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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 Aug.
2026		 Current 1-month change
(Aug.26-July26)		 Current 3-month change
(Aug.26-May26)		 Current 6-month change
(Aug.26-Feb.26)		 Current 9-month change
(Aug.26-Nov.25)		 Current 12-month change
(Aug.26-Aug.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

 275,415 133 - - 361 - - 649 - - 782 - - 1,414 - -

Civilian labor force

 169,777 683 665 Yes -301 867 No -706 993 No -1,764 998 Yes -973 982 No

Participation rate

 61.6 0.22 0.24 No -0.19 0.31 No -0.40 0.36 Yes -0.82 0.36 Yes -0.67 0.36 Yes

Employed

 162,746 569 675 No -25 894 No -166 1,021 No -1,014 1,027 No -624 1,013 No

Employment-population ratio

 59.1 0.18 0.25 No -0.09 0.32 No -0.20 0.37 No -0.54 0.37 Yes -0.53 0.37 Yes

Unemployed

 7,031 115 361 No -276 430 No -540 457 Yes -750 459 Yes -349 444 No

Unemployment rate

 4.1 0.05 0.21 No -0.15 0.25 No -0.30 0.27 Yes -0.39 0.27 Yes -0.18 0.26 No

Not in labor force

 105,638 -551 665 No 662 867 No 1,355 993 Yes 2,546 998 Yes 2,387 982 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.1 0.05 0.21 No -0.15 0.25 No -0.30 0.27 Yes -0.39 0.27 Yes -0.18 0.26 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.0 0.11 0.28 No 0.00 0.34 No 0.03 0.36 No -0.09 0.36 No -0.05 0.36 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.5 -0.18 0.29 No -0.29 0.34 No -0.62 0.36 Yes -0.56 0.36 Yes -0.36 0.35 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.1 1.98 2.06 No -0.59 2.39 No -0.82 2.47 No -2.24 2.50 No 0.16 2.44 No

White

 3.7 0.13 0.22 No -0.09 0.27 No 0.03 0.28 No -0.13 0.30 No -0.01 0.29 No

Black or African American

 6.0 -0.22 0.77 No -0.56 0.92 No -1.62 1.01 Yes -2.17 1.04 Yes -1.52 1.00 Yes

Asian

 3.2 -0.73 0.70 Yes -0.52 0.83 No -1.58 0.93 Yes -0.32 0.85 No -0.34 0.84 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.8 0.21 0.53 No -0.20 0.63 No -0.40 0.66 No -0.23 0.65 No -0.44 0.65 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 -0.01 0.20 No -0.12 0.24 No -0.30 0.26 Yes -0.26 0.26 Yes -0.02 0.25 No

Less than a high school diploma

 4.7 -0.69 1.10 No -1.33 1.32 Yes -0.87 1.32 No -2.08 1.35 Yes -2.01 1.33 Yes

High school graduates, no college

 4.4 0.40 0.45 No -0.02 0.55 No -0.41 0.60 No 0.06 0.56 No 0.10 0.55 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.7 0.03 0.41 No 0.04 0.50 No 0.13 0.51 No 0.14 0.51 No 0.42 0.49 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.7 -0.07 0.25 No -0.03 0.31 No -0.34 0.33 Yes -0.23 0.33 No -0.03 0.32 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,245 -64 242 No -140 292 No -375 311 Yes -315 309 Yes -202 300 No

Job leavers

 914 121 126 No -2 156 No 47 158 No 53 158 No 129 155 No

Reentrants

 2,137 14 207 No -72 242 No -183 254 No -463 260 Yes -165 250 No

New entrants

 702 -59 125 No -116 146 No -103 149 No -72 147 No -90 147 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,000 40 240 No -210 248 No -319 253 Yes -540 260 Yes -475 256 Yes

5 to 14 weeks

 2,077 28 214 No 131 239 No -1 244 No -113 248 No 19 241 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,147 -10 159 No 70 177 No -59 184 No -43 183 No 96 176 No

27 weeks and over

 1,930 159 181 No -58 227 No 31 235 No 20 233 No 6 231 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,390 -414 326 Yes -415 369 Yes -6 370 No -1,097 390 Yes -365 367 No

Slack work or business conditions

 2,815 -204 272 No -448 304 Yes -23 300 No -630 313 Yes -254 298 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,263 -165 180 No 55 192 No 12 196 No -387 212 Yes -69 197 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,752 -18 565 No -101 697 No 24 740 No -316 733 No -518 703 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,704 -102 215 No -19 225 No 85 224 No -117 230 No -132 229 No

Discouraged workers

 441 -35 113 No -45 117 No 75 111 No -203 128 Yes -78 120 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.

 

Last Modified Date: September 04, 2026