Transmission of material in this news release is embargoed until USDL-23-0871 

8:30 a.m. (ET) Friday, May 5, 2023

Technical information: 

Household data: (202) 691-6378 • cpsinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cps

Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • cesinfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/ces 

Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov 

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — APRIL 2023 

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 253,000 in April, and the unemployment rate changed 

little at 3.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend 

up in professional and business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and social assistance. 

This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor 

force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey 

measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the 

concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note.

Household Survey Data

Both the unemployment rate, at 3.4 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at 5.7 million, 

changed little in April. The unemployment rate has ranged from 3.4 percent to 3.7 percent since March 

2022. (See table A-1.) 

Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, 

April 2021 – April 2023

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seasonally adjusted, April 2021 – April 2023

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Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.3 percent), adult women 

(3.1 percent), teenagers (9.2 percent), Whites (3.1 percent), Blacks (4.7 percent), Asians (2.8 percent), 

and Hispanics (4.4 percent) showed little or no change in April. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) 

The number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs decreased by 307,000 in April

to 2.6 million. (See table A-11.) 

The number of persons jobless less than 5 weeks decreased by 406,000 to 1.9 million in April. The 

number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) changed little over the month at 

1.2 million and accounted for 20.6 percent of the total unemployed. (See table A-12.) 

Both the labor force participation rate, at 62.6 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 60.4 

percent, were unchanged in April. These measures remain below their pre-pandemic February 2020 

levels (63.3 percent and 61.1 percent, respectively). (See table A-1.) 

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 3.9 million, was little changed in 

April. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time 

because their hours had been reduced or they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-8.)

The number of persons not in the labor force who currently want a job increased by 346,000 over the 

month to 5.3 million. These individuals were not counted as unemployed because they were not actively 

looking for work during the 4 weeks preceding the survey or were unavailable to take a job. (See table 

A-1.) 

Among those not in the labor force who wanted a job, the number of persons marginally attached to

the labor force increased by 191,000 to 1.5 million in April. These individuals wanted and were 

available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but had not looked for 

work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers, a subset of the 

marginally attached who believed that no jobs were available for them, was little changed over the 

month at 364,000. (See Summary table A.)

Establishment Survey Data

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 253,000 in April, compared with the average monthly 

gain of 290,000 over the prior 6 months. In April, employment continued to trend up in professional and 

business services, health care, leisure and hospitality, and social assistance. (See table B-1.) 

In April, employment continued to trend up in professional and business services (+43,000). Over the 

prior 6 months, the average monthly gain in the industry was 25,000. In April, professional, scientific, 

and technical services added 45,000 jobs. Employment in temporary help services continued to trend 

down over the month (-23,000) and is down by 174,000 since its peak in March 2022. 

Employment in health care increased by 40,000 in April, compared with the average monthly gain of 

47,000 over the prior 6 months. Over the month, employment continued to trend up in ambulatory health 

care services (+24,000), nursing and residential care facilities (+9,000), and hospitals (+7,000). 

Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend up in April (+31,000), largely in food 

services and drinking places (+25,000). Leisure and hospitality had added an average of 73,000 jobs per 
 

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month over the prior 6 months. Employment in this industry remains below its pre-pandemic February 

2020 level by 402,000, or 2.4 percent. 

In April, social assistance added 25,000 jobs, in line with the average monthly gain of 21,000 over the 

prior 6 months. Individual and family services added 21,000 jobs over the month. 

Employment in financial activities increased by 23,000 in April, with gains in insurance carriers and 

related activities (+15,000) and in real estate (+9,000). Employment in financial activities changed little

in the first 3 months of this year. 

Government employment continued its upward trend in April (+23,000). Government had added an 

average of 52,000 jobs per month over the prior 6 months. Overall, employment in government is below 

its February 2020 level by 301,000, or 1.3 percent. 

Employment in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction rose by 6,000 in April and has risen by 

102,000 since a recent low in February 2021. Nearly all of the April job gain occurred in support 

activities for mining. 

Employment was little changed over the month in other major industries, including construction, 

manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, and 

other services. 

In April, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 16 cents, or 

0.5 percent, to $33.36. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 4.4 percent. 

In April, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 

11 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $28.62. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) 

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.4 hours in 

April. In manufacturing, the average workweek was little changed at 40.2 hours, and overtime remained 

at 2.9 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private 

nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) 

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for February was revised down by 78,000, from 

+326,000 to +248,000, and the change for March was revised down by 71,000, from +236,000 to 

+165,000. With these revisions, employment in February and March combined is 149,000 lower than 

previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and 

government agencies since the last published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors.)

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The Employment Situation for May is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 2, 2023, at 8:30 

a.m. (ET). 
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Change from:

Mar. 2023-

Apr. 2023

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population........................................... 263,559 266,112 266,272 266,443 171

Civilian labor force........................................................... 163,950 166,251 166,731 166,688 -43

Participation rate.......................................................... 62.2 62.5 62.6 62.6 0.0

Employed................................................................... 157,982 160,315 160,892 161,031 139

Employment-population ratio.......................................... 59.9 60.2 60.4 60.4 0.0

Unemployed............................................................... 5,968 5,936 5,839 5,657 -182

Unemployment rate.................................................... 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 -0.1

Not in labor force............................................................ 99,609 99,861 99,541 99,755 214

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over...................................................... 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)............................................ 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 -0.1

Adult women (20 years and over)......................................... 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 0.0

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)................................................ 10.2 11.1 9.8 9.2 -0.6

White.......................................................................... 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 -0.1

Black or African American.................................................. 5.9 5.7 5.0 4.7 -0.3

Asian.......................................................................... 3.1 3.4 2.8 2.8 0.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................. 4.2 5.3 4.6 4.4 -0.2

Total, 25 years and over...................................................... 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 0.0

Less than a high school diploma.......................................... 5.4 5.8 4.8 5.4 0.6

High school graduates, no college........................................ 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.9 -0.1

Some college or associate degree........................................ 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.9 -0.1

Bachelor’s degree and higher.............................................. 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 -0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.................. 2,850 2,752 2,949 2,642 -307

Job leavers...................................................................... 794 891 845 790 -55

Reentrants....................................................................... 1,856 1,847 1,665 1,761 96

New entrants.................................................................... 516 515 492 531 39

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks............................................................. 2,242 2,289 2,272 1,866 -406

5 to 14 weeks................................................................... 1,630 1,845 1,733 1,915 182

15 to 26 weeks................................................................. 526 805 734 679 -55

27 weeks and over............................................................. 1,474 1,057 1,104 1,156 52

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons.............................................. 4,034 4,067 4,102 3,903 -199

Slack work or business conditions........................................ 2,653 2,840 2,873 2,760 -113

Could only find part-time work............................................. 1,052 859 882 817 -65

Part time for noneconomic reasons.......................................... 20,841 21,856 21,433 21,796 363

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force....................................... 1,626 1,396 1,289 1,480 191

Discouraged workers........................................................ 458 363 351 364 13

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 248 165 253

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 193 123 230

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 18 -17 33

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 2 7

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 14 -11 15

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 3 -8 11

Durable goods1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1 -5 10

Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.4 3.8 2.6 5.8

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 -3 1

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 175 140 197

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 6.7 1.0 -2.2

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -37.4 48.0 -19.5 7.7

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.2 -17.7 13.8 10.6

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 -1.1 1.7 1.0

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 -8 6 1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 0 -1 23

Professional and business services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -18 21 23 43

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -55.4 -9.6 -18.9 -23.3

Private education and health services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 64 60 77

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.3 54.5 47.7 64.2

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 57 40 31

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5 15 5

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 55 42 23

(3-month average change, in thousands)

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 320 295 222

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 259 223 182

WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2

Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.7 49.8 49.8 49.8

Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 48.3 48.4 48.4

Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.5 81.3 81.4 81.4

HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES

Total private

Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.4

Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31.94 $33.11 $33.20 $33.36

Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,105.12 $1,142.30 $1,142.08 $1,147.58

Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112.5 115.0 114.7 114.9

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 0.2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.9 182.0 182.1 183.3

Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7

DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span)5

Total private (250 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.8 58.2 57.0 57.4

Manufacturing (72 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.2 49.3 47.2 45.1

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the

service-providing industries.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate

hours.

4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average

aggregate weekly payrolls.

5 Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal

balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates

1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of 

employment, and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series 

has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household 

survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 

130,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically 

significant change in the household survey is about 600,000. However, the household survey has a 

more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes self-employed workers 

whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private 

household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also 

provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. For more information on the differences 

between the two surveys, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.htm.

2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the 

establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, 

it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does 

not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which 

identify the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the 

foreign born. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The 

Employment Situation news release.

3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? 

The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating 

additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. 

The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 

2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit 

www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cestn.htm#section7.

On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors 

estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax 

records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more 

information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm.

4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments 

with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the 

reliability of the statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and 

industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 
5. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net 

employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an 

econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based 

on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census 

of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this 

purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There 

is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and 

availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year.

6.Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment

insurance benefits?

No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons 

who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the 

unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There 

is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 

7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently 

looking for work?

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, 

including those who are not currently looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged 

workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include 

discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each 

month in table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these 

alternative measures, please visit www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures.

8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates?

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the 

month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than 

on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including 

pay for holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates 

typically, but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some 

employees may be off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, 

while some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. 

Typically, it is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll 

employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment estimates, 

employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Employees 

who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll 

employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid, please visit 

www.bls.gov/ces/publications/length-pay-period.htm.

In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th 

of the month. Persons who miss the entire week's work for weather-related events are counted as 

employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the 

number of persons who had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure 

of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. 

Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page, 

please visit data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from two major 

surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household 

survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (CES; 

establishment survey). The household survey provides 

information on the labor force, employment, and 

unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked 

HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 

eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for 

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

The establishment survey provides information on 

employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm 

payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 

month from the payroll records of a sample of 

nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the 

CES program surveys about 122,000 businesses and 

government agencies, representing approximately 666,000 

individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry 

data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on 

nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes approximately 

one-third of all nonfarm payroll jobs. 

