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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 May
2026		 Current 1-month change
(May26-Apr.26)		 Current 3-month change
(May26-Feb.26)		 Current 6-month change
(May26-Nov.25)		 Current 9-month change
(May26-Aug.25)		 Current 12-month change
(May26-May25)
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

 275,054 99 - - 288 - - 421 - - 1,053 - - 1,669 - -

Civilian labor force

 170,078 83 659 No -405 859 No -1,463 994 Yes -672 988 No -414 971 No

Participation rate

 61.8 0.01 0.24 No -0.21 0.31 No -0.63 0.36 Yes -0.48 0.36 Yes -0.53 0.35 Yes

Employed

 162,771 149 669 No -141 886 No -989 1,024 No -599 1,017 No -473 1,001 No

Employment-population ratio

 59.2 0.03 0.24 No -0.11 0.32 No -0.45 0.37 Yes -0.45 0.37 Yes -0.53 0.37 Yes

Unemployed

 7,307 -66 368 No -264 434 No -474 463 Yes -73 453 No 59 442 No

Unemployment rate

 4.3 -0.04 0.22 No -0.14 0.26 No -0.24 0.28 No -0.03 0.27 No 0.05 0.26 No

Not in labor force

 104,976 17 659 No 693 859 No 1,884 994 Yes 1,725 988 Yes 2,083 971 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.3 -0.04 0.22 No -0.14 0.26 No -0.24 0.28 No -0.03 0.27 No 0.05 0.26 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.0 0.00 0.28 No 0.03 0.34 No -0.09 0.36 No -0.05 0.36 No 0.11 0.35 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.8 -0.10 0.29 No -0.33 0.35 No -0.27 0.36 No -0.07 0.35 No -0.10 0.35 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.7 0.23 2.07 No -0.23 2.35 No -1.66 2.45 No 0.75 2.40 No 1.22 2.35 No

White

 3.8 0.10 0.22 No 0.13 0.27 No -0.04 0.30 No 0.08 0.29 No -0.01 0.29 No

Black or African American

 6.6 -0.66 0.83 No -1.05 0.99 Yes -1.60 1.07 Yes -0.95 1.04 No 0.52 0.97 No

Asian

 3.8 0.46 0.71 No -1.06 0.93 Yes 0.21 0.92 No 0.18 0.91 No 0.13 0.90 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.0 0.00 0.54 No -0.20 0.63 No -0.02 0.66 No -0.24 0.66 No -0.13 0.65 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.5 -0.02 0.20 No -0.18 0.24 No -0.14 0.26 No 0.10 0.25 No 0.13 0.25 No

Less than a high school diploma

 6.0 -0.33 1.21 No 0.46 1.37 No -0.75 1.46 No -0.68 1.47 No 0.45 1.34 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.4 -0.25 0.46 No -0.39 0.58 No 0.08 0.57 No 0.12 0.57 No 0.01 0.56 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.6 0.46 0.40 Yes 0.09 0.48 No 0.10 0.51 No 0.38 0.49 No 0.35 0.49 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.7 -0.10 0.25 No -0.31 0.32 No -0.20 0.33 No 0.00 0.32 No 0.10 0.31 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,385 -126 246 No -235 297 No -175 311 No -62 306 No -74 300 No

Job leavers

 916 72 127 No 49 153 No 55 157 No 131 153 No 210 150 Yes

Reentrants

 2,209 -73 210 No -111 246 No -391 262 Yes -93 251 No -82 249 No

New entrants

 818 13 130 No 13 150 No 44 152 No 26 152 No 84 148 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,210 -286 259 Yes -109 255 No -330 263 Yes -265 262 Yes -246 259 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,946 87 204 No -132 237 No -244 242 Yes -112 238 No -257 239 Yes

15 to 26 weeks

 1,077 20 152 No -129 178 No -113 179 No 26 173 No 35 171 No

27 weeks and over

 1,988 155 182 No 89 224 No 78 235 No 64 233 No 524 216 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,805 -137 333 No 409 366 Yes -682 397 Yes 50 380 No 181 369 No

Slack work or business conditions

 3,263 -26 285 No 425 302 Yes -182 324 No 194 312 No 254 305 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,208 -59 171 No -43 190 No -442 208 Yes -124 196 No -168 195 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,853 147 560 No 125 691 No -215 737 No -417 728 No 253 692 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,723 -69 213 No 104 220 No -98 230 No -113 228 No 152 219 No

Discouraged workers

 486 11 115 No 120 112 Yes -158 130 Yes -33 122 No 96 113 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.

 

Last Modified Date: June 05, 2026