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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
2025		 Current 1-month change
(May25-Apr.25)		 Current 3-month change
(May25-Feb.25)		 Current 6-month change
(May25-Nov.24)		 Current 9-month change
(May25-Aug.24)		 Current 12-month change
(May25-May24)
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

 273,385 188 - - 538 - - 3,922 - - 4,529 - - 5,137 - -

Civilian labor force

 170,510 -625 639 No 151 838 No 2,206 956 Yes 2,014 958 Yes 2,711 939 Yes

Participation rate

 62.4 -0.27 0.23 Yes -0.07 0.31 No -0.09 0.35 No -0.30 0.35 No -0.18 0.35 No

Employed

 163,273 -696 648 Yes -34 866 No 2,090 982 Yes 1,848 985 Yes 2,109 969 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 59.7 -0.30 0.24 Yes -0.13 0.32 No -0.09 0.36 No -0.32 0.36 No -0.36 0.36 Yes

Unemployed

 7,237 71 358 No 185 421 No 116 441 No 166 438 No 602 422 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.2 0.06 0.21 No 0.10 0.25 No 0.01 0.26 No 0.05 0.26 No 0.29 0.25 Yes

Not in labor force

 102,875 813 639 Yes 388 838 No 1,716 956 Yes 2,515 958 Yes 2,426 939 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.2 0.06 0.21 No 0.10 0.25 No 0.01 0.26 No 0.05 0.26 No 0.29 0.25 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 -0.07 0.28 No 0.09 0.33 No -0.01 0.35 No -0.04 0.34 No 0.12 0.33 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.9 0.18 0.29 No 0.11 0.34 No 0.02 0.35 No 0.20 0.35 No 0.46 0.34 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 13.4 0.46 1.92 No 0.50 2.16 No 0.27 2.27 No -0.77 2.32 No 1.05 2.19 No

White

 3.8 0.00 0.22 No 0.09 0.26 No 0.04 0.28 No 0.02 0.28 No 0.33 0.26 Yes

Black or African American

 6.0 -0.30 0.77 No 0.01 0.90 No -0.35 0.96 No -0.11 0.95 No -0.13 0.94 No

Asian

 3.6 0.60 0.69 No 0.44 0.83 No -0.13 0.92 No -0.49 0.93 No 0.51 0.85 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.1 -0.07 0.55 No -0.09 0.64 No -0.14 0.67 No -0.29 0.67 No 0.17 0.65 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 0.03 0.19 No 0.05 0.23 No -0.10 0.25 No 0.01 0.24 No 0.25 0.23 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 5.5 -0.60 1.14 No -0.43 1.33 No -0.45 1.38 No -1.46 1.39 Yes -0.38 1.33 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.5 0.47 0.44 Yes 0.20 0.55 No -0.15 0.59 No 0.41 0.55 No 0.18 0.55 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.3 -0.39 0.39 Yes -0.21 0.47 No -0.34 0.50 No -0.18 0.49 No 0.18 0.47 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.6 0.09 0.24 No 0.11 0.30 No 0.13 0.31 No 0.05 0.31 No 0.45 0.29 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,457 2 243 No 141 289 No 63 302 No 136 299 No 244 290 No

Job leavers

 704 -151 117 Yes -214 144 Yes -150 144 Yes -141 143 No -16 137 No

Reentrants

 2,288 53 208 No 80 242 No 106 248 No 155 244 No 228 240 No

New entrants

 725 24 120 No 63 137 No 35 140 No 17 140 No 79 136 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,451 264 254 Yes 114 259 No 243 256 No -14 263 No 142 257 No

5 to 14 weeks

 2,208 -61 218 No 56 243 No 145 240 No 179 239 No 286 233 Yes

15 to 26 weeks

 1,039 52 146 No 8 168 No -197 176 Yes -114 172 No 75 163 No

27 weeks and over

 1,457 -218 163 Yes 2 192 No -197 206 No -88 201 No 109 191 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,624 -66 321 No -313 368 No 155 366 No -198 369 No 209 353 No

Slack work or business conditions

 3,007 -141 273 No -285 303 No -118 304 No -313 304 Yes -78 294 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,385 125 174 No 132 194 No 301 188 Yes 239 191 Yes 321 185 Yes

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,588 -135 550 No 153 679 No 208 716 No 33 706 No -43 677 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,556 -61 200 No -148 214 No -16 210 No 144 204 No 33 207 No

Discouraged workers

 381 -33 103 No -83 110 No -20 106 No 8 103 No -78 109 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: June 06, 2025