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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-6. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Full- and part-time status,
sex, and age		 2017 2018
July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 126,002 125,882 126,676 126,636 126,758 126,723 127,016 127,745 127,434 127,753 128,657 128,568 129,021

Men, 16 years and over

 71,441 71,396 71,805 71,862 72,074 72,109 72,469 72,717 72,589 72,659 73,049 72,842 73,111

Men, 20 years and over

 70,662 70,654 70,973 71,022 71,174 71,244 71,529 71,792 71,714 71,835 72,166 71,974 72,254

Women, 16 years and over

 54,509 54,361 54,879 54,799 54,751 54,688 54,659 55,066 54,831 55,049 55,584 55,681 55,841

Women, 20 years and over

 53,887 53,839 54,266 54,189 54,093 53,980 54,001 54,384 54,279 54,447 55,000 55,112 55,261

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,453 1,389 1,437 1,424 1,491 1,498 1,486 1,570 1,442 1,471 1,491 1,481 1,506

Part-time workers

 27,567 27,529 27,603 27,142 27,138 27,257 27,271 27,548 27,858 27,508 26,883 27,028 26,992

Men, 16 years and over

 9,860 9,947 10,078 9,837 9,656 9,754 9,765 9,980 10,036 9,932 9,769 9,702 9,597

Men, 20 years and over

 8,221 8,265 8,378 8,251 8,172 8,187 8,124 8,451 8,387 8,307 8,206 8,076 8,011

Women, 16 years and over

 17,734 17,609 17,555 17,285 17,502 17,483 17,478 17,502 17,794 17,549 17,144 17,399 17,448

Women, 20 years and over

 15,698 15,542 15,484 15,294 15,561 15,580 15,519 15,491 15,745 15,594 15,117 15,285 15,324

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 3,649 3,722 3,742 3,597 3,404 3,490 3,628 3,606 3,725 3,608 3,561 3,667 3,656


UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 5,678 5,808 5,504 5,246 5,189 5,314 5,347 5,395 5,271 5,193 4,937 5,306 5,058

Men, 16 years and over

 3,173 3,283 3,080 3,011 2,957 2,970 3,051 3,015 2,986 3,052 2,844 3,018 2,723

Men, 20 years and over

 2,948 3,062 2,845 2,785 2,712 2,737 2,825 2,770 2,771 2,821 2,608 2,801 2,490

Women, 16 years and over

 2,484 2,512 2,425 2,235 2,244 2,331 2,299 2,372 2,297 2,136 2,086 2,278 2,340

Women, 20 years and over

 2,354 2,348 2,282 2,117 2,060 2,190 2,162 2,218 2,135 1,991 1,965 2,144 2,211

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 376 398 378 344 418 386 359 408 366 381 364 360 356

Looking for part-time work

 1,288 1,274 1,231 1,275 1,421 1,295 1,340 1,293 1,303 1,200 1,166 1,222 1,242

Men, 16 years and over

 524 520 529 567 614 563 594 559 556 521 546 503 547

Men, 20 years and over

 315 321 315 325 333 366 377 320 325 315 333 306 312

Women, 16 years and over

 746 751 717 720 821 739 750 741 751 709 617 690 670

Women, 20 years and over

 568 543 523 505 564 511 498 514 553 515 456 527 497

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 406 409 394 446 524 419 466 459 425 370 377 389 433


UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.8

Men, 16 years and over

 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.6

Men, 20 years and over

 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.3

Women, 16 years and over

 4.4 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.9 4.0

Women, 20 years and over

 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 20.6 22.3 20.8 19.4 21.9 20.5 19.5 20.6 20.2 20.6 19.6 19.6 19.1

Part-time workers

 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4

Men, 16 years and over

 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.4 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.4

Men, 20 years and over

 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.7

Women, 16 years and over

 4.0 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.8 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 10.0 9.9 9.5 11.0 13.3 10.7 11.4 11.3 10.2 9.3 9.6 9.6 10.6

NOTE: Full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. Detail for the data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: April 18, 2023