Labor force status flows by sex, recent months

Labor force status flows by sex [Numbers in thousands]
Labor force flows	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Labor force flows	May to June 2022	Apr. to May 2023	May to June 2023	May to June 2022	Jan. to Feb. 2023	Feb. to Mar. 2023	Mar. to Apr. 2023	Apr. to May 2023	May to June 2023
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	158,678	161,002	161,559	158,057	160,315	160,892	161,031	160,721	160,994
Employed to employed	151,340	155,425	154,231	151,638	153,634	154,409	154,550	154,673	154,531
Unemployed to employed	1,724	1,283	1,605	1,749	1,640	1,666	1,640	1,460	1,625
Not in labor force to employed	5,516	4,192	5,647	4,586	4,994	4,716	4,766	4,483	4,771
Other inflows to employed(2)	98	102	76	84	48	100	76	105	68
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	6,334	5,700	6,351	5,945	5,936	5,839	5,657	6,097	5,957
Employed to unemployed	1,748	1,448	1,684	1,487	1,419	1,385	1,433	1,686	1,450
Unemployed to unemployed	2,444	2,592	2,569	2,724	2,815	2,902	2,873	2,783	2,842
Not in labor force to unemployed	2,128	1,657	2,079	1,723	1,701	1,548	1,350	1,625	1,651
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	14	2	19	11	1	4	2	3	14
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	98,822	99,916	98,891	99,833	99,861	99,541	99,755	99,800	99,850
Employed to not in labor force	5,454	4,176	5,045	5,095	5,055	4,495	4,883	4,645	4,685
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,377	1,269	1,524	1,503	1,237	1,366	1,325	1,412	1,628
Not in labor force to not in labor force	91,652	94,166	91,972	92,860	93,226	93,389	93,218	93,440	93,152
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	340	306	350	375	343	291	329	303	385

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	84,690	85,626	86,140	84,026	85,266	85,776	85,611	85,410	85,547
Employed to employed	80,923	82,920	82,658	80,800	82,032	82,611	82,628	82,575	82,546
Unemployed to employed	966	674	834	972	921	869	910	719	843
Not in labor force to employed	2,752	1,986	2,602	2,211	2,300	2,255	2,047	2,067	2,116
Other inflows to employed(2)	49	47	47	43	14	40	27	49	42
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,234	3,075	3,363	3,173	3,208	3,223	3,075	3,294	3,289
Employed to unemployed	892	754	840	884	724	731	738	924	822
Unemployed to unemployed	1,266	1,499	1,441	1,436	1,614	1,638	1,690	1,573	1,612
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,062	821	1,063	842	869	853	647	795	841
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	14	1	19	11	0	1	1	1	14
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	40,624	41,618	40,905	41,348	41,597	41,151	41,548	41,616	41,572
Employed to not in labor force	2,507	1,845	2,104	2,376	2,411	1,909	2,396	2,097	2,014
Unemployed to not in labor force	699	729	799	753	611	700	622	781	838
Not in labor force to not in labor force	37,225	38,892	37,849	38,006	38,394	38,389	38,358	38,587	38,553
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	192	152	152	213	181	154	172	151	167

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	73,988	75,376	75,419	74,031	75,049	75,115	75,420	75,311	75,448
Employed to employed	70,418	72,505	71,573	70,838	71,602	71,798	71,922	72,098	71,985
Unemployed to employed	758	609	771	776	719	797	730	741	782
Not in labor force to employed	2,764	2,207	3,045	2,375	2,694	2,461	2,719	2,416	2,655
Other inflows to employed(2)	49	55	30	41	34	60	49	56	26
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,101	2,625	2,987	2,772	2,728	2,617	2,582	2,803	2,668
Employed to unemployed	855	694	844	603	694	654	695	762	628
Unemployed to unemployed	1,179	1,094	1,128	1,288	1,201	1,264	1,183	1,210	1,230
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,066	836	1,016	880	832	695	703	830	810
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,198	58,298	57,986	58,484	58,264	58,390	58,207	58,185	58,277
Employed to not in labor force	2,946	2,331	2,941	2,718	2,644	2,586	2,488	2,549	2,671
Unemployed to not in labor force	677	539	725	750	626	666	703	630	790
Not in labor force to not in labor force	54,426	55,274	54,123	54,853	54,832	55,000	54,860	54,853	54,599
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	148	154	198	162	162	138	157	153	218
Footnotes (1) Total shown for measure in the second month. (2) Includes persons just turning 16 and adjustments to estimated population totals.
NOTE: Data may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Research series from the Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: April 30, 2025