Labor force status flows by sex, recent months

Labor force status flows by sex [Numbers in thousands]
Labor force flows	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Labor force flows	Mar. to Apr. 2023	Feb. to Mar. 2024	Mar. to Apr. 2024	Mar. to Apr. 2023	Nov. to Dec. 2023	Dec. to Jan. 2024	Jan. to Feb. 2024	Feb. to Mar. 2024	Mar. to Apr. 2024
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	161,075	161,356	161,590	160,962	161,183	161,152	160,968	161,466	161,491
Employed to employed	155,143	155,044	155,916	154,494	155,467	154,736	154,794	154,904	155,259
Unemployed to employed	1,670	1,794	1,793	1,647	1,724	1,666	1,589	1,732	1,760
Not in labor force to employed	4,192	4,455	3,760	4,746	3,891	4,727	4,556	4,758	4,346
Other inflows to employed(2)	69	64	121	75	102	23	29	72	125
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	5,146	6,604	5,894	5,715	6,268	6,124	6,458	6,429	6,492
Employed to unemployed	1,063	1,330	1,361	1,441	1,503	1,473	1,531	1,476	1,719
Unemployed to unemployed	2,985	3,565	3,176	2,893	3,046	3,001	3,027	3,180	3,103
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,097	1,708	1,347	1,380	1,704	1,644	1,892	1,772	1,658
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	1	10	2	14	6	8	1	11
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	100,222	99,924	100,582	99,766	100,540	100,265	100,285	99,989	100,083
Employed to not in labor force	4,509	3,915	4,053	4,863	4,869	4,541	4,800	4,561	4,461
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,385	1,609	1,633	1,325	1,491	1,583	1,506	1,544	1,564
Not in labor force to not in labor force	93,992	94,055	94,609	93,249	93,891	93,763	93,608	93,547	93,777
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	336	344	288	329	290	378	370	337	282

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	85,534	85,253	85,187	85,521	85,794	85,034	84,993	85,490	85,208
Employed to employed	82,663	81,892	82,412	82,509	82,973	82,134	81,931	82,172	82,275
Unemployed to employed	1,054	1,143	1,046	913	990	855	906	995	902
Not in labor force to employed	1,795	2,180	1,671	2,073	1,772	2,028	2,140	2,280	1,968
Other inflows to employed(2)	23	38	59	27	58	17	16	42	62
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,903	3,639	3,285	3,100	3,456	3,473	3,398	3,323	3,500
Employed to unemployed	541	741	863	745	811	870	828	776	1,051
Unemployed to unemployed	1,825	2,006	1,764	1,693	1,794	1,787	1,684	1,674	1,650
Not in labor force to unemployed	537	891	657	661	838	816	885	872	798
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	0	1	1	13	0	1	0	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	41,797	41,713	42,222	41,613	41,735	41,929	42,129	41,793	41,986
Employed to not in labor force	2,201	1,743	1,963	2,353	2,182	2,368	2,260	2,030	2,148
Unemployed to not in labor force	659	758	828	612	789	797	882	727	770
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,761	39,050	39,285	38,476	38,638	38,594	38,804	38,877	38,926
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	176	162	145	173	127	169	183	158	142

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	75,541	76,103	76,403	75,441	75,389	76,118	75,975	75,976	76,283
Employed to employed	72,480	73,152	73,505	71,985	72,494	72,602	72,863	72,732	72,984
Unemployed to employed	617	650	747	735	733	811	683	737	858
Not in labor force to employed	2,398	2,275	2,088	2,673	2,119	2,699	2,416	2,478	2,377
Other inflows to employed(2)	46	26	62	49	43	6	13	29	63
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,243	2,965	2,609	2,615	2,811	2,650	3,060	3,106	2,991
Employed to unemployed	522	589	498	695	693	603	703	700	669
Unemployed to unemployed	1,161	1,559	1,412	1,200	1,252	1,214	1,343	1,506	1,453
Not in labor force to unemployed	560	816	690	719	866	828	1,007	899	860
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	1	0	9	1	1	6	8	1	10
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,425	58,211	58,361	58,152	58,805	58,336	58,156	58,197	58,098
Employed to not in labor force	2,308	2,172	2,089	2,510	2,687	2,173	2,541	2,531	2,313
Unemployed to not in labor force	726	852	805	712	702	786	624	816	794
Not in labor force to not in labor force	55,231	55,005	55,324	54,773	55,253	55,169	54,804	54,670	54,851
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	159	182	143	157	163	208	187	179	140
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: May 03, 2024