A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2022							2023
Employment status, sex, and age	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	263,835	264,012	264,184	264,356	264,535	264,708	264,844	265,962	266,112	266,272	266,443	266,618	266,801
Civilian labor force	164,002	163,990	164,714	164,619	164,646	164,527	164,966	165,832	166,251	166,731	166,688	166,818	166,951
Participation rate	62.2	62.1	62.3	62.3	62.2	62.2	62.3	62.4	62.5	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.6
Employed	158,057	158,272	158,694	158,850	158,593	158,527	159,244	160,138	160,315	160,892	161,031	160,721	160,994
Employment-population ratio	59.9	59.9	60.1	60.1	60.0	59.9	60.1	60.2	60.2	60.4	60.4	60.3	60.3
Unemployed	5,945	5,718	6,021	5,770	6,053	6,000	5,722	5,694	5,936	5,839	5,657	6,097	5,957
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6
Not in labor force	99,833	100,021	99,469	99,736	99,890	100,181	99,878	100,130	99,861	99,541	99,755	99,800	99,850
Persons who currently want a job	5,653	5,887	5,534	5,813	5,681	5,528	5,176	5,314	5,103	4,925	5,271	5,477	5,389

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	128,547	128,636	128,722	128,807	128,897	128,983	129,050	129,998	130,072	130,150	130,234	130,319	130,408
Civilian labor force	87,199	86,984	87,366	87,659	87,772	87,793	87,864	88,334	88,474	88,999	88,686	88,704	88,836
Participation rate	67.8	67.6	67.9	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1	67.9	68.0	68.4	68.1	68.1	68.1
Employed	84,026	83,912	84,081	84,532	84,559	84,557	84,880	85,186	85,266	85,776	85,611	85,410	85,547
Employment-population ratio	65.4	65.2	65.3	65.6	65.6	65.6	65.8	65.5	65.6	65.9	65.7	65.5	65.6
Unemployed	3,173	3,072	3,284	3,127	3,212	3,236	2,984	3,147	3,208	3,223	3,075	3,294	3,289
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.7
Not in labor force	41,348	41,652	41,356	41,148	41,126	41,189	41,186	41,665	41,597	41,151	41,548	41,616	41,572

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	119,899	119,977	120,058	120,140	120,225	120,301	120,360	121,283	121,346	121,415	121,488	121,565	121,646
Civilian labor force	84,029	83,905	84,192	84,602	84,606	84,525	84,694	85,084	85,210	85,696	85,439	85,487	85,774
Participation rate	70.1	69.9	70.1	70.4	70.4	70.3	70.4	70.2	70.2	70.6	70.3	70.3	70.5
Employed	81,210	81,185	81,263	81,816	81,776	81,698	82,033	82,324	82,407	82,816	82,661	82,526	82,868
Employment-population ratio	67.7	67.7	67.7	68.1	68.0	67.9	68.2	67.9	67.9	68.2	68.0	67.9	68.1
Unemployed	2,818	2,720	2,929	2,786	2,829	2,827	2,661	2,760	2,803	2,880	2,778	2,961	2,906
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.4
Not in labor force	35,870	36,072	35,867	35,537	35,619	35,776	35,666	36,199	36,136	35,718	36,049	36,078	35,871

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	135,287	135,376	135,462	135,548	135,638	135,725	135,795	135,963	136,040	136,122	136,209	136,299	136,393
Civilian labor force	76,803	77,006	77,349	76,960	76,874	76,734	77,102	77,498	77,777	77,732	78,002	78,114	78,115
Participation rate	56.8	56.9	57.1	56.8	56.7	56.5	56.8	57.0	57.2	57.1	57.3	57.3	57.3
Employed	74,031	74,360	74,613	74,318	74,033	73,970	74,364	74,952	75,049	75,115	75,420	75,311	75,448
Employment-population ratio	54.7	54.9	55.1	54.8	54.6	54.5	54.8	55.1	55.2	55.2	55.4	55.3	55.3
Unemployed	2,772	2,646	2,736	2,642	2,841	2,764	2,738	2,546	2,728	2,617	2,582	2,803	2,668
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.4
Not in labor force	58,484	58,370	58,113	58,588	58,764	58,991	58,692	58,465	58,264	58,390	58,207	58,185	58,277

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,872	126,951	127,034	127,117	127,204	127,283	127,345	127,546	127,613	127,684	127,761	127,845	127,932
Civilian labor force	73,721	73,956	74,098	73,729	73,752	73,532	73,930	74,379	74,606	74,612	74,868	75,005	74,927
Participation rate	58.1	58.3	58.3	58.0	58.0	57.8	58.1	58.3	58.5	58.4	58.6	58.7	58.6
Employed	71,280	71,659	71,676	71,457	71,218	71,088	71,531	72,104	72,189	72,284	72,575	72,518	72,567
Employment-population ratio	56.2	56.4	56.4	56.2	56.0	55.9	56.2	56.5	56.6	56.6	56.8	56.7	56.7
Unemployed	2,441	2,297	2,422	2,272	2,534	2,444	2,398	2,275	2,417	2,328	2,293	2,486	2,360
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.1
Not in labor force	53,151	52,995	52,936	53,388	53,452	53,750	53,416	53,167	53,007	53,072	52,893	52,840	53,005

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,064	17,084	17,091	17,099	17,107	17,124	17,139	17,133	17,153	17,173	17,194	17,208	17,223
Civilian labor force	6,252	6,129	6,424	6,288	6,288	6,469	6,343	6,368	6,435	6,423	6,382	6,326	6,250
Participation rate	36.6	35.9	37.6	36.8	36.8	37.8	37.0	37.2	37.5	37.4	37.1	36.8	36.3
Employed	5,566	5,428	5,754	5,576	5,598	5,740	5,680	5,710	5,719	5,792	5,796	5,676	5,559
Employment-population ratio	32.6	31.8	33.7	32.6	32.7	33.5	33.1	33.3	33.3	33.7	33.7	33.0	32.3
Unemployed	686	701	670	712	690	729	662	658	716	631	586	650	691
Unemployment rate	11.0	11.4	10.4	11.3	11.0	11.3	10.4	10.3	11.1	9.8	9.2	10.3	11.0
Not in labor force	10,813	10,955	10,667	10,811	10,819	10,655	10,796	10,765	10,718	10,750	10,813	10,882	10,973
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: April 17, 2025