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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 Sept.
2025		 Current 1-month change
(Sept.25-Aug.25)		 Current 3-month change
(Sept.25-June25)		 Current 6-month change
(Sept.25-Mar.25)		 Current 9-month change
(Sept.25-Dec.24)		 Current 12-month change
(Sept.25-Sept.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

 274,226 225 - - 641 - - 1,203 - - 4,588 - - 5,146 - -

Civilian labor force

 171,248 470 641 No 868 837 Yes 657 956 No 2,701 951 Yes 2,545 934 Yes

Participation rate

 62.4 0.12 0.23 No 0.17 0.31 No -0.03 0.35 No -0.06 0.35 No -0.25 0.34 No

Employed

 163,645 251 652 No 279 864 No 137 984 No 1,984 980 Yes 1,843 964 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 59.7 0.04 0.24 No -0.04 0.32 No -0.21 0.36 No -0.28 0.36 No -0.46 0.35 Yes

Unemployed

 7,603 219 363 No 588 421 Yes 520 445 Yes 717 437 Yes 702 428 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.4 0.12 0.21 No 0.32 0.25 Yes 0.29 0.26 Yes 0.35 0.26 Yes 0.35 0.25 Yes

Not in labor force

 102,978 -245 641 No -226 837 No 547 956 No 1,887 951 Yes 2,601 934 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.4 0.12 0.21 No 0.32 0.25 Yes 0.29 0.26 Yes 0.35 0.26 Yes 0.35 0.25 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.0 -0.04 0.28 No 0.18 0.32 No 0.22 0.34 No 0.32 0.33 No 0.26 0.33 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 4.2 0.33 0.29 Yes 0.60 0.33 Yes 0.47 0.35 Yes 0.39 0.35 Yes 0.59 0.34 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 13.2 -0.68 1.95 No -1.27 2.21 No -0.56 2.20 No 0.75 2.17 No -1.03 2.23 No

White

 3.8 0.01 0.22 No 0.16 0.25 No 0.04 0.27 No 0.14 0.26 No 0.10 0.26 No

Black or African American

 7.5 -0.01 0.82 No 0.70 0.95 No 1.34 0.98 Yes 1.46 0.96 Yes 1.79 0.94 Yes

Asian

 4.4 0.78 0.74 Yes 0.82 0.88 No 0.88 0.93 No 0.83 0.93 No 0.26 0.94 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.5 0.24 0.55 No 0.75 0.63 Yes 0.40 0.67 No 0.38 0.67 No 0.41 0.65 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.5 0.11 0.19 No 0.28 0.23 Yes 0.20 0.24 No 0.16 0.24 No 0.27 0.23 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 6.8 0.08 1.21 No 1.00 1.35 No 1.02 1.40 No 1.16 1.37 No 0.01 1.39 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.2 -0.13 0.43 No 0.26 0.51 No 0.09 0.55 No -0.11 0.56 No 0.19 0.53 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.4 0.22 0.38 No 0.26 0.46 No -0.07 0.49 No -0.06 0.49 No 0.03 0.48 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.8 0.17 0.25 No 0.34 0.30 Yes 0.24 0.32 No 0.40 0.31 Yes 0.53 0.30 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,525 88 242 No 232 287 No 212 301 No 274 296 No 292 289 Yes

Job leavers

 861 77 120 No 36 146 No -9 151 No -86 153 No 42 148 No

Reentrants

 2,325 38 209 No 180 239 No 149 248 No 294 240 Yes 274 239 Yes

New entrants

 813 27 126 No 103 142 No 74 146 No 158 141 Yes 157 140 Yes

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,227 -249 254 No -14 248 No -135 253 No 71 246 No 88 244 No

5 to 14 weeks

 2,367 318 215 Yes 236 244 No 221 246 No 370 240 Yes 380 237 Yes

15 to 26 weeks

 1,290 243 155 Yes 227 177 Yes 284 176 Yes 83 182 No 157 178 No

27 weeks and over

 1,814 -116 177 No 167 208 No 319 212 Yes 263 210 Yes 200 210 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,579 -170 318 No 114 354 No -201 370 No 221 356 No -45 353 No

Slack work or business conditions

 3,123 60 271 No 14 298 No -33 306 No 256 294 No 95 292 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,170 -138 167 No 9 181 No -85 186 No -25 183 No -90 183 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,756 -542 551 No 200 675 No 131 717 No 242 701 No 203 671 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,742 -94 211 No -48 221 No 55 220 No 180 213 No 132 214 No

Discouraged workers

 557 43 119 No -80 130 No 48 123 No 77 120 No 109 118 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. 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: November 20, 2025