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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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		 2023 2024
May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 134,427 134,787 134,192 134,267 134,145 134,502 134,727 133,196 133,133 132,946 132,940 133,889 133,264

Men, 16 years and over

 75,514 75,786 75,652 75,500 75,492 75,404 75,974 75,536 74,527 74,464 74,570 74,967 74,574

Men, 20 years and over

 74,487 74,805 74,737 74,460 74,485 74,309 74,907 74,552 73,550 73,483 73,591 73,966 73,499

Women, 16 years and over

 58,931 58,968 58,453 58,797 58,676 59,113 58,736 57,643 58,589 58,442 58,339 58,878 58,707

Women, 20 years and over

 58,248 58,324 57,903 58,067 57,955 58,371 58,072 57,076 57,890 57,806 57,598 58,114 57,931

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,692 1,658 1,552 1,740 1,704 1,822 1,748 1,568 1,692 1,657 1,750 1,808 1,834

Part-time workers

 26,493 26,248 27,181 27,201 27,348 26,702 27,032 27,794 27,890 27,941 28,632 27,718 28,004

Men, 16 years and over

 9,973 9,778 9,954 10,113 10,085 9,828 9,844 10,110 10,419 10,453 10,937 10,275 10,391

Men, 20 years and over

 8,130 8,045 8,281 8,400 8,298 8,135 8,053 8,284 8,691 8,651 9,023 8,401 8,564

Women, 16 years and over

 16,550 16,532 17,246 17,104 17,254 16,868 17,190 17,684 17,413 17,453 17,683 17,446 17,618

Women, 20 years and over

 14,366 14,250 14,887 14,938 15,179 14,704 15,005 15,445 15,210 15,348 15,524 15,267 15,376

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 3,997 3,953 4,012 3,863 3,871 3,863 3,974 4,065 3,989 3,942 4,084 4,050 4,064


UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 5,000 4,859 4,738 5,098 5,061 5,207 5,177 5,228 4,936 5,356 5,090 5,257 5,439

Men, 16 years and over

 2,851 2,744 2,715 2,998 3,092 3,090 3,061 3,028 2,952 2,979 2,846 2,978 3,163

Men, 20 years and over

 2,669 2,589 2,531 2,775 2,897 2,840 2,857 2,797 2,752 2,750 2,586 2,729 2,859

Women, 16 years and over

 2,148 2,034 1,924 2,115 1,980 2,157 2,121 2,208 1,982 2,421 2,255 2,270 2,282

Women, 20 years and over

 2,026 1,939 1,858 1,949 1,826 1,963 1,953 2,038 1,863 2,189 2,089 2,123 2,133

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 305 331 349 373 338 405 367 393 321 417 416 405 448

Looking for part-time work

 1,099 1,095 1,157 1,259 1,231 1,278 1,108 1,084 1,212 1,131 1,329 1,222 1,178

Men, 16 years and over

 450 497 508 592 590 571 531 458 549 450 488 519 560

Men, 20 years and over

 272 296 318 361 359 326 334 288 338 292 284 326 364

Women, 16 years and over

 645 601 631 661 663 705 585 617 660 676 834 707 617

Women, 20 years and over

 470 426 470 467 467 501 403 438 521 476 627 509 443

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 356 374 369 431 405 451 372 357 354 363 418 387 371


UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.9

Men, 16 years and over

 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 4.1

Men, 20 years and over

 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.7

Women, 16 years and over

 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 15.3 16.6 18.4 17.7 16.5 18.2 17.3 20.0 15.9 20.1 19.2 18.3 19.6

Part-time workers

 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.2 4.0

Men, 16 years and over

 4.3 4.8 4.9 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.3 5.0 4.1 4.3 4.8 5.1

Men, 20 years and over

 3.2 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.1 3.7 4.1

Women, 16 years and over

 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.5 3.9 3.4

Women, 20 years and over

 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.9 3.2 2.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 8.2 8.6 8.4 10.0 9.5 10.5 8.6 8.1 8.1 8.4 9.3 8.7 8.4

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: June 07, 2024