For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a 

particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the 

reference period is generally the calendar week that contains 

the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the 

reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which 

may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys

Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect 

the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on 

responses to a series of questions on work and job search 

activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample 

household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in 

the labor force.

People are classified as employed if they did any work 

at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked 

in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or 

worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or 

farm. People are also counted as employed if they were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad 

weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal 

reasons. 

People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of 

the following criteria: they had no employment during the 

reference week; they were available for work at that time; 

and they made specific active efforts to find employment 

sometime during the 4-week period ending with the 

reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting 

recall need not be looking for work to be counted as 

unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the 

household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for 

or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and 

unemployed persons. Those persons not classified as 

employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The 

unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent 

of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the 

labor force as a percent of the population, and

the employment-population ratio is the employed as a 

percent of the population. Additional information

about the household survey can be found at 

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm.

Establishment survey. The sample establishments are 

drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, 

offices, and stores, as well as from federal, state, and local 

government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are 

those who worked or received pay for any part of the 

reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. 

Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and 

earnings data are produced for the private sector for all 

employees and for production and nonsupervisory 

employees. Production and nonsupervisory employees are 

defined as production and related employees in 

manufacturing and mining and logging, construction 

workers in construction, and non-supervisory employees in 

private service-providing industries. 

Industries are classified on the basis of an 

establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 

2022 version of the North American Industry Classification 

System. Additional information about the establishment 

survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/.

Differences in employment estimates. The numerous 

conceptual and methodological differences between the 

household and establishment surveys result in important 

distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the 

surveys. Among these are:

• The household survey includes agricultural 

workers, self-employed workers whose businesses 

are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, and 

private household workers among the employed. 

These groups are excluded from the establishment 

survey.

• The household survey includes people on unpaid 

leave among the employed. The establishment 

survey does not.

• The household survey is limited to workers 16 years 

of age and older. The establishment survey is not 

limited by age.

• The household survey has no duplication of 

individuals, because individuals are counted only 

once, even if they hold more than one job. In the 

establishment survey, employees working at more 

than one job and thus appearing on more than one 

payroll are counted separately for each appearance.
Seasonal adjustment

Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor 

force and the levels of employment and unemployment 

undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may 

result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and 

the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such 

seasonal variation can be very large. 

Because these seasonal events follow a more or less 

regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a 

series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal 

variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal 

developments, such as declines in employment or increases 

in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to 

spot. For example, in the household survey, the large number 

of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to 

obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to 

May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic 

activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the establishment 

survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 

20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with 

the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying 

employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal 

employment changes at the end and beginning of the school 

year can be estimated, the statistics can be adjusted to make 

underlying employment patterns more discernable. The 

seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with 

which to analyze changes in month-to-month economic 

activity.

Many seasonally adjusted series are independently 

adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. 

However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such 

as total payroll employment, employment in most major 

sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed 

by aggregating independently adjusted component series. 

For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the 

adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this 

differs from the unemployment estimate that would be 

obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the 

duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. 

Percentage distributions of unemployment by reason and 

duration are derived from the sum of the independently 

seasonally adjusted component series and will not 

necessarily match calculations made using the seasonally 

adjusted total unemployment level. Additional information 

about seasonal adjustment in the household survey can be 

found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#sa.

For both the household and establishment surveys, a 

concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in 

which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using 

all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current 

month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are 

used to adjust only the current month's data. In the 

establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are 

used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly 

estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to 

incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated 

seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 

revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

Statistics based on the household and establishment 

surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. 

When a sample, rather than the entire population, is 

surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may 

differ from the true population values they represent. The 

component of this difference that occurs because samples 

differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. 

There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, 

that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more 

than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 

because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally 

conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. 

For example, the confidence interval for the monthly 

change in total nonfarm employment from the establishment 

survey is on the order of plus or minus 130,000. Suppose the 

estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from 

one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on 

the monthly change would range from -80,000 to +180,000 

(50,000 +/- 130,000). These figures do not mean that the 

sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that 

there is about a 90-percent chance that the true over-themonth change lies within this interval. Since this range 

includes values of less than zero, we could not say with 

confidence that nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased 

that month. If, however, the reported nonfarm employment 

rise was 250,000, then all of the values within the 90-percent 

confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, 

it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm 

employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an 

unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, the 90-percent 

confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment 

as measured by the household survey is about +/- 300,000, 

and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is 

about +/- 0.2 percentage point.

In general, estimates involving many individuals or 

establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the 

size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a 

small number of observations. The precision of estimates 

also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such 

as for quarterly and annual averages.

The household and establishment surveys are also 

affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many 

reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the 

population, inability to obtain information for all respondents 

in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to 

provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made 

by respondents, and errors made in the collection or 

processing of the data.

For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for 

the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; 

for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the 

tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly 

estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, 

that the estimate is considered final.

Another major source of nonsampling error in the 

establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely 
basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for 

this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an 

estimation procedure with two components is used to 

account for business births. The first component excludes 

employment losses from business deaths from sample-based 

estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains 

from business births. This is incorporated into the samplebased estimation procedure by simply not reflecting sample 

units going out of business, but imputing to them the same 

employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This 

procedure accounts for most of the net birth/death 

employment.

The second component is an ARIMA time series model 

designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment

not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time 

series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived 

from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level 

database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and 

deaths over the past 5 years.

The sample-based estimates from the establishment

survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to 

universe counts of payroll employment obtained from 

administrative records of the unemployment insurance 

program. The difference between the March sample-based 

employment estimates and the March universe counts is 

known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy 

for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate 

changes in the classification of industries. Over the past 

decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm 

employment have averaged 0.1 percent, with a range from

-0.3 percent to 0.3 percent.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263,559 266,272 266,443 263,559 264,844 265,962 266,112 266,272 266,443

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163,449 166,783 166,221 163,950 164,966 165,832 166,251 166,731 166,688

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.0 62.6 62.4 62.2 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.6 62.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,991 160,741 161,075 157,982 159,244 160,138 160,315 160,892 161,031

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 60.4 60.5 59.9 60.1 60.2 60.2 60.4 60.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,458 6,043 5,146 5,968 5,722 5,694 5,936 5,839 5,657

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 3.6 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,110 99,489 100,222 99,609 99,878 100,130 99,861 99,541 99,755

Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,712 4,646 5,145 5,854 5,176 5,314 5,103 4,925 5,271

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,411 130,150 130,234 128,411 129,050 129,998 130,072 130,150 130,234

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,041 88,958 88,437 87,281 87,864 88,334 88,474 88,999 88,686

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.8 68.4 67.9 68.0 68.1 67.9 68.0 68.4 68.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,922 85,420 85,534 83,989 84,880 85,186 85,266 85,776 85,611

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.4 65.6 65.7 65.4 65.8 65.5 65.6 65.9 65.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,119 3,538 2,903 3,292 2,984 3,147 3,208 3,223 3,075

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 4.0 3.3 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,371 41,192 41,797 41,130 41,186 41,665 41,597 41,151 41,548

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,780 121,415 121,488 119,780 120,360 121,283 121,346 121,415 121,488

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,157 85,876 85,396 84,200 84,694 85,084 85,210 85,696 85,439

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.3 70.7 70.3 70.3 70.4 70.2 70.2 70.6 70.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,324 82,654 82,743 81,236 82,033 82,324 82,407 82,816 82,661

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 68.1 68.1 67.8 68.2 67.9 67.9 68.2 68.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,834 3,222 2,653 2,963 2,661 2,760 2,803 2,880 2,778

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 3.8 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,623 35,539 36,092 35,581 35,666 36,199 36,136 35,718 36,049

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,148 136,122 136,209 135,148 135,795 135,963 136,040 136,122 136,209

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,409 77,825 77,784 76,669 77,102 77,498 77,777 77,732 78,002

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.5 57.2 57.1 56.7 56.8 57.0 57.2 57.1 57.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,069 75,320 75,541 73,993 74,364 74,952 75,049 75,115 75,420

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.8 55.3 55.5 54.7 54.8 55.1 55.2 55.2 55.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,339 2,505 2,243 2,676 2,738 2,546 2,728 2,617 2,582

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,739 58,297 58,425 58,479 58,692 58,465 58,264 58,390 58,207

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,749 127,684 127,761 126,749 127,345 127,546 127,613 127,684 127,761

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73,418 74,860 74,818 73,508 73,930 74,379 74,606 74,612 74,868

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 58.6 58.6 58.0 58.1 58.3 58.5 58.4 58.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,348 72,606 72,824 71,144 71,531 72,104 72,189 72,284 72,575

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.3 56.9 57.0 56.1 56.2 56.5 56.6 56.6 56.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,069 2,253 1,994 2,365 2,398 2,275 2,417 2,328 2,293

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 3.0 2.7 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,331 52,825 52,943 53,241 53,416 53,167 53,007 53,072 52,893

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,030 17,173 17,194 17,030 17,139 17,133 17,153 17,173 17,194

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,874 6,048 6,007 6,242 6,343 6,368 6,435 6,423 6,382

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.5 35.2 34.9 36.7 37.0 37.2 37.5 37.4 37.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,319 5,480 5,508 5,603 5,680 5,710 5,719 5,792 5,796

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 31.9 32.0 32.9 33.1 33.3 33.3 33.7 33.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 568 499 640 662 658 716 631 586

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5 9.4 8.3 10.2 10.4 10.3 11.1 9.8 9.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,156 11,125 11,187 10,788 10,796 10,765 10,718 10,750 10,813

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202,982 204,186 204,261 202,982 203,684 204,062 204,118 204,186 204,261

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,320 126,976 126,873 125,623 126,408 126,699 126,756 126,933 127,174

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.7 62.2 62.1 61.9 62.1 62.1 62.1 62.2 62.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121,625 122,698 123,300 121,549 122,556 122,776 122,738 122,831 123,224

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.9 60.1 60.4 59.9 60.2 60.2 60.1 60.2 60.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,694 4,278 3,574 4,074 3,852 3,924 4,017 4,102 3,950

