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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
Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 134,287 134,446 134,427 134,787 134,192 134,267 134,145 134,502 134,727 133,196 133,133 132,946 132,940

Men, 16 years and over

 75,484 75,670 75,514 75,786 75,652 75,500 75,492 75,404 75,974 75,536 74,527 74,464 74,570

Men, 20 years and over

 74,484 74,633 74,487 74,805 74,737 74,460 74,485 74,309 74,907 74,552 73,550 73,483 73,591

Women, 16 years and over

 58,750 58,714 58,931 58,968 58,453 58,797 58,676 59,113 58,736 57,643 58,589 58,442 58,339

Women, 20 years and over

 57,987 57,979 58,248 58,324 57,903 58,067 57,955 58,371 58,072 57,076 57,890 57,806 57,598

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,816 1,835 1,692 1,658 1,552 1,740 1,704 1,822 1,748 1,568 1,692 1,657 1,750

Part-time workers

 26,744 26,673 26,493 26,248 27,181 27,201 27,348 26,702 27,032 27,794 27,890 27,941 28,632

Men, 16 years and over

 10,208 9,906 9,973 9,778 9,954 10,113 10,085 9,828 9,844 10,110 10,419 10,453 10,937

Men, 20 years and over

 8,313 8,030 8,130 8,045 8,281 8,400 8,298 8,135 8,053 8,284 8,691 8,651 9,023

Women, 16 years and over

 16,520 16,765 16,550 16,532 17,246 17,104 17,254 16,868 17,190 17,684 17,413 17,453 17,683

Women, 20 years and over

 14,486 14,667 14,366 14,250 14,887 14,938 15,179 14,704 15,005 15,445 15,210 15,348 15,524

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 3,944 3,976 3,997 3,953 4,012 3,863 3,871 3,863 3,974 4,065 3,989 3,942 4,084


UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 4,780 4,707 5,000 4,859 4,738 5,098 5,061 5,207 5,177 5,228 4,936 5,356 5,090

Men, 16 years and over

 2,773 2,684 2,851 2,744 2,715 2,998 3,092 3,090 3,061 3,028 2,952 2,979 2,846

Men, 20 years and over

 2,562 2,502 2,669 2,589 2,531 2,775 2,897 2,840 2,857 2,797 2,752 2,750 2,586

Women, 16 years and over

 2,016 2,043 2,148 2,034 1,924 2,115 1,980 2,157 2,121 2,208 1,982 2,421 2,255

Women, 20 years and over

 1,837 1,888 2,026 1,939 1,858 1,949 1,826 1,963 1,953 2,038 1,863 2,189 2,089

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 381 317 305 331 349 373 338 405 367 393 321 417 416

Looking for part-time work

 1,091 998 1,099 1,095 1,157 1,259 1,231 1,278 1,108 1,084 1,212 1,131 1,329

Men, 16 years and over

 456 434 450 497 508 592 590 571 531 458 549 450 488

Men, 20 years and over

 328 284 272 296 318 361 359 326 334 288 338 292 284

Women, 16 years and over

 637 569 645 601 631 661 663 705 585 617 660 676 834

Women, 20 years and over

 501 413 470 426 470 467 467 501 403 438 521 476 627

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 263 301 356 374 369 431 405 451 372 357 354 363 418


UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

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

Men, 16 years and over

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

Men, 20 years and over

 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4

Women, 16 years and over

 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.3 4.0 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

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

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 17.4 14.7 15.3 16.6 18.4 17.7 16.5 18.2 17.3 20.0 15.9 20.1 19.2

Part-time workers

 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.2 3.9 4.4

Men, 16 years and over

 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.8 4.9 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.3 5.0 4.1 4.3

Men, 20 years and over

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

Women, 16 years and over

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

Women, 20 years and over

 3.3 2.7 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 6.2 7.0 8.2 8.6 8.4 10.0 9.5 10.5 8.6 8.1 8.1 8.4 9.3

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 05, 2024