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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.
2026		 Current 1-month change
(Sept.26-Aug.26)		 Current 3-month change
(Sept.26-June26)		 Current 6-month change
(Sept.26-Mar.26)		 Current 9-month change
(Sept.26-Dec.25)		 Current 12-month change
(Sept.26-Sept.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

 275,554 139 - - 388 - - 696 - - 738 - - 1,328 - -

Civilian labor force

 170,262 485 668 No 904 871 Yes 175 998 No -1,233 1,003 Yes -999 987 Yes

Participation rate

 61.8 0.14 0.24 No 0.24 0.32 No -0.09 0.36 No -0.61 0.36 Yes -0.66 0.36 Yes

Employed

 163,152 406 678 No 888 898 No 304 1,025 No -840 1,032 No -504 1,018 No

Employment-population ratio

 59.2 0.12 0.25 No 0.24 0.33 No -0.04 0.37 No -0.46 0.38 Yes -0.47 0.37 Yes

Unemployed

 7,109 78 365 No 15 430 No -130 455 No -394 458 No -496 450 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.2 0.03 0.21 No -0.01 0.25 No -0.08 0.27 No -0.20 0.27 No -0.26 0.27 No

Not in labor force

 105,292 -346 668 No -516 871 No 521 998 No 1,971 1,003 Yes 2,328 987 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.2 0.03 0.21 No -0.01 0.25 No -0.08 0.27 No -0.20 0.27 No -0.26 0.27 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 -0.07 0.28 No 0.01 0.33 No 0.16 0.35 No 0.01 0.36 No -0.12 0.35 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.6 0.09 0.28 No -0.07 0.33 No -0.45 0.36 Yes -0.35 0.36 No -0.56 0.35 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.5 0.46 2.14 No -0.06 2.43 No 0.87 2.47 No -1.15 2.51 No 1.27 2.42 No

White

 3.6 -0.16 0.22 No -0.07 0.26 No -0.03 0.28 No -0.19 0.29 No -0.17 0.29 No

Black or African American

 7.0 0.95 0.78 Yes 0.42 0.94 No -0.11 1.01 No -0.51 1.03 No -0.56 1.01 No

Asian

 2.9 -0.36 0.65 No -1.02 0.82 Yes -0.82 0.85 No -0.73 0.84 No -1.46 0.87 Yes

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.7 -0.09 0.53 No -0.51 0.63 No -0.13 0.65 No -0.22 0.65 No -0.77 0.66 Yes

Total, 25 years and over

 3.3 -0.12 0.20 No -0.13 0.23 No -0.28 0.25 Yes -0.18 0.25 No -0.23 0.25 No

Less than a high school diploma

 4.3 -0.37 1.09 No -1.17 1.29 No -1.52 1.34 Yes -1.28 1.28 Yes -2.42 1.32 Yes

High school graduates, no college

 4.4 -0.08 0.46 No 0.17 0.54 No -0.31 0.59 No 0.35 0.55 No 0.15 0.56 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.6 -0.04 0.41 No 0.04 0.50 No 0.06 0.52 No -0.15 0.52 No 0.17 0.50 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.5 -0.14 0.25 No -0.13 0.30 No -0.30 0.32 No -0.24 0.32 No -0.32 0.32 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,200 -45 241 No -78 290 No -203 307 No -273 307 No -324 302 Yes

Job leavers

 741 -173 124 Yes -35 143 No -157 152 Yes -91 149 No -119 151 No

Reentrants

 2,289 152 212 No 52 249 No 35 258 No -48 258 No -47 256 No

New entrants

 818 116 128 No 46 150 No 104 151 No -22 157 No 5 154 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,098 98 245 No -84 251 No -40 252 No -191 257 No -134 253 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,956 -121 213 No 20 236 No -42 239 No -113 242 No -400 247 Yes

15 to 26 weeks

 1,189 42 161 No 137 179 No -23 187 No -6 186 No -97 188 No

27 weeks and over

 1,944 14 186 No 7 227 No 123 234 No -4 236 No 129 229 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,501 111 323 No -180 370 No 4 376 No -840 391 Yes -93 368 No

Slack work or business conditions

 2,896 81 270 No -114 301 No -211 311 No -540 316 Yes -233 303 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,267 4 175 No -142 201 No 141 192 No -247 208 Yes 67 193 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,813 61 568 No 195 699 No 46 744 No 562 730 No 85 703 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,468 -236 206 Yes -293 219 Yes -476 228 Yes -290 221 Yes -275 219 Yes

Discouraged workers

 414 -27 110 No -63 116 No -96 119 No -47 115 No -141 121 Yes

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: October 02, 2026