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 3.4 2.8 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77,663 77,210 77,388 77,359 77,276 77,362 77,362 77,253 77,087

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,546 66,467 66,340 65,497 66,045 66,118 66,083 66,304 66,299

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.0 70.3 70.2 69.9 70.3 70.0 69.9 70.2 70.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,615 64,180 64,496 63,471 64,189 64,210 64,125 64,287 64,363

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.9 67.9 68.2 67.8 68.3 68.0 67.9 68.0 68.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,931 2,288 1,844 2,026 1,856 1,908 1,958 2,018 1,936

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 3.4 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,143 55,812 55,825 55,217 55,461 55,637 55,733 55,656 55,882

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9 57.4 57.4 57.0 57.1 57.3 57.4 57.3 57.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,794 54,203 54,463 53,655 53,918 54,093 54,142 53,994 54,304

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5 55.8 56.0 55.4 55.5 55.7 55.7 55.6 55.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 1,609 1,361 1,561 1,543 1,544 1,591 1,661 1,578

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,630 4,696 4,709 4,910 4,902 4,944 4,940 4,973 4,993

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.1 37.6 37.7 39.4 39.2 39.6 39.6 39.8 39.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,216 4,316 4,340 4,423 4,449 4,472 4,471 4,550 4,557

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.8 34.5 34.7 35.5 35.5 35.8 35.8 36.4 36.4

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 381 369 487 453 472 469 423 436

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0 8.1 7.8 9.9 9.2 9.5 9.5 8.5 8.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,055 34,550 34,583 34,055 34,301 34,487 34,519 34,550 34,583

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,176 22,062 21,756 21,205 21,418 21,697 21,893 22,152 21,790

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 63.9 62.9 62.3 62.4 62.9 63.4 64.1 63.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,992 20,938 20,809 19,956 20,189 20,535 20,654 21,037 20,766

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.7 60.6 60.2 58.6 58.9 59.5 59.8 60.9 60.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,184 1,124 947 1,249 1,229 1,162 1,239 1,114 1,025

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6 5.1 4.4 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.0 4.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,880 12,488 12,827 12,851 12,883 12,790 12,626 12,399 12,793

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,955 10,353 9,986 9,962 9,956 10,115 10,218 10,400 10,005

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.8 70.2 67.6 68.8 68.3 68.7 69.3 70.5 67.8

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,343 9,776 9,540 9,354 9,446 9,579 9,700 9,860 9,556

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 66.3 64.6 64.6 64.8 65.0 65.8 66.8 64.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 577 447 608 510 535 518 539 449

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 5.6 4.5 6.1 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.2 4.5

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,573 10,991 11,082 10,559 10,679 10,804 10,877 10,986 11,054

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.8 63.6 64.1 61.7 62.0 62.6 63.0 63.6 63.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,090 10,541 10,658 10,019 10,093 10,301 10,319 10,522 10,573

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.0 61.0 61.6 58.6 58.6 59.7 59.8 60.9 61.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 450 423 540 586 504 558 464 481

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 4.1 3.8 5.1 5.5 4.7 5.1 4.2 4.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 718 688 684 784 778 797 766 732

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.2 28.5 27.2 27.6 31.4 31.0 31.7 30.4 29.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 621 611 582 650 655 635 655 637

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.6 24.6 24.2 23.5 26.0 26.1 25.2 26.0 25.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 97 77 101 134 123 163 111 95

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.8 13.5 11.2 14.8 17.1 15.8 20.4 14.5 12.9

See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,826 17,545 17,557 16,826 17,005 17,541 17,444 17,545 17,557

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,763 11,421 11,319 10,846 10,918 11,240 11,348 11,390 11,396

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 65.1 64.5 64.5 64.2 64.1 65.1 64.9 64.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,453 11,104 11,017 10,514 10,654 10,926 10,962 11,067 11,073

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.1 63.3 62.7 62.5 62.7 62.3 62.8 63.1 63.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 317 302 332 265 313 386 323 323

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.1 2.4 2.8 3.4 2.8 2.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,064 6,123 6,238 5,980 6,086 6,301 6,096 6,154 6,162

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are

introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted1

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................ 45,963 47,194 47,288 45,963 46,624 47,010 47,103 47,194 47,288

Civilian labor force................................ 30,311 31,551 31,506 30,400 30,893 31,153 31,444 31,517 31,589

Participation rate............................... 65.9 66.9 66.6 66.1 66.3 66.3 66.8 66.8 66.8

Employed....................................... 29,155 30,017 30,234 29,122 29,611 29,737 29,789 30,071 30,185

Employment-population ratio............... 63.4 63.6 63.9 63.4 63.5 63.3 63.2 63.7 63.8

Unemployed.................................... 1,156 1,534 1,273 1,278 1,281 1,416 1,655 1,446 1,404

Unemployment rate......................... 3.8 4.9 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.5 5.3 4.6 4.4

Not in labor force................................. 15,652 15,643 15,782 15,563 15,731 15,857 15,659 15,677 15,699

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 16,634 17,035 16,970 16,616 16,725 16,795 16,882 16,969 16,956

Participation rate............................... 79.9 79.4 79.0 79.8 79.2 78.6 78.8 79.1 78.9

Employed....................................... 16,036 16,260 16,316 15,983 16,047 16,073 16,036 16,293 16,260

Employment-population ratio............... 77.0 75.8 75.9 76.7 76.0 75.2 74.9 76.0 75.7

Unemployed.................................... 598 775 654 633 677 722 846 676 696

Unemployment rate......................... 3.6 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.3 5.0 4.0 4.1

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force................................ 12,294 13,064 13,071 12,341 12,785 13,024 13,085 13,069 13,111

Participation rate............................... 58.8 61.1 61.0 59.1 60.3 61.1 61.3 61.1 61.2

Employed....................................... 11,859 12,462 12,583 11,863 12,307 12,447 12,460 12,482 12,576

Employment-population ratio............... 56.8 58.3 58.7 56.8 58.1 58.4 58.4 58.4 58.7

Unemployed.................................... 434 602 489 478 478 577 626 587 534

Unemployment rate......................... 3.5 4.6 3.7 3.9 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force................................ 1,384 1,452 1,465 1,443 1,383 1,334 1,477 1,479 1,522

Participation rate............................... 32.6 33.4 33.6 34.0 32.0 30.8 34.0 34.0 34.9

Employed....................................... 1,260 1,296 1,335 1,276 1,257 1,217 1,294 1,296 1,349

Employment-population ratio............... 29.7 29.8 30.6 30.1 29.1 28.1 29.8 29.8 30.9

Unemployed.................................... 124 157 130 167 126 116 183 183 174

Unemployment rate......................... 8.9 10.8 8.9 11.6 9.1 8.7 12.4 12.4 11.4

1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted

columns.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force.................................. 9,300 9,138 9,194 9,192 8,885 8,814 9,165 9,203 9,082

Participation rate.................................. 44.9 46.2 46.9 44.4 45.6 46.0 48.3 46.6 46.3

Employed.......................................... 8,808 8,605 8,705 8,698 8,443 8,417 8,629 8,762 8,595

Employment-population ratio................. 42.5 43.5 44.4 42.0 43.4 43.9 45.5 44.3 43.8

Unemployed....................................... 492 532 489 494 442 397 536 441 487

Unemployment rate............................ 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.5 5.8 4.8 5.4

High school graduates, no college1

Civilian labor force.................................. 36,498 35,827 35,840 36,392 35,605 36,189 35,850 35,680 35,752

Participation rate.................................. 56.8 56.3 56.5 56.6 56.2 56.4 56.0 56.1 56.4

Employed.......................................... 35,168 34,275 34,491 34,996 34,339 34,836 34,574 34,246 34,345

Employment-population ratio................. 54.7 53.8 54.4 54.5 54.2 54.3 54.0 53.8 54.2

Unemployed....................................... 1,330 1,553 1,349 1,395 1,266 1,353 1,276 1,433 1,407

Unemployment rate............................ 3.6 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.9

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force.................................. 35,628 35,943 35,685 35,569 35,789 36,082 35,962 35,944 35,668

Participation rate.................................. 63.5 63.6 63.0 63.4 62.7 63.5 63.6 63.6 63.0

Employed.......................................... 34,586 34,852 34,730 34,465 34,735 35,046 34,796 34,877 34,650

Employment-population ratio................. 61.7 61.7 61.3 61.4 60.8 61.7 61.5 61.8 61.2

Unemployed....................................... 1,042 1,091 955 1,103 1,054 1,036 1,167 1,067 1,018

Unemployment rate............................ 2.9 3.0 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.0 2.9

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

Civilian labor force.................................. 61,702 64,036 64,050 61,790 63,150 62,854 63,140 63,632 64,077

Participation rate.................................. 72.9 73.5 73.2 73.0 72.7 72.7 72.3 73.1 73.3

Employed.......................................... 60,579 62,786 62,929 60,543 61,947 61,591 61,858 62,355 62,835

Employment-population ratio................. 71.6 72.1 71.9 71.6 71.3 71.2 70.9 71.6 71.8

Unemployed....................................... 1,123 1,250 1,120 1,247 1,203 1,263 1,282 1,278 1,241

Unemployment rate............................ 1.8 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9

1

Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2

Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals for those 25 years and over because of the

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service,

and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service

Total Men Women

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

VETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,429 17,961 16,404 15,923 2,025 2,038

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,905 8,672 7,750 7,497 1,155 1,175

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.3 48.3 47.2 47.1 57.0 57.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,645 8,488 7,521 7,350 1,124 1,138

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.9 47.3 45.9 46.2 55.5 55.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 184 228 146 31 38

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9 2.1 2.9 2.0 2.7 3.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,524 9,289 8,654 8,426 870 863

Gulf War-era II veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,851 5,034 3,938 4,129 914 906

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,891 4,077 3,235 3,375 656 702

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 81.0 82.2 81.7 71.8 77.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,758 3,980 3,122 3,298 637 682

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.5 79.1 79.3 79.9 69.7 75.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 97 113 77 19 20

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 2.4 3.5 2.3 3.0 2.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 960 957 703 754 258 203

