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	Apr. to May 2022	Mar. to Apr. 2023	Apr. to May 2023	Apr. to May 2022	Dec. to Jan. 2023	Jan. to Feb. 2023	Feb. to Mar. 2023	Mar. to Apr. 2023	Apr. to May 2023
TOTAL
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	158,609	161,075	161,002	158,299	160,138	160,315	160,892	161,031	160,721
Employed to employed	152,344	155,143	155,425	151,616	153,035	153,634	154,409	154,550	154,673
Unemployed to employed	1,600	1,670	1,283	1,766	1,554	1,640	1,666	1,640	1,460
Not in labor force to employed	4,593	4,192	4,192	4,842	4,859	4,994	4,716	4,766	4,483
Other inflows to employed(2)	73	69	102	74	691	48	100	76	105
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	5,548	5,146	5,700	5,979	5,694	5,936	5,839	5,657	6,097
Employed to unemployed	1,312	1,063	1,448	1,582	1,399	1,419	1,385	1,433	1,686
Unemployed to unemployed	2,529	2,985	2,592	2,710	2,623	2,815	2,902	2,873	2,783
Not in labor force to unemployed	1,699	1,097	1,657	1,680	1,640	1,701	1,548	1,350	1,625
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	7	1	2	8	32	1	4	2	3
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	99,521	100,222	99,916	99,400	100,130	99,861	99,541	99,755	99,800
Employed to not in labor force	4,309	4,509	4,176	4,759	4,785	5,055	4,495	4,883	4,645
Unemployed to not in labor force	1,328	1,385	1,269	1,490	1,543	1,237	1,366	1,325	1,412
Not in labor force to not in labor force	93,612	93,992	94,166	92,882	93,173	93,226	93,389	93,218	93,440
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	272	336	306	270	629	343	291	329	303

MEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	84,379	85,534	85,626	84,124	85,186	85,266	85,776	85,611	85,410
Employed to employed	81,236	82,663	82,920	80,888	81,624	82,032	82,611	82,628	82,575
Unemployed to employed	917	1,054	674	951	767	921	869	910	719
Not in labor force to employed	2,182	1,795	1,986	2,240	2,199	2,300	2,255	2,047	2,067
Other inflows to employed(2)	45	23	47	46	596	14	40	27	49
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,933	2,903	3,075	3,163	3,147	3,208	3,223	3,075	3,294
Employed to unemployed	706	541	754	894	837	724	731	738	924
Unemployed to unemployed	1,503	1,825	1,499	1,575	1,461	1,614	1,638	1,690	1,573
Not in labor force to unemployed	720	537	821	690	820	869	853	647	795
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	4	1	1	4	29	0	1	1	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	41,158	41,797	41,618	41,182	41,665	41,597	41,151	41,548	41,616
Employed to not in labor force	1,965	2,201	1,845	2,193	2,403	2,411	1,909	2,396	2,097
Unemployed to not in labor force	698	659	729	764	755	611	700	622	781
Not in labor force to not in labor force	38,370	38,761	38,892	38,102	38,069	38,394	38,389	38,358	38,587
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	124	176	152	123	438	181	154	172	151

WOMEN
Flows into employment
Total employment(1)	74,230	75,541	75,376	74,174	74,952	75,049	75,115	75,420	75,311
Employed to employed	71,108	72,480	72,505	70,728	71,410	71,602	71,798	71,922	72,098
Unemployed to employed	683	617	609	815	787	719	797	730	741
Not in labor force to employed	2,412	2,398	2,207	2,602	2,660	2,694	2,461	2,719	2,416
Other inflows to employed(2)	28	46	55	29	95	34	60	49	56
Flows into unemployment
Total unemployment(1)	2,615	2,243	2,625	2,816	2,546	2,728	2,617	2,582	2,803
Employed to unemployed	606	522	694	688	562	694	654	695	762
Unemployed to unemployed	1,026	1,161	1,094	1,135	1,161	1,201	1,264	1,183	1,210
Not in labor force to unemployed	979	560	836	990	821	832	695	703	830
Other inflows to unemployed(2)	3	1	1	4	3	1	3	1	1
Flows into not in labor force
Total not in labor force(1)	58,364	58,425	58,298	58,218	58,465	58,264	58,390	58,207	58,185
Employed to not in labor force	2,345	2,308	2,331	2,566	2,382	2,644	2,586	2,488	2,549
Unemployed to not in labor force	630	726	539	725	788	626	666	703	630
Not in labor force to not in labor force	55,242	55,231	55,274	54,780	55,105	54,832	55,000	54,860	54,853
Other inflows to not in labor force(2)	148	159	154	147	191	162	138	157	153
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: June 02, 2023