 221 No

Discouraged workers

 366 -109 108 Yes -278 123 Yes -153 115 Yes -24 106 No -94 110 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. January 2026 estimates were revised to incorporate updated population estimates. For additional information, see https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop.

 

Last Modified Date: March 06, 2026