Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force , employment , unemployment , persons not in the labor force , hours of work , earnings , and other demographic and labor force characteristics .
Labor force information for Census regions and divisions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities are available separately from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. See also the BLS Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment .
CPS Tables
Annual averages
Employment status
1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population, 1950s to date (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1980s to date (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
4. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by age and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, and race (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
6. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex, age, and detailed ethnic group (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
8. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Characteristics of the employed
9. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
10. Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
11b. Employed persons by detailed occupation and age (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
12. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
13. Employed Hispanic or Latino workers by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and detailed ethnic group (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
14. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
16. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex and class of worker (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
17. Employed persons by industry, sex, race, and occupation (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
18b. Employed persons by detailed industry and age (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
19. Persons at work in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by hours of work (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
20. Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
21. Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by class of worker and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
22. Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
23. Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Characteristics of the unemployed
24. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
27. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
28. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
29. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
30. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
32. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
33. Unemployed jobseekers by sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and active jobsearch methods used (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
34. Unemployed jobseekers by sex, reason for unemployment, and active jobsearch methods used (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Persons not in the labor force
35. Persons not in the labor force by desire and availability for work, age, and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Multiple jobholders
36. Multiple jobholders by selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Weekly earnings
37. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
38. Median weekly earnings of part-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Union affiliation
40. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
41. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation and selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
42. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
43. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by union affiliation, occupation, and industry (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Minimum wage workers
44. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
45. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by occupation and industry (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Absences from work
46. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
47. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Veteran status
48. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Certification and licensing status
49. Certification and licensing status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by employment status (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
50. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by certification and licensing status and selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
51. Certification and licensing status of employed persons 16 years and over by selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
52. Certification and licensing status of the employed by industry and class of worker (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
53. Certification and licensing status of the employed by occupation (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
54. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and selected characteristics (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
55. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by certification and licensing status and occupation (HTML ) (PDF ) (XLSX )
Monthly data
Historical
A-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over, prior years to date (HTML ) (PDF )
A-2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, recent years to date (HTML ) (PDF )
Seasonally adjusted data
Employment Status
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-4. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-6. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Employed and the Labor Force
A-7. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-8. Employed persons by age, sex, marital status, multiple jobholding status, and self-employment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-8a. Employed persons and employment-population ratios by age and sex, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-8b. Persons in the labor force and labor force participation rates by age and sex, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Unemployed
A-9. Unemployed persons by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-10. Unemployment rates by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
Not seasonally adjusted data
Employment Status
A-13. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race (HTML ) (PDF )
A-14. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by age and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
A-15. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age (HTML ) (PDF )
A-16. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by school enrollment, age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and educational attainment (HTML ) (PDF )
A-17. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF )
A-18. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Employed
A-19. Employed persons by occupation, sex, and age (HTML ) (PDF )
A-20. Employed persons by occupation, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
A-21. Employed persons by industry and occupation (HTML ) (PDF )
A-22. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker (HTML ) (PDF )
A-23. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex and class of worker (HTML ) (PDF )
A-24. Persons at work in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by hours of work (HTML ) (PDF )
A-25. Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF )
A-26. Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by class of worker and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF )
A-27. Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF )
A-28. Persons at work by occupation, sex, and usual full- or part-time status (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Unemployed
A-29. Unemployed persons by marital status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, age, and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
A-30. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
A-31. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age (HTML ) (PDF )
A-33. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF )
A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF )
A-35. Unemployed total and full-time workers by duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF )
A-36. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF )
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment (HTML ) (PDF )
Persons not in the Labor Force
A-38. Persons not in the labor force by desire and availability for work, age, and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
Multiple Jobholders
A-39. Multiple jobholders by selected demographic and economic characteristics (HTML ) (PDF )
Veteran Status
A-40. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
Quarterly Data
Seasonally adjusted data
Employment Status
E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
E-2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
E-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
E-4. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Employed
E-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
E-6. Employed persons by age, sex, marital status, multiple jobholding status, and self-employment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Unemployed
E-7. Unemployed persons by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
E-8. Unemployment rates by age, sex, and marital status, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
E-9. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
E-10. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, seasonally adjusted (HTML ) (PDF )
Not seasonally adjusted data
Employment Status
E-11. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, and race (HTML ) (PDF )
E-12. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex, age, and detailed ethnic group (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Employed
E-13. Employed persons by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and race (HTML ) (PDF )
E-14. Employed Hispanic or Latino workers by sex, occupation, class of worker, full- or part-time status, and detailed ethnic group (HTML ) (PDF )
E-15. Employed persons by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF )
Characteristics of the Unemployed
E-16. Unemployment rates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF )
E-17. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF )
E-18. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML ) (PDF )
Veteran Status
E-19. Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex (HTML ) (PDF )
Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022