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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 Dec.
2025		 Current 1-month change
(Dec.25-Nov.25)		 Current 3-month change
(Dec.25-Sept.25)		 Current 6-month change
(Dec.25-June25)		 Current 9-month change
(Dec.25-Mar.25)		 Current 12-month change
(Dec.25-Dec.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

 274,816 183 - - 590 - - 1,231 - - 1,793 - - 5,178 - -

Civilian labor force

 171,495 -46 665 No 234 868 No 1,115 993 Yes 854 995 No 2,989 969 Yes

Participation rate

 62.4 -0.06 0.24 No -0.05 0.32 No 0.13 0.36 No -0.10 0.36 No -0.09 0.36 No

Employed

 163,992 232 676 No 336 896 No 665 1,020 No 483 1,024 No 2,406 1,000 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 59.7 0.04 0.25 No -0.01 0.33 No -0.03 0.37 No -0.22 0.37 No -0.25 0.37 No

Unemployed

 7,503 -278 380 No -102 443 No 449 459 No 371 458 No 583 441 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.4 -0.16 0.22 No -0.07 0.26 No 0.24 0.27 No 0.20 0.27 No 0.27 0.26 Yes

Not in labor force

 103,321 229 665 No 357 868 No 116 993 No 939 995 No 2,189 969 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.4 -0.16 0.22 No -0.07 0.26 No 0.24 0.27 No 0.20 0.27 No 0.27 0.26 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 -0.17 0.29 No -0.13 0.34 No 0.03 0.36 No 0.05 0.35 No 0.15 0.34 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.9 -0.12 0.30 No -0.21 0.35 No 0.35 0.36 No 0.25 0.36 No 0.17 0.35 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 15.7 -0.64 2.13 No 2.42 2.30 Yes 1.21 2.44 No 1.90 2.36 No 3.34 2.32 Yes

White

 3.8 -0.10 0.23 No 0.01 0.27 No 0.16 0.28 No 0.03 0.28 No 0.14 0.27 No

Black or African American

 7.5 -0.71 0.92 No -0.05 1.05 No 0.61 1.08 No 1.28 1.05 Yes 1.40 1.03 Yes

Asian

 3.6 0.05 0.73 No -0.73 0.92 No 0.05 0.93 No 0.12 0.91 No 0.07 0.91 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.9 -0.10 0.55 No -0.55 0.65 No 0.15 0.66 No -0.17 0.67 No -0.21 0.66 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.5 -0.19 0.21 No -0.05 0.24 No 0.22 0.25 No 0.15 0.25 No 0.12 0.24 No

Less than a high school diploma

 5.6 -1.16 1.18 No -1.14 1.39 No -0.21 1.38 No -0.17 1.37 No -0.05 1.31 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 -0.37 0.44 No -0.20 0.54 No 0.03 0.55 No -0.15 0.56 No -0.35 0.55 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.8 0.24 0.41 No 0.32 0.49 No 0.58 0.51 Yes 0.28 0.52 No 0.31 0.51 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.8 -0.13 0.26 No -0.08 0.32 No 0.23 0.33 No 0.15 0.33 No 0.31 0.31 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,473 -87 252 No -51 301 No 167 311 No 151 309 No 212 299 No

Job leavers

 832 -29 126 No -28 151 No 7 153 No -37 155 No -113 157 No

Reentrants

 2,337 -263 223 Yes 1 253 No 177 256 No 155 254 No 287 247 Yes

New entrants

 840 66 131 No 27 153 No 117 152 No 97 153 No 191 146 Yes

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,289 -251 266 No 57 258 No 35 261 No -73 264 No 114 255 No

5 to 14 weeks

 2,069 -121 218 No -287 251 Yes -60 246 No -85 247 No 55 237 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,195 5 162 No -91 188 No 131 181 No 185 178 Yes -7 183 No

27 weeks and over

 1,948 38 185 No 133 224 No 297 229 Yes 449 222 Yes 397 219 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 5,341 -146 355 No 747 384 Yes 868 392 Yes 570 394 Yes 980 375 Yes

Slack work or business conditions

 3,436 -9 296 No 307 317 No 325 324 Yes 283 321 No 570 306 Yes

Could only find part-time work

 1,514 -136 195 No 314 202 Yes 343 203 Yes 261 207 Yes 327 199 Yes

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,251 -817 566 Yes -477 696 No -321 738 No -396 727 No -371 692 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,758 -63 218 No 15 228 No -39 232 No 71 227 No 186 221 No

Discouraged workers

 461 -183 125 Yes -94 124 No -174 129 Yes -41 121 No -32 119 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: January 09, 2026