Labor force status flows by sex, recent months

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Labor force status flows by sex [Numbers in thousands]
Labor force flows	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Labor force flows	June to July 2017	May to June 2018	June to July 2018	June to July 2017	Feb. to Mar. 2018	Mar. to Apr. 2018	Apr. to May 2018	May to June 2018	June to July 2018
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	154,470	156,465	157,004	153,511	155,178	155,181	155,474	155,576	155,965
Employed to employed	147,555	149,289	149,964	146,853	148,876	148,872	149,339	149,353	149,307
Unemployed to employed	2,044	1,606	1,786	2,044	1,889	1,817	1,719	1,601	1,786
Not in labor force to employed	4,843	5,488	5,172	4,590	4,317	4,394	4,350	4,556	4,804
Other inflows to employed(2)	28	81	81	24	97	98	65	67	68
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	7,441	6,812	6,730	6,956	6,585	6,346	6,065	6,564	6,280
Employed to unemployed	1,754	1,775	1,652	1,648	1,694	1,550	1,411	1,524	1,526
Unemployed to unemployed	3,536	2,813	3,380	3,354	3,109	3,108	3,019	3,093	3,174
Not in labor force to unemployed	2,126	2,192	1,684	1,935	1,768	1,672	1,626	1,922	1,569
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	24	32	14	19	14	16	9	24	11
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	93,240	94,365	94,109	94,684	95,335	95,745	95,915	95,502	95,598
Employed to not in labor force	4,725	4,920	4,781	4,669	4,620	4,731	4,404	4,571	4,653
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,667	1,335	1,642	1,562	1,707	1,658	1,607	1,370	1,599
Not in labor force to not in labor force	86,436	87,808	87,281	87,986	88,728	89,068	89,569	89,236	88,886
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	412	302	405	467	280	288	335	325	459

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	82,484	83,414	83,828	81,288	82,630	82,611	82,784	82,522	82,684
Employed to employed	79,342	79,987	80,533	78,249	79,630	79,605	79,855	79,653	79,514
Unemployed to employed	1,029	928	966	1,070	1,005	1,019	1,012	904	1,011
Not in labor force to employed	2,107	2,457	2,303	1,963	1,956	1,936	1,891	1,932	2,138
Other inflows to employed(2)	7	43	26	6	39	51	26	33	21
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,728	3,573	3,274	3,706	3,539	3,541	3,373	3,534	3,266
Employed to unemployed	800	883	761	875	951	897	832	884	830
Unemployed to unemployed	1,902	1,583	1,738	1,854	1,729	1,807	1,740	1,746	1,685
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,012	1,096	773	966	852	831	794	896	751
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	13	11	1	11	7	5	7	8	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	37,099	37,616	37,602	38,318	38,162	38,266	38,352	38,548	38,754
Employed to not in labor force	2,058	2,218	2,091	2,153	2,089	2,113	1,910	2,232	2,134
Unemployed to not in labor force	808	694	868	776	847	712	788	723	836
Not in labor force to not in labor force	34,024	34,553	34,438	35,150	35,080	35,300	35,486	35,429	35,550
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	209	151	205	239	146	142	169	163	233

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	71,986	73,051	73,176	72,223	72,548	72,569	72,690	73,054	73,281
Employed to employed	68,213	69,303	69,431	68,604	69,246	69,267	69,485	69,700	69,792
Unemployed to employed	1,015	677	820	974	884	798	706	697	776
Not in labor force to employed	2,737	3,032	2,870	2,627	2,361	2,458	2,459	2,625	2,667
Other inflows to employed(2)	21	39	55	18	58	47	40	33	47
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	3,713	3,238	3,456	3,250	3,046	2,805	2,692	3,030	3,013
Employed to unemployed	954	892	891	772	743	653	579	640	696
Unemployed to unemployed	1,634	1,230	1,642	1,500	1,380	1,300	1,279	1,347	1,489
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,114	1,096	911	969	916	841	832	1,026	819
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	11	21	12	8	7	11	2	16	10
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	56,141	56,749	56,507	56,366	57,172	57,479	57,562	56,954	56,844
Employed to not in labor force	2,667	2,702	2,690	2,517	2,531	2,618	2,495	2,339	2,520
Unemployed to not in labor force	859	641	775	786	859	946	819	647	763
Not in labor force to not in labor force	52,412	53,255	52,842	52,836	53,648	53,768	54,082	53,806	53,336
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	203	151	200	228	134	146	166	162	226
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 18, 2023