Gulf War-era I veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,256 2,929 2,806 2,473 449 455

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,343 2,059 2,062 1,763 282 296

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.0 70.3 73.5 71.3 62.7 64.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,301 2,016 2,030 1,724 270 292

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.7 68.8 72.3 69.7 60.2 64.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 43 31 39 11 4

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 2.1 1.5 2.2 4.1 1.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 870 745 710 168 160

World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,298 6,032 6,047 5,776 251 256

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 793 897 777 40 15

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 13.1 14.8 13.5 16.1 6.0

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905 773 864 760 40 13

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 12.8 14.3 13.2 16.1 5.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 20 32 17 0 3

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 2.5 3.6 2.2 – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,361 5,239 5,150 4,999 211 241

Veterans of other service periods

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,024 3,966 3,613 3,545 411 421

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,733 1,743 1,556 1,581 177 162

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.1 43.9 43.1 44.6 43.0 38.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,681 1,719 1,505 1,568 176 151

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.8 43.3 41.6 44.2 42.9 35.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 24 51 13 0 11

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 1.4 3.3 0.8 0.3 6.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,291 2,223 2,057 1,964 234 259

NONVETERANS, 18 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236,151 239,186 107,517 109,666 128,634 129,521

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,232 155,317 78,168 79,845 74,065 75,472

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.5 64.9 72.7 72.8 57.6 58.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,231 150,560 75,382 77,177 71,849 73,383

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.3 62.9 70.1 70.4 55.9 56.7

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,001 4,757 2,785 2,668 2,216 2,088

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 3.1 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,919 83,869 29,349 29,821 54,570 54,049

NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the

U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August

1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service

periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the

selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not

shown where base is less than 75,000).
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally

adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population...................................................... 32,698 32,818 230,862 233,625

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 7,545 7,551 155,904 158,670

Participation rate..................................................................... 23.1 23.0 67.5 67.9

Employed............................................................................. 6,922 7,078 151,069 153,996

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 21.2 21.6 65.4 65.9

Unemployed.......................................................................... 623 473 4,835 4,674

Unemployment rate............................................................... 8.3 6.3 3.1 2.9

Not in labor force....................................................................... 25,153 25,267 74,957 74,955

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 3,190 3,051 77,839 79,363

Participation rate..................................................................... 39.1 39.1 82.3 82.5

Employed............................................................................. 2,838 2,838 75,248 76,798

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 34.8 36.4 79.5 79.8

Unemployed.......................................................................... 351 213 2,591 2,565

Unemployment rate............................................................... 11.0 7.0 3.3 3.2

Not in labor force....................................................................... 4,968 4,756 16,765 16,886

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 3,028 3,126 68,750 69,589

Participation rate..................................................................... 35.9 37.6 71.6 72.3

Employed............................................................................. 2,815 2,905 66,750 67,676

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 33.3 35.0 69.5 70.3

Unemployed.......................................................................... 212 221 2,000 1,913

Unemployment rate............................................................... 7.0 7.1 2.9 2.7

Not in labor force....................................................................... 5,417 5,181 27,315 26,664

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force..................................................................... 1,327 1,374 9,315 9,717

Participation rate..................................................................... 8.2 8.2 23.2 23.6

Employed............................................................................. 1,268 1,336 9,072 9,522

Employment-population ratio.................................................... 7.9 8.0 22.6 23.2

Unemployed.......................................................................... 59 38 243 196

Unemployment rate............................................................... 4.5 2.8 2.6 2.0

Not in labor force....................................................................... 14,767 15,330 30,877 31,405

NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty

seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or

emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as

visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with

the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity

Total Men Women

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Foreign born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 45,016 46,328 21,881 22,732 23,135 23,596

Civilian labor force.................................................. 29,458 30,912 16,800 17,595 12,658 13,317

Participation rate.................................................. 65.4 66.7 76.8 77.4 54.7 56.4

Employed.......................................................... 28,488 29,962 16,261 17,121 12,227 12,841

Employment-population ratio................................. 63.3 64.7 74.3 75.3 52.9 54.4

Unemployed....................................................... 970 950 539 474 431 476

Unemployment rate............................................ 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.7 3.4 3.6

Not in labor force.................................................... 15,558 15,416 5,081 5,137 10,477 10,279

Native born, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 218,544 220,115 106,531 107,503 112,013 112,612

Civilian labor force.................................................. 133,992 135,309 70,241 70,842 63,751 64,467

Participation rate.................................................. 61.3 61.5 65.9 65.9 56.9 57.2

Employed.......................................................... 129,503 131,113 67,661 68,413 61,842 62,700

Employment-population ratio................................. 59.3 59.6 63.5 63.6 55.2 55.7

Unemployed....................................................... 4,488 4,196 2,580 2,429 1,909 1,767

Unemployment rate............................................ 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.7

Not in labor force.................................................... 84,552 84,806 36,290 36,660 48,262 48,146

NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States

or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born

in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen.

Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

[In thousands]

Category

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries................. 2,265 2,106 2,231 2,334 2,311 2,245 2,346 2,226 2,301

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 1,435 1,439 1,472 1,502 1,496 1,485 1,521 1,509 1,536

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 798 639 713 798 791 720 781 666 715

Unpaid family workers........................... 32 28 46 – – – – – –

Nonagricultural industries.......................... 155,726 158,634 158,844 155,611 156,818 157,645 157,743 158,318 158,639

Wage and salary workers1

...................... 146,650 149,499 149,752 146,317 147,886 148,822 148,723 149,479 149,383

Government..................................... 21,128 21,919 21,893 20,947 21,683 21,548 21,501 21,467 21,678

Private industries............................... 125,521 127,580 127,860 125,388 126,169 126,981 126,967 127,750 127,655

Private households.......................... 591 561 613 – – – – – –

Other industries.............................. 124,931 127,019 127,247 124,697 125,538 126,248 126,261 127,055 126,942

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . .. 9,030 9,087 9,035 9,093 9,036 9,217 9,338 9,173 9,100

Unpaid family workers........................... 46 48 57 – – – – – –

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2

All industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 3,822 4,205 3,692 4,034 3,878 4,050 4,067 4,102 3,903

Slack work or business conditions............. 2,500 2,929 2,612 2,653 2,648 2,685 2,840 2,873 2,760

Could only find part-time work.................. 1,077 942 823 1,052 911 999 859 882 817

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 21,479 21,822 22,453 20,841 21,628 22,083 21,856 21,433 21,796

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons3

.................. 3,777 4,115 3,627 3,992 3,810 3,959 3,964 4,037 3,841

Slack work or business conditions............. 2,472 2,873 2,570 2,621 2,611 2,646 2,750 2,822 2,715

Could only find part-time work.................. 1,071 935 813 1,045 892 988 842 872 807

Part time for noneconomic reasons4

.............. 21,092 21,472 22,058 20,451 21,211 21,674 21,453 21,069 21,400

1

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

2 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for

the entire week.

3 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business

conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.

4 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or

training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to

34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted 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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,991 160,741 161,075 157,982 159,244 160,138 160,315 160,892 161,031

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,319 5,480 5,508 5,603 5,680 5,710 5,719 5,792 5,796

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,115 2,010 2,027 2,297 2,371 2,265 2,200 2,227 2,209

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,204 3,470 3,481 3,313 3,312 3,462 3,534 3,589 3,594

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,672 155,260 155,567 152,380 153,564 154,428 154,597 155,100 155,236

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,532 14,742 14,711 13,670 13,834 14,705 14,831 14,896 14,843

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,140 140,518 140,856 138,762 139,477 139,834 139,939 140,372 140,452

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,849 103,200 103,484 101,635 101,848 102,366 102,838 103,121 103,220

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,523 35,798 35,957 35,455 35,066 35,594 35,799 35,780 35,866

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,696 35,519 35,385 34,602 34,983 35,010 35,243 35,492 35,285

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,630 31,883 32,142 31,579 31,799 31,762 31,796 31,849 32,069

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,292 37,318 37,372 37,126 37,630 37,468 37,100 37,250 37,232

Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,922 85,420 85,534 83,989 84,880 85,186 85,266 85,776 85,611

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,598 2,766 2,791 2,753 2,847 2,862 2,859 2,961 2,951

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,018 1,012 1,007 1,083 1,109 1,039 1,020 1,134 1,079

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,580 1,754 1,784 1,664 1,748 1,838 1,851 1,850 1,878

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,324 82,654 82,743 81,236 82,033 82,324 82,407 82,816 82,661

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,887 7,585 7,424 6,960 7,080 7,354 7,484 7,687 7,491

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,436 75,069 75,319 74,344 74,767 75,036 75,070 75,249 75,207

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,296 55,095 55,247 54,269 54,370 54,708 55,033 55,232 55,184

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,830 19,110 19,148 18,833 18,629 18,916 19,167 19,140 19,134

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,636 19,056 19,036 18,602 18,798 18,896 18,965 19,115 18,997

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,830 16,930 17,062 16,834 16,943 16,896 16,901 16,977 17,053

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,141 19,974 20,072 20,075 20,396 20,328 20,037 20,017 20,023

Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,069 75,320 75,541 73,993 74,364 74,952 75,049 75,115 75,420

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,721 2,714 2,716 2,849 2,833 2,848 2,860 2,831 2,845

16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,097 998 1,020 1,214 1,262 1,226 1,179 1,093 1,130

18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,624 1,716 1,696 1,649 1,564 1,624 1,683 1,738 1,716

20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,348 72,606 72,824 71,144 71,531 72,104 72,189 72,284 72,575

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,644 7,158 7,287 6,710 6,755 7,351 7,347 7,209 7,353

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,704 65,448 65,537 64,417 64,711 64,798 64,868 65,123 65,245

25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,553 48,105 48,237 47,366 47,477 47,658 47,805 47,889 48,036

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,693 16,688 16,808 16,622 16,436 16,678 16,633 16,640 16,732

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,060 16,463 16,349 15,999 16,185 16,114 16,278 16,377 16,288

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,800 14,953 15,080 14,745 14,857 14,866 14,895 14,872 15,016

55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,151 17,344 17,300 17,051 17,233 17,140 17,063 17,234 17,209

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,496 46,462 46,330 45,265 46,209 46,119 46,387 46,341 46,124

Married women, spouse present1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,221 37,081 37,358 36,048 36,472 36,490 36,883 36,759 37,140

Women who maintain families2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,014 9,748 9,648 – – – – – –

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,362 133,453 133,886 132,017 132,299 132,577 133,184 134,339 134,500

Part-time workers4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,629 27,288 27,189 26,090 26,794 27,400 27,089 26,747 26,663

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,532 8,137 7,676 7,543 8,046 8,001 7,904 7,979 7,707

Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.8

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,678 6,285 6,404 – – – – – –

Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,828 9,726 9,748 9,891 9,827 9,937 10,119 9,839 9,815

1 Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to persons in opposite-sex

married couples only.

