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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 Mar.
2026		 Current 1-month change
(Mar.26-Feb.26)		 Current 3-month change
(Mar.26-Dec.25)		 Current 6-month change
(Mar.26-Sept.25)		 Current 9-month change
(Mar.26-June25)		 Current 12-month change
(Mar.26-Mar.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

 274,858 92 - - 42 - - 632 - - 1,273 - - 1,835 - -

Civilian labor force

 170,087 -396 673 No -1,408 878 Yes -1,174 1,005 Yes -293 1,008 No -554 991 No

Participation rate

 61.9 -0.16 0.24 No -0.52 0.32 Yes -0.57 0.37 Yes -0.40 0.37 Yes -0.62 0.36 Yes

Employed

 162,848 -64 683 No -1,144 906 Yes -808 1,033 No -479 1,038 No -661 1,022 No

Employment-population ratio

 59.2 -0.04 0.25 No -0.43 0.33 Yes -0.43 0.38 Yes -0.45 0.38 Yes -0.64 0.37 Yes

Unemployed

 7,239 -332 377 No -264 442 No -366 468 No 185 457 No 107 448 No

Unemployment rate

 4.3 -0.18 0.22 No -0.12 0.26 No -0.18 0.28 No 0.12 0.27 No 0.08 0.27 No

Not in labor force

 104,771 488 673 No 1,450 878 Yes 1,807 1,005 Yes 1,566 1,008 Yes 2,389 991 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.3 -0.18 0.22 No -0.12 0.26 No -0.18 0.28 No 0.12 0.27 No 0.08 0.27 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.8 -0.20 0.28 No -0.15 0.34 No -0.28 0.36 No -0.12 0.36 No -0.11 0.35 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 4.0 -0.08 0.31 No 0.10 0.35 No -0.11 0.37 No 0.45 0.36 Yes 0.34 0.35 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 13.7 -1.23 2.10 No -2.02 2.36 No 0.40 2.36 No -0.81 2.43 No -0.12 2.34 No

White

 3.6 -0.09 0.23 No -0.15 0.28 No -0.14 0.30 No 0.01 0.29 No -0.12 0.29 No

Black or African American

 7.1 -0.57 0.87 No -0.40 1.03 No -0.46 1.08 No 0.20 1.05 No 0.87 1.01 No

Asian

 3.7 -1.13 0.80 Yes 0.08 0.89 No -0.64 0.99 No 0.13 0.93 No 0.20 0.91 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.8 -0.37 0.56 No -0.09 0.64 No -0.64 0.69 No 0.06 0.66 No -0.26 0.66 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.6 -0.13 0.21 No 0.10 0.24 No 0.05 0.26 No 0.32 0.25 Yes 0.25 0.25 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 5.9 0.28 1.17 No 0.23 1.34 No -0.91 1.46 No 0.02 1.39 No 0.06 1.35 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.7 -0.18 0.49 No 0.65 0.55 Yes 0.45 0.59 No 0.69 0.57 Yes 0.50 0.58 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.6 0.03 0.41 No -0.21 0.50 No 0.11 0.51 No 0.37 0.50 No 0.07 0.51 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.8 -0.18 0.27 No 0.06 0.32 No -0.02 0.34 No 0.29 0.33 No 0.22 0.32 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,403 -217 254 No -70 301 No -121 317 No 97 310 No 81 304 No

Job leavers

 898 31 130 No 66 154 No 38 159 No 73 157 No 29 160 No

Reentrants

 2,254 -66 217 No -83 253 No -82 261 No 94 254 No 72 253 No

New entrants

 714 -91 129 No -126 150 No -99 152 No -9 147 No -29 147 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,138 -181 258 No -151 258 No -94 258 No -116 259 No -224 260 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,998 -80 216 No -71 243 No -358 253 Yes -131 247 No -156 244 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,212 6 165 No 17 187 No -74 192 No 148 182 No 202 179 Yes

27 weeks and over

 1,821 -78 184 No -127 226 No 6 232 No 170 224 No 322 217 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,497 101 325 No -844 386 Yes -97 381 No 24 376 No -274 374 No

Slack work or business conditions

 3,107 269 278 No -329 319 Yes -22 319 No -4 315 No -46 311 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,126 -125 171 No -388 202 Yes -74 191 No -45 190 No -127 191 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,767 39 572 No 516 703 No 39 750 No 195 738 No 120 707 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,944 325 220 Yes 186 237 No 201 239 No 147 239 No 257 235 Yes

Discouraged workers

 510 144 112 Yes 49 122 No -45 129 No -125 133 No 8 124 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: April 03, 2026