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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 Nov.
2025		 Current 2-month change
(Nov.25-Sep.25)		 Current 3-month change
(Nov.25-Aug.25)		 Current 6-month change
(Nov.25-May25)		 Current 9-month change
(Nov.25-Feb.25)		 Current 12-month change
(Nov.25-Nov.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

 274,633 407 - - 632 - - 1,248 - - 1,786 - - 5,170 - -

Civilian labor force

 171,571 323 879 No 793 969 No 1,061 1,108 No 1,212 1,112 Yes 3,267 1,083 Yes

Participation rate

 62.5 0.03 0.32 No 0.15 0.35 No 0.10 0.40 No 0.04 0.41 No 0.01 0.40 No

Employed

 163,741 96 915 No 347 1,013 No 468 1,153 No 434 1,158 No 2,558 1,131 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 59.6 -0.05 0.33 No -0.01 0.37 No -0.10 0.42 No -0.23 0.42 No -0.19 0.42 No

Unemployed

 7,831 228 451 No 447 471 No 594 494 Yes 779 489 Yes 710 476 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.6 0.12 0.26 No 0.24 0.28 No 0.32 0.29 Yes 0.42 0.29 Yes 0.33 0.28 Yes

Not in labor force

 103,061 83 879 No -162 969 No 186 1,108 No 574 1,112 No 1,902 1,083 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.6 0.12 0.26 No 0.24 0.28 No 0.32 0.29 Yes 0.42 0.29 Yes 0.33 0.28 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.1 0.09 0.34 No 0.05 0.37 No 0.25 0.38 No 0.35 0.37 No 0.24 0.37 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 4.1 -0.09 0.36 No 0.24 0.36 No 0.18 0.38 No 0.29 0.38 No 0.21 0.37 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 16.3 3.13 2.40 Yes 2.45 2.54 No 2.89 2.58 Yes 3.39 2.53 Yes 3.16 2.56 Yes

White

 3.9 0.12 0.27 No 0.12 0.28 No 0.03 0.30 No 0.12 0.30 No 0.07 0.29 No

Black or African American

 8.3 0.74 1.04 No 0.73 1.09 No 2.25 1.09 Yes 2.26 1.09 Yes 1.89 1.09 Yes

Asian

 3.6 -0.80 0.92 No -0.02 0.93 No -0.06 0.98 No 0.37 0.94 No -0.19 0.97 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.0 -0.46 0.66 No -0.22 0.69 No -0.09 0.72 No -0.18 0.71 No -0.23 0.70 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.7 0.15 0.24 No 0.26 0.26 Yes 0.28 0.27 Yes 0.33 0.27 Yes 0.18 0.26 No

Less than a high school diploma

 6.8 0.05 1.46 No 0.12 1.56 No 1.29 1.51 No 0.86 1.53 No 0.84 1.49 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.4 0.19 0.56 No 0.06 0.59 No -0.05 0.62 No 0.15 0.62 No -0.20 0.62 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.5 0.08 0.48 No 0.30 0.51 No 0.24 0.53 No 0.03 0.54 No -0.10 0.54 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.9 0.06 0.32 No 0.23 0.34 No 0.33 0.35 No 0.44 0.35 Yes 0.45 0.34 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,559 34 303 No 122 318 No 102 334 No 243 329 No 165 321 No

Job leavers

 862 1 154 No 78 158 No 158 157 Yes -56 168 No 8 164 No

Reentrants

 2,618 293 264 Yes 331 274 Yes 330 283 Yes 410 278 Yes 436 274 Yes

New entrants

 765 -48 151 No -21 157 No 40 157 No 103 154 No 75 152 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,543 316 282 Yes 67 288 No 92 289 No 206 286 No 335 278 Yes

5 to 14 weeks

 2,202 -165 267 No 153 260 No -6 266 No 50 265 No 139 257 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,189 -101 193 No 142 189 No 150 190 No 158 189 No -47 195 No

27 weeks and over

 1,910 96 222 No -20 239 No 453 234 Yes 455 232 Yes 256 234 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 5,488 909 419 Yes 739 441 Yes 864 450 Yes 551 453 Yes 1,019 430 Yes

Slack work or business conditions

 3,444 321 346 No 381 357 Yes 437 363 Yes 152 367 No 319 354 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,759 589 229 Yes 451 243 Yes 374 249 Yes 506 244 Yes 675 231 Yes

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 23,126 370 736 No -172 799 No 538 842 No 691 828 No 746 787 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,825 83 253 No -11 260 No 269 253 Yes 121 257 No 253 249 Yes

Discouraged workers

 651 94 150 No 137 148 No 270 141 Yes 187 145 Yes 250 140 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. 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. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown. As a result, this table displays a 2-month change from September 2025 to November 2025, rather than the usual 1-month change.

 

Last Modified Date: December 16, 2025