2 Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020,

referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse.

3 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.

4 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.

- Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted 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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic

Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment rates

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over........................... 5,968 5,839 5,657 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

16 to 19 years..................................... 640 631 586 10.2 10.4 10.3 11.1 9.8 9.2

16 to 17 years.................................. 224 224 230 8.9 8.4 10.9 9.0 9.1 9.4

18 to 19 years.................................. 442 411 374 11.8 12.2 10.0 12.1 10.3 9.4

20 years and over................................ 5,328 5,208 5,071 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2

20 to 24 years.................................. 1,013 1,034 843 6.9 7.3 7.1 6.9 6.5 5.4

25 years and over.............................. 4,259 4,126 4,174 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9

25 to 54 years............................... 3,202 3,109 3,281 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.1

25 to 34 years............................. 1,465 1,397 1,421 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8

35 to 44 years............................. 1,037 927 1,064 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9

45 to 54 years............................. 700 785 796 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.4

55 years and over........................... 1,052 1,009 894 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.3

Men, 16 years and over............................ 3,292 3,223 3,075 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5

16 to 19 years..................................... 328 342 297 10.7 10.2 11.9 12.4 10.4 9.1

16 to 17 years.................................. 120 119 101 9.9 9.3 15.0 11.4 9.5 8.6

18 to 19 years.................................. 227 220 210 12.0 11.3 10.1 12.9 10.6 10.1

20 years and over................................ 2,963 2,880 2,778 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3

20 to 24 years.................................. 608 568 477 8.0 7.3 7.8 7.9 6.9 6.0

25 years and over.............................. 2,309 2,289 2,261 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9

25 to 54 years............................... 1,724 1,709 1,783 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1

25 to 34 years............................. 835 807 806 4.2 3.9 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.0

35 to 44 years............................. 542 543 561 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.9

45 to 54 years............................. 347 360 416 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.4

55 years and over........................... 585 580 478 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.3

Women, 16 years and over........................ 2,676 2,617 2,582 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3

16 to 19 years..................................... 311 289 289 9.9 10.7 8.7 9.8 9.3 9.2

16 to 17 years.................................. 104 105 128 7.9 7.6 7.1 6.8 8.7 10.2

18 to 19 years.................................. 214 190 164 11.5 13.2 9.8 11.2 9.9 8.7

20 years and over................................ 2,365 2,328 2,293 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1

20 to 24 years.................................. 405 466 366 5.7 7.3 6.3 5.9 6.1 4.7

25 years and over.............................. 1,950 1,836 1,913 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.8

25 to 54 years............................... 1,478 1,400 1,498 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.0

25 to 34 years............................. 630 591 615 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.4 3.5

35 to 44 years............................. 495 385 503 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.3 3.0

45 to 54 years............................. 353 425 379 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.5

55 years and over........................... 479 432 425 2.7 2.6 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.4

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present1

.................... 881 884 806 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.7

Married women, spouse present1................. 781 735 747 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0

Women who maintain families2.................... 420 471 489 4.0 3.6 3.8 5.0 4.6 4.8

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers3................................... 4,772 4,725 4,655 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3

Part-time workers4.................................. 1,186 1,083 991 4.3 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.6

1 Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to

persons in opposite-sex married couples only.

2 Data are not seasonally adjusted. Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members,

but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an

opposite-sex spouse.

3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time

jobs.

4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from

part-time jobs.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted 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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 2,650 3,159 2,391 2,850 2,629 2,529 2,752 2,949 2,642

On temporary layoff.............................. 731 961 568 857 814 734 816 833 709

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 1,919 2,198 1,824 1,993 1,815 1,795 1,935 2,117 1,933

Permanent job losers.......................... 1,373 1,602 1,391 1,393 1,339 1,257 1,380 1,552 1,445

Persons who completed temporary jobs. . .. 546 596 433 600 476 538 555 564 488

Job leavers........................................... 752 828 746 794 825 884 891 845 790

Reentrants............................................ 1,654 1,670 1,581 1,856 1,767 1,817 1,847 1,665 1,761

New entrants......................................... 402 385 428 516 497 531 515 492 531

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 48.6 52.3 46.5 47.4 46.0 43.9 45.8 49.6 46.2

On temporary layoff.............................. 13.4 15.9 11.0 14.2 14.2 12.7 13.6 14.0 12.4

Not on temporary layoff.......................... 35.2 36.4 35.4 33.1 31.7 31.2 32.2 35.6 33.8

Job leavers........................................... 13.8 13.7 14.5 13.2 14.4 15.3 14.8 14.2 13.8

Reentrants............................................ 30.3 27.6 30.7 30.9 30.9 31.5 30.8 28.0 30.8

New entrants......................................... 7.4 6.4 8.3 8.6 8.7 9.2 8.6 8.3 9.3

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs.................................... 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.6

Job leavers........................................... 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants............................................ 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1

New entrants......................................... 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 1,895 1,978 1,484 2,242 2,233 1,946 2,289 2,272 1,866

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 1,344 1,891 1,607 1,630 1,639 1,785 1,845 1,733 1,915

15 weeks and over.................................. 2,219 2,173 2,055 2,000 1,895 2,001 1,862 1,838 1,835

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 814 1,007 958 526 826 890 805 734 679

27 weeks and over............................... 1,405 1,167 1,098 1,474 1,069 1,111 1,057 1,104 1,156

Average (mean) duration, in weeks............... 26.6 20.1 22.4 24.8 19.5 20.4 19.3 19.5 20.9

Median duration, in weeks......................... 10.4 9.6 10.5 8.2 8.9 9.1 8.3 8.1 8.4

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Less than 5 weeks.................................. 34.7 32.7 28.8 38.2 38.7 33.9 38.2 38.9 33.2

5 to 14 weeks........................................ 24.6 31.3 31.2 27.8 28.4 31.1 30.8 29.7 34.1

15 weeks and over.................................. 40.7 36.0 39.9 34.1 32.9 34.9 31.1 31.5 32.7

15 to 26 weeks.................................... 14.9 16.7 18.6 9.0 14.3 15.5 13.4 12.6 12.1

27 weeks and over............................... 25.7 19.3 21.3 25.1 18.5 19.4 17.6 18.9 20.6

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the

independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Total, 16 years and over1

............................................. 157,991 161,075 5,458 5,146 3.3 3.1

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 67,319 70,403 1,088 1,153 1.6 1.6

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 29,018 30,517 462 571 1.6 1.8

Professional and related occupations.......................... 38,301 39,886 626 582 1.6 1.4

Service occupations................................................ 25,440 26,224 1,181 1,122 4.4 4.1

Sales and office occupations...................................... 30,664 30,534 1,094 917 3.4 2.9

Sales and related occupations.................................. 14,306 14,377 616 438 4.1 3.0

Office and administrative support occupations............... 16,358 16,157 478 480 2.8 2.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 14,230 14,214 601 586 4.1 4.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 894 873 43 67 4.6 7.1

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 8,395 8,506 433 443 4.9 5.0

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 4,941 4,834 125 76 2.5 1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 20,339 19,700 1,067 935 5.0 4.5

Production occupations.......................................... 8,418 8,143 295 308 3.4 3.6

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 11,921 11,557 771 627 6.1 5.1

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect

the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification

system is derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly

comparable with earlier years.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker

Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands)

Unemployment

rates

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Total, 16 years and over1

................................................................ 5,458 5,146 3.3 3.1

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................................. 4,288 4,062 3.3 3.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.................................... 19 11 3.4 1.8

Construction.......................................................................... 464 424 4.6 4.1

Manufacturing........................................................................ 489 429 3.2 2.8

Durable goods..................................................................... 312 240 3.3 2.4

Nondurable goods................................................................ 177 190 3.0 3.4

Wholesale and retail trade......................................................... 805 644 4.2 3.3

Transportation and utilities......................................................... 287 298 3.4 3.6

Information............................................................................ 69 38 2.7 1.4

Financial activities................................................................... 198 214 1.9 2.1

Professional and business services............................................... 551 684 3.0 3.7

Education and health services..................................................... 556 494 2.2 1.9

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 641 686 4.8 5.0

Other services........................................................................ 209 139 3.3 2.1

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers......................... 62 68 4.3 4.6

Government workers................................................................... 328 343 1.5 1.5

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers............ 378 244 3.7 2.4

1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the

introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from

the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Dec.

2022

Jan.

2023

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023

Apr.

2023

U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,

as a percent of the civilian labor force......... 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1

U-2 Job losers and persons who completed

temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian

labor force......................................... 1.6 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.6

U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the

civilian labor force (official unemployment

rate)................................................ 3.3 3.6 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged

workers, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus discouraged workers................. 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6

U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged

workers, plus all other persons marginally

attached to the labor force, as a percent of

the civilian labor force plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . .. 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.2

U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons

marginally attached to the labor force, plus

total employed part time for economic

reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor

force plus all persons marginally attached to

the labor force..................................... 6.6 6.8 6.1 7.0 6.5 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.6

NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and

are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have

given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are

available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

January data.
HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total Men Women

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

Apr.

2022

Apr.

