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

 274,955 97 - - 279 - - - - - 1,170 - - 1,758 - -

Civilian labor force

 169,995 -92 661 No -470 862 No - - - -417 991 No -1,059 973 Yes

Participation rate

 61.8 -0.06 0.24 No -0.23 0.31 No - - - -0.42 0.36 Yes -0.79 0.36 Yes

Employed

 162,622 -226 671 No -475 890 No - - - -518 1,020 No -1,276 1,004 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 59.1 -0.10 0.24 No -0.23 0.32 No - - - -0.44 0.37 Yes -0.85 0.37 Yes

Unemployed

 7,373 134 368 No 5 434 No - - - 101 454 No 218 443 No

Unemployment rate

 4.3 0.08 0.22 No 0.02 0.26 No - - - 0.07 0.27 No 0.15 0.27 No

Not in labor force

 104,959 188 661 No 748 862 No - - - 1,586 991 Yes 2,816 973 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.3 0.08 0.22 No 0.02 0.26 No - - - 0.07 0.27 No 0.15 0.27 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.0 0.24 0.28 No 0.16 0.34 No - - - 0.03 0.36 No 0.06 0.35 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.9 -0.15 0.30 No -0.22 0.35 No - - - 0.17 0.35 No 0.18 0.35 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.4 0.77 2.01 No 0.79 2.27 No - - - -0.79 2.40 No 1.45 2.28 No

White

 3.7 0.11 0.22 No 0.02 0.27 No - - - 0.01 0.30 No -0.10 0.29 No

Black or African American

 7.3 0.18 0.84 No 0.02 1.00 No - - - 0.03 1.04 No 0.88 1.00 No

Asian

 3.3 -0.39 0.72 No -0.95 0.89 Yes - - - -0.64 0.92 No 0.25 0.85 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.0 0.16 0.54 No 0.12 0.63 No - - - -0.02 0.66 No -0.17 0.66 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.6 -0.03 0.20 No -0.08 0.24 No - - - 0.16 0.25 No 0.18 0.25 No

Less than a high school diploma

 6.4 0.51 1.19 No 1.05 1.35 No - - - 0.77 1.39 No 0.20 1.40 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.7 0.04 0.48 No 0.15 0.57 No - - - 0.31 0.59 No 0.66 0.56 Yes

Some college or associate degree

 3.2 -0.39 0.39 Yes -0.44 0.48 No - - - 0.15 0.47 No -0.47 0.49 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.8 -0.03 0.26 No -0.19 0.32 No - - - 0.04 0.33 No 0.28 0.31 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,511 108 248 No 16 299 No - - - 99 309 No 56 304 No

Job leavers

 844 -54 126 No -194 158 Yes - - - 59 150 No -10 154 No

Reentrants

 2,282 28 212 No 114 244 No - - - 83 251 No 42 251 No

New entrants

 805 91 126 No 9 149 No - - - -177 161 Yes 96 147 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,496 358 258 Yes 330 260 Yes - - - 192 266 No 302 261 Yes

5 to 14 weeks

 1,859 -139 206 No -292 237 Yes - - - -182 235 No -403 239 Yes

15 to 26 weeks

 1,057 -155 157 No -145 178 No - - - -109 177 No 64 169 No

27 weeks and over

 1,833 12 179 No 20 218 No - - - 11 226 No 161 219 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,942 445 329 Yes 69 378 No - - - 253 382 No 256 374 No

Slack work or business conditions

 3,289 182 283 No 108 312 No - - - 249 312 No 143 309 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,267 141 168 No -112 198 No - - - -22 197 No 2 193 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,706 -61 562 No -193 694 No - - - -67 726 No -27 694 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,792 -152 221 No 130 224 No - - - 95 227 No 165 224 No

Discouraged workers

 475 -35 117 No 0 118 No - - - 45 116 No 58 115 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. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

 

Last Modified Date: May 08, 2026