2023

NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE

Total not in the labor force........................................... 100,110 100,222 41,371 41,797 58,739 58,425

Persons who currently want a job................................ 5,712 5,145 2,784 2,418 2,928 2,727

Marginally attached to the labor force1

........................ 1,570 1,461 891 775 679 686

Discouraged workers2

......................................... 477 386 323 250 154 136

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. .. 1,092 1,075 568 524 524 550

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders4

............................................. 7,532 7,676 3,630 3,765 3,902 3,911

Percent of total employed.......................................... 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.4 5.3 5.2

Primary job full time, secondary job part time................... 4,385 4,388 2,252 2,369 2,133 2,018

Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,835 1,808 616 643 1,218 1,164

Primary and secondary jobs both full time....................... 324 424 231 213 93 210

Hours vary on primary or secondary job......................... 941 1,001 494 517 447 483

1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference

week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.

2

Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks

schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.

3

Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and

transportation problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.

4

Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Change

from:

Mar.2023 -

Apr.2023p

Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151,449 153,983 154,445 155,337 151,678 155,255 155,420 155,673 253

Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129,056 131,236 131,622 132,452 129,577 132,750 132,873 133,103 230

Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,936 21,159 21,219 21,405 21,064 21,520 21,503 21,536 33

Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590 624 628 635 598 633 635 642 7

Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.8 46.6 45.7 43.9 44.7 46.1 46.2 46.6 0.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction.. . 549.3 577.7 582.3 591.2 553.2 587.3 589.2 595.1 5.9

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117.7 116.6 116.9 116.8 119.8 117.5 117.6 118.0 0.4

Mining (except oil and gas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.1 182.4 183.3 185.2 180.5 187.6 187.3 187.0 -0.3

Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.2 41.2 41.3 41.4 40.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 0.1

Metal ore mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.6 43.5 43.6 43.8 42.9 43.8 43.8 44.0 0.2

Nonmetallic mineral mining and

quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.3 97.7 98.4 100.0 97.6 102.7 102.2 101.8 -0.4

Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.5 278.7 282.1 289.2 252.9 282.2 284.3 290.1 5.8

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,623 7,602 7,657 7,829 7,698 7,899 7,888 7,903 15

Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,723.4 1,753.3 1,754.7 1,764.4 1,746.1 1,793.6 1,789.8 1,786.2 -3.6

Residential building construction. . . . . . . . . . . . 906.4 910.7 911.7 916.7 918.3 931.7 931.7 929.9 -1.8

Nonresidential building construction. . . . . . . . . 817.0 842.6 843.0 847.7 827.8 861.9 858.1 856.3 -1.8

Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . 1,062.7 1,013.8 1,042.3 1,097.7 1,067.7 1,097.0 1,102.4 1,094.3 -8.1

Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,836.7 4,834.9 4,859.5 4,966.8 4,884.6 5,008.1 4,995.7 5,022.4 26.7

Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . 2,268.2 2,251.2 2,254.9 2,309.5 2,286.9 2,323.2 2,316.3 2,332.3 16.0

Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 2,568.5 2,583.7 2,604.6 2,657.3 2,597.7 2,684.9 2,679.4 2,690.1 10.7

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,723 12,933 12,934 12,941 12,768 12,988 12,980 12,991 11

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,919 8,076 8,076 8,083 7,935 8,097 8,092 8,102 10

Wood product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.2 424.3 424.8 423.5 429.8 426.3 425.9 424.5 -1.4

Nonmetallic mineral product

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.7 424.5 425.3 426.8 415.1 433.6 431.4 429.1 -2.3

Primary metal manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359.3 365.8 368.2 367.8 360.3 366.2 367.6 368.0 0.4

Fabricated metal product manufacturing. . . . 1,420.6 1,447.0 1,444.7 1,450.8 1,422.4 1,451.0 1,446.5 1,452.8 6.3

Machinery manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,097.7 1,122.3 1,125.0 1,123.9 1,101.7 1,123.9 1,125.8 1,126.0 0.2

Computer and electronic product

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076.3 1,099.8 1,095.5 1,097.6 1,079.9 1,101.5 1,099.0 1,102.2 3.2

Computer and peripheral equipment

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.1 167.2 167.2 167.7 160.3 167.8 168.5 168.9 0.4

Communications equipment

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.6 84.0 84.3 84.5 86.0 84.2 84.0 84.3 0.3

Semiconductor and other electronic

component manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.8 392.2 388.4 388.6 381.9 392.9 389.4 390.8 1.4

Navigational, measuring, electromedical,

and control instruments

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.3 423.8 423.0 424.2 419.7 423.6 424.0 425.0 1.0

Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic

and optical media and audio and video

equipment manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 31.9 33.0 33.0 33.1 0.1

Electrical equipment, appliance, and

component manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402.4 404.8 404.1 400.6 403.2 407.0 404.4 401.8 -2.6

Transportation equipment manufacturing1

. . . 1,712.4 1,786.5 1,789.3 1,793.3 1,715.1 1,783.1 1,788.1 1,794.8 6.7

Motor vehicles and parts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,010.0 1,050.4 1,050.6 1,058.4 1,008.6 1,047.3 1,049.9 1,055.7 5.8

Furniture and related product

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380.9 368.3 368.3 367.2 381.8 369.4 369.6 369.3 -0.3

Miscellaneous manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624.2 632.6 630.8 631.0 625.9 634.9 633.6 633.2 -0.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,804 4,857 4,858 4,858 4,833 4,891 4,888 4,889 1

Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,663.7 1,716.4 1,715.4 1,711.0 1,688.0 1,726.1 1,729.3 1,730.3 1.0

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.9 94.5 95.5 96.0 99.5 95.4 96.0 96.1 0.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.6 103.4 102.3 101.0 105.6 103.5 102.2 101.2 -1.0

Apparel manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.0 93.1 93.5 93.9 92.8 93.1 93.9 93.8 -0.1

Paper manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362.4 356.4 356.6 352.6 361.7 356.2 356.4 353.7 -2.7

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . 379.4 379.4 381.2 380.6 379.8 382.5 382.6 382.3 -0.3

Petroleum and coal products

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.3 101.4 102.6 105.8 106.9 105.4 105.6 106.6 1.0

Chemical manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 896.6 918.4 915.1 916.2 897.1 918.5 916.0 918.0 2.0

Plastics and rubber products

manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754.2 747.8 747.6 749.5 752.1 751.4 749.2 749.6 0.4

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Change

from:

Mar.2023 -

Apr.2023p

Nondurable goods - Continued

Beverage, tobacco, and leather and allied

product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344.8 345.9 347.8 351.5 349.2 358.6 357.0 357.7 0.7

Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,120 110,077 110,403 111,047 108,513 111,230 111,370 111,567 197

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,304 28,633 28,588 28,585 28,621 28,864 28,861 28,878 17

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,925.1 6,010.3 6,020.4 6,027.4 5,942.8 6,044.4 6,045.4 6,043.2 -2.2

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods. . . . . . . 3,264.8 3,328.0 3,332.4 3,334.1 3,271.8 3,339.2 3,341.0 3,340.7 -0.3

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods. . . 2,150.7 2,157.2 2,166.0 2,169.1 2,158.7 2,178.2 2,178.9 2,175.4 -3.5

Wholesale trade agents and brokers. . . . . . . . 509.6 525.1 522.0 524.2 512.3 527.0 525.5 527.1 1.6

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,323.7 15,391.9 15,345.9 15,370.8 15,504.6 15,548.1 15,528.6 15,536.3 7.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,004.0 2,008.4 2,014.1 2,022.4 2,003.6 2,023.1 2,020.6 2,019.7 -0.9

Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,255.3 1,252.0 1,250.0 1,253.0 1,254.3 1,255.2 1,251.6 1,251.8 0.2

Other motor vehicle dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.3 170.2 173.4 177.0 173.1 177.8 177.2 176.6 -0.6

Automotive parts, accessories, and tire

retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575.4 586.2 590.7 592.4 576.2 590.1 591.8 591.3 -0.5

Building material and garden equipment

and supplies dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,411.4 1,357.6 1,382.5 1,405.6 1,381.1 1,404.0 1,393.6 1,393.3 -0.3

Food and beverage retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,154.7 3,236.5 3,218.8 3,215.8 3,179.3 3,247.4 3,240.7 3,241.8 1.1

Furniture, home furnishings, electronics,

and appliance retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907.3 875.4 866.0 856.0 915.1 879.8 872.2 868.2 -4.0

Furniture and home furnishings retailers.. . 459.2 446.4 444.0 437.0 465.2 445.0 444.4 441.4 -3.0

Electronics and appliance retailers. . . . . . . . 448.1 429.0 422.0 419.0 452.7 427.6 427.2 426.3 -0.9

General merchandise retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,133.3 3,122.4 3,100.4 3,096.0 3,221.8 3,124.4 3,136.5 3,140.7 4.2

Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931.0 927.0 926.0 922.1 978.0 944.7 959.2 959.8 0.6

Warehouse clubs, supercenters, and

other general merchandise retailers. . . . 2,202.3 2,195.4 2,174.4 2,173.9 2,243.7 2,179.7 2,177.3 2,181.0 3.7

Health and personal care retailers. . . . . . . . . . . 1,091.1 1,107.4 1,099.5 1,093.2 1,098.2 1,106.8 1,104.4 1,104.5 0.1

Gasoline stations and fuel dealers. . . . . . . . . . 1,025.9 1,050.4 1,047.0 1,060.2 1,030.6 1,062.0 1,060.0 1,069.0 9.0

Clothing, clothing accessories, shoe, and

jewelry retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100.4 1,123.7 1,122.5 1,118.4 1,146.2 1,160.1 1,162.4 1,159.5 -2.9

Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument,

book, and miscellaneous retailers. . . . . . . . . 1,495.6 1,510.1 1,495.1 1,503.2 1,528.7 1,540.5 1,538.2 1,539.6 1.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,505.1 6,681.9 6,668.8 6,632.4 6,621.9 6,718.9 6,732.7 6,743.3 10.6

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490.9 523.6 533.6 535.7 491.5 528.6 534.1 537.4 3.3

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146.2 149.4 149.8 149.8 146.3 149.7 149.8 149.9 0.1

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.6 63.0 64.0 65.2 62.7 66.0 66.2 66.5 0.3

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,553.0 1,580.9 1,582.3 1,594.9 1,571.7 1,606.3 1,609.5 1,612.5 3.0

Transit and ground passenger

transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.7 446.6 449.9 439.5 407.9 433.8 436.1 428.0 -8.1

Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.6 47.8 47.9 48.1 50.6 48.3 48.0 48.2 0.2

Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . 24.8 27.2 29.4 32.7 28.4 34.1 35.0 36.8 1.8

Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . 779.4 809.7 812.0 813.9 784.5 812.3 815.3 819.2 3.9

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,052.1 1,094.3 1,082.6 1,048.5 1,131.7 1,111.4 1,116.8 1,118.9 2.1

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,926.8 1,939.4 1,917.3 1,904.1 1,946.6 1,928.4 1,921.9 1,925.9 4.0

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550.4 549.3 553.1 554.4 551.8 552.6 554.3 555.3 1.0

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,031 3,061 3,074 3,068 3,035 3,089 3,095 3,096 1

Motion picture and sound recording

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441.0 432.7 447.2 449.6 445.6 453.2 460.8 459.3 -1.5

Publishing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931.0 934.6 932.7 930.9 934.1 940.9 938.8 940.1 1.3

Broadcasting and content providers. . . . . . . . . . . 355.3 358.3 357.3 354.4 356.0 358.0 357.0 355.8 -1.2

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666.1 654.9 652.6 649.8 664.2 654.1 652.1 652.9 0.8

Computing infrastructure providers, data

processing, web hosting, and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.6 483.4 483.3 490.3 453.5 483.0 485.2 492.5 7.3

Web search portals, libraries, archives, and

other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.1 197.4 200.6 193.2 181.1 199.3 201.3 195.2 -6.1

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,994 9,046 9,042 9,071 9,034 9,100 9,099 9,122 23

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,656.6 6,671.0 6,672.3 6,674.8 6,673.7 6,680.4 6,687.4 6,700.6 13.2

Monetary authorities-central bank. . . . . . . . . . . 21.1 21.9 21.8 21.9 21.2 22.0 21.9 22.0 0.1

Credit intermediation and related

activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,700.6 2,673.3 2,666.2 2,658.7 2,702.5 2,670.6 2,669.3 2,666.8 -2.5

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Change

from:

Mar.2023 -

Apr.2023p

Credit intermediation and related -

Continued

Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . 1,749.9 1,787.9 1,785.7 1,779.5 1,753.2 1,784.9 1,785.6 1,785.1 -0.5

Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,359.8 1,381.6 1,377.5 1,371.5 1,361.5 1,377.1 1,375.9 1,375.1 -0.8

Nondepository credit intermediation. . . . . . . 613.8 569.1 567.6 566.2 614.8 571.6 570.7 569.3 -1.4

Activities related to credit intermediation.. . 336.9 316.3 312.9 313.0 334.5 314.2 313.0 312.4 -0.6

Securities, commodity contracts, funds,

trusts, and other financial vehicles,

investments, and related activities. . . . . . . . 1,030.9 1,065.5 1,067.1 1,068.0 1,038.4 1,071.3 1,074.6 1,075.2 0.6

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . 2,904.0 2,910.3 2,917.2 2,926.2 2,911.6 2,916.5 2,921.6 2,936.6 15.0

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,337.0 2,375.3 2,369.7 2,396.4 2,359.9 2,419.3 2,411.1 2,420.9 9.8

Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,796.0 1,826.6 1,822.5 1,842.6 1,809.9 1,851.7 1,848.6 1,857.3 8.7

Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.7 526.6 525.1 531.5 527.5 545.1 540.0 541.1 1.1

Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets

(except copyrighted works). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.3 22.1 22.1 22.3 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5 0.0

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,393 22,636 22,672 22,866 22,421 22,879 22,902 22,945 43

Professional, scientific, and technical

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,446.0 10,778.1 10,782.2 10,860.5 10,405.3 10,759.1 10,788.7 10,834.0 45.3

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167.2 1,173.3 1,169.7 1,169.9 1,174.8 1,179.8 1,177.9 1,179.4 1.5

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping,

and payroll services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,166.4 1,209.7 1,222.6 1,225.7 1,095.7 1,134.0 1,142.4 1,150.1 7.7

Architectural, engineering, and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.5 1,634.6 1,642.2 1,655.5 1,589.0 1,658.1 1,665.8 1,670.8 5.0

Specialized design services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149.3 156.7 157.3 158.3 150.3 158.6 159.5 158.9 -0.6

Computer systems design and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,443.5 2,487.3 2,470.9 2,498.5 2,436.4 2,488.0 2,489.6 2,502.3 12.7

Management, scientific, and technical

consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,760.7 1,842.9 1,840.3 1,857.8 1,764.9 1,850.0 1,857.2 1,865.6 8.4

Scientific research and development

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875.4 918.5 922.1 927.1 880.4 923.5 929.4 933.3 3.9

Advertising, public relations, and related

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482.3 491.5 490.9 494.1 483.2 494.6 492.7 494.8 2.1

Other professional, scientific, and technical

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825.7 863.6 866.2 873.6 830.7 872.4 874.1 878.8 4.7

Management of companies and enterprises. . . 2,465.5 2,507.8 2,507.2 2,511.5 2,470.0 2,518.8 2,516.9 2,523.9 7.0

Administrative and support and waste

management and remediation services. . . . . 9,481.3 9,350.1 9,382.6 9,493.6 9,545.6 9,600.6 9,596.1 9,587.2 -8.9

Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . . 9,013.6 8,866.9 8,898.2 9,005.1 9,072.9 9,109.7 9,104.5 9,090.9 -13.6

Office administrative services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 582.4 608.4 611.1 617.1 583.5 615.1 618.2 620.3 2.1

Facilities support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.9 159.4 161.6 160.6 156.0 160.2 161.1 160.4 -0.7

Employment services1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,837.1 3,767.8 3,743.9 3,699.7 3,895.9 3,815.9 3,799.4 3,775.6 -23.8

Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,084.4 3,000.3 2,972.2 2,934.1 3,121.6 3,044.9 3,026.0 3,002.7 -23.3

Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805.7 766.6 759.7 756.5 804.5 764.6 763.9 761.5 -2.4

Travel arrangement and reservation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.0 176.9 176.5 178.8 169.0 179.9 178.6 179.4 0.8

Investigation and security services. . . . . . . . 946.2 969.1 969.7 976.8 946.6 976.6 973.4 976.9 3.5

Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . 2,188.2 2,085.5 2,138.8 2,277.3 2,187.3 2,256.1 2,267.9 2,275.2 7.3

Other support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329.1 333.2 336.9 338.3 330.0 341.1 342.1 341.6 -0.5

Waste management and remediation

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.7 483.2 484.4 488.5 472.7 490.9 491.6 496.3 4.7

Private education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . 24,247 25,110 25,177 25,261 24,105 25,002 25,062 25,139 77

Private educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,903.5 4,039.1 4,055.1 4,066.2 3,752.9 3,900.4 3,912.2 3,924.8 12.6

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,343.9 21,071.3 21,121.4 21,195.2 20,351.8 21,102.0 21,149.7 21,213.9 64.2

Health care3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,128.8 16,652.4 16,678.7 16,725.4 16,155.0 16,681.8 16,713.0 16,752.6 39.6

Ambulatory health care services. . . . . . . . . . 8,051.3 8,298.6 8,311.5 8,345.8 8,056.2 8,312.3 8,325.6 8,349.8 24.2

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,786.3 2,856.9 2,860.2 2,878.7 2,788.2 2,864.1 2,866.3 2,878.5 12.2

Offices of dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,003.8 1,025.5 1,023.2 1,028.4 1,004.4 1,028.9 1,026.6 1,031.2 4.6

Offices of other health practitioners. . . . . 1,071.3 1,121.3 1,118.0 1,126.6 1,071.8 1,121.9 1,123.1 1,127.5 4.4

Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,022.5 1,063.1 1,062.4 1,057.7 1,023.8 1,061.1 1,061.0 1,059.5 -1.5

Medical and diagnostic laboratories. . . . 324.6 324.3 322.0 327.7 323.5 323.7 323.2 325.7 2.5

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521.9 1,573.4 1,589.9 1,593.5 1,523.8 1,579.0 1,590.9 1,593.2 2.3

Other ambulatory health care

services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.9 334.1 335.8 333.2 320.7 333.7 334.6 334.3 -0.3

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,112.6 5,254.2 5,265.4 5,266.4 5,120.1 5,260.3 5,270.7 5,277.3 6.6

See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

— Continued

[In thousands]

Industry

Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Change

from:

Mar.2023 -

Apr.2023p

Health care - Continued

Nursing and residential care facilities. . . . . 2,964.9 3,099.6 3,101.8 3,113.2 2,978.7 3,109.2 3,116.7 3,125.5 8.8

Skilled nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,333.3 1,386.0 1,385.7 1,391.4 1,342.2 1,390.8 1,394.7 1,397.3 2.6

Residential intellectual and

developmental disability, mental

health, and substance abuse

facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.8 622.0 622.2 624.9 599.8 624.2 623.8 626.6 2.8

Continuing care retirement

communities and assisted living

facilities for the elderly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883.5 936.2 938.5 943.0 885.8 939.4 942.7 946.5 3.8

Other residential care facilities. . . . . . . . . . 149.3 155.4 155.4 153.9 150.8 154.9 155.5 155.1 -0.4

Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,215.1 4,418.9 4,442.7 4,469.8 4,196.8 4,420.2 4,436.7 4,461.3 24.6

Individual and family services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,788.7 2,939.1 2,950.8 2,975.7 2,781.3 2,941.5 2,951.6 2,973.0 21.4

Community food and housing, and

emergency and other relief services. . . . 201.7 212.0 214.0 213.9 201.4 210.4 212.4 213.3 0.9

Vocational rehabilitation services. . . . . . . . . 268.7 275.5 277.7 277.7 269.8 278.7 279.4 279.2 -0.2

Child care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956.0 992.3 1,000.2 1,002.5 944.4 989.6 993.4 995.8 2.4

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,492 15,827 16,054 16,364 15,626 16,472 16,512 16,543 31

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . 2,205.7 2,188.5 2,255.2 2,365.6 2,255.1 2,414.5 2,424.7 2,430.6 5.9

Performing arts, spectator sports, and

related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510.0 471.9 491.2 539.5 499.7 518.3 520.3 521.0 0.7

Museums, historical sites, and similar

institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.0 154.3 160.9 167.2 155.3 168.5 170.6 171.7 1.1

Amusement, gambling, and recreation

industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,544.7 1,562.3 1,603.1 1,658.9 1,600.1 1,727.7 1,733.8 1,737.9 4.1

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . 13,285.9 13,638.4 13,799.1 13,997.9 13,370.7 14,057.8 14,087.5 14,112.5 25.0

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,703.8 1,771.4 1,792.3 1,810.3 1,744.2 1,859.0 1,860.5 1,860.7 0.2

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 11,582.1 11,867.0 12,006.8 12,187.6 11,626.5 12,198.8 12,227.0 12,251.8 24.8

Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,659 5,764 5,796 5,832 5,671 5,824 5,839 5,844 5

Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,381.9 1,413.9 1,425.8 1,438.8 1,383.5 1,427.4 1,432.8 1,437.2 4.4

Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,462.6 1,511.8 1,518.9 1,531.2 1,458.2 1,529.3 1,531.8 1,530.8 -1.0

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional,

and similar organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,814.4 2,838.7 2,851.3 2,862.4 2,829.6 2,866.8 2,874.5 2,875.6 1.1

Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,393 22,747 22,823 22,885 22,101 22,505 22,547 22,570 23

Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,861 2,885 2,889 2,902 2,871 2,895 2,903 2,906 3

Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,253.8 2,280.8 2,284.5 2,291.2 2,265.1 2,292.4 2,299.5 2,301.0 1.5

U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606.9 604.1 604.5 610.7 605.4 602.3 603.8 605.1 1.3

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,208 5,289 5,314 5,341 5,077 5,175 5,188 5,191 3

State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,566.0 2,626.2 2,640.0 2,662.6 2,433.6 2,500.0 2,507.6 2,513.2 5.6

State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 2,642.0 2,662.4 2,673.9 2,678.2 2,643.7 2,675.1 2,680.3 2,678.0 -2.3

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,324 14,573 14,620 14,642 14,153 14,435 14,456 14,473 17

Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,020.4 8,161.3 8,179.0 8,158.2 7,770.3 7,904.8 7,911.6 7,910.1 -1.5

Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 6,303.8 6,412.0 6,441.1 6,484.0 6,382.9 6,529.8 6,544.3 6,562.5 18.2

1

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

2

Includes motor vehicle manufacturing, motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing, and motor vehicle parts manufacturing.

3

Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.6 34.5 34.4 34.4

Goods-producing.................................................................... 39.9 40.0 39.9 39.9

Mining and logging................................................................ 45.7 45.9 45.9 45.5

Construction....................................................................... 38.7 39.0 38.9 38.9

Manufacturing..................................................................... 40.4 40.3 40.3 40.2

Durable goods.................................................................. 40.9 40.8 40.6 40.6

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 39.7 39.5 39.6 39.5

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.6 33.4 33.3 33.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.1 34.1 34.1 34.0

Wholesale trade................................................................ 39.1 38.8 38.8 38.8

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.1 30.1 30.1 30.0

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 38.1 38.3 38.2 38.0

Utilities........................................................................... 42.5 42.2 42.5 42.6

Information......................................................................... 36.9 36.3 36.3 36.3

Financial activities................................................................ 37.6 37.4 37.4 37.5

Professional and business services............................................ 36.6 36.6 36.3 36.7

Private education and health services......................................... 33.5 33.4 33.4 33.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 26.1 25.5 25.4 25.4

Other services..................................................................... 32.3 32.3 32.3 32.3

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.9

Durable goods....................................................................... 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.7

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Total private............................................... $31.94 $33.11 $33.20 $33.36 $1,105.12 $1,142.30 $1,142.08 $1,147.58

Goods-producing....................................... 32.21 33.35 33.54 33.70 1,285.18 1,334.00 1,338.25 1,344.63

Mining and logging.................................. 35.23 37.11 37.25 37.56 1,610.01 1,703.35 1,709.78 1,708.98

Construction.......................................... 34.33 35.84 36.00 36.19 1,328.57 1,397.76 1,400.40 1,407.79

Manufacturing........................................ 30.83 31.68 31.89 32.02 1,245.53 1,276.70 1,285.17 1,287.20

Durable goods.................................... 32.41 33.20 33.44 33.58 1,325.57 1,354.56 1,357.66 1,363.35

Nondurable goods................................ 28.15 29.08 29.26 29.36 1,117.56 1,148.66 1,158.70 1,159.72

Private service-providing.............................. 31.88 33.05 33.12 33.28 1,071.17 1,103.87 1,102.90 1,111.55

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 27.46 28.61 28.66 28.85 936.39 975.60 977.31 980.90

Wholesale trade.................................. 34.83 36.37 36.45 36.76 1,361.85 1,411.16 1,414.26 1,426.29

Retail trade........................................ 22.77 23.77 23.76 23.86 685.38 715.48 715.18 715.80

Transportation and warehousing............... 27.56 28.49 28.56 28.80 1,050.04 1,091.17 1,090.99 1,094.40

Utilities............................................. 46.75 48.92 49.23 49.30 1,986.88 2,064.42 2,092.28 2,100.18

Information........................................... 45.69 47.91 47.93 47.50 1,685.96 1,739.13 1,739.86 1,724.25

Financial activities................................... 41.13 42.55 42.74 42.64 1,546.49 1,591.37 1,598.48 1,599.00

Professional and business services.............. 38.51 39.77 39.96 40.20 1,409.47 1,455.58 1,450.55 1,475.34

Private education and health services............ 31.52 32.63 32.65 32.77 1,055.92 1,089.84 1,090.51 1,094.52

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 19.87 20.79 20.94 21.01 518.61 530.15 531.88 533.65

Other services....................................... 28.34 29.55 29.32 29.53 915.38 954.47 947.04 953.82

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by

industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours1

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Percent

change

from:

Mar.

2023 -

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Percent

change

from:

Mar.

2023 -

Apr.

2023p

Total private..................................... 112.5 115.0 114.7 114.9 0.2 171.9 182.0 182.1 183.3 0.7

Goods-producing............................. 95.8 98.1 97.7 97.9 0.2 139.4 147.8 148.2 149.1 0.6

Mining and logging........................ 85.9 91.3 91.6 91.8 0.2 121.5 136.0 137.0 138.4 1.0

Construction................................ 102.7 106.2 105.8 106.0 0.2 153.2 165.4 165.4 166.6 0.7

Manufacturing.............................. 92.8 94.2 94.1 94.0 -0.1 133.0 138.7 139.6 139.9 0.2

Durable goods........................... 91.4 93.0 92.5 92.6 0.1 131.5 137.1 137.4 138.1 0.5

Nondurable goods...................... 95.8 96.4 96.6 96.4 -0.2 136.8 142.3 143.4 143.6 0.1

Private service-providing.................... 117.4 119.6 119.4 120.0 0.5 181.9 192.1 192.2 194.1 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 106.6 107.5 107.5 107.3 -0.2 157.9 165.9 166.2 166.9 0.4

Wholesale trade......................... 102.5 103.5 103.5 103.4 -0.1 149.3 157.4 157.8 159.0 0.8

Retail trade.............................. 95.0 95.2 95.1 94.9 -0.2 143.0 149.7 149.5 149.7 0.1

Transportation and warehousing...... 145.0 147.9 147.8 147.2 -0.4 203.3 214.3 214.7 215.7 0.5

Utilities.................................... 101.5 100.9 101.9 102.3 0.4 156.7 163.1 165.8 166.7 0.5

Information................................. 102.3 102.4 102.6 102.7 0.1 166.4 174.7 175.1 173.6 -0.9

Financial activities......................... 111.3 111.5 111.5 112.1 0.5 178.5 185.0 185.8 186.4 0.3

Professional and business services..... 128.4 131.0 130.1 131.7 1.2 200.3 211.0 210.5 214.5 1.9

Private education and health services... 131.9 136.4 136.7 137.1 0.3 199.9 214.0 214.7 216.1 0.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 116.4 119.8 119.7 119.9 0.2 186.5 201.0 202.2 203.2 0.5

Other services............................. 105.6 108.5 108.7 108.8 0.1 164.0 175.7 174.7 176.2 0.9

1 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry

Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Total nonfarm............................................. 75,436 77,279 77,391 77,536 49.7 49.8 49.8 49.8

Total private............................................ 62,605 64,164 64,246 64,369 48.3 48.3 48.4 48.4

Goods-producing.................................... 4,844 4,972 4,979 4,986 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.2

Mining and logging............................... 76 82 82 82 12.7 13.0 12.9 12.8

Construction....................................... 1,076 1,115 1,120 1,116 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.1

Manufacturing..................................... 3,692 3,775 3,777 3,788 28.9 29.1 29.1 29.2

Durable goods.................................. 1,961 2,017 2,016 2,022 24.7 24.9 24.9 25.0

Nondurable goods............................. 1,731 1,758 1,761 1,766 35.8 35.9 36.0 36.1

Private service-providing........................... 57,761 59,192 59,267 59,383 53.2 53.2 53.2 53.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............. 11,269 11,357 11,357 11,366 39.4 39.3 39.4 39.4

Wholesale trade................................ 1,809.4 1,858.7 1,864.5 1,864.7 30.4 30.8 30.8 30.9

Retail trade..................................... 7,543.6 7,519.1 7,509.8 7,510.8 48.7 48.4 48.4 48.3

Transportation and warehousing............. 1,776.4 1,834.3 1,836.7 1,844.4 26.8 27.3 27.3 27.4

Utilities........................................... 139.2 144.4 145.7 145.9 25.2 26.1 26.3 26.3

Information......................................... 1,204 1,254 1,257 1,260 39.7 40.6 40.6 40.7

Financial activities................................ 5,035 5,065 5,064 5,082 55.7 55.7 55.7 55.7

Professional and business services............ 10,393 10,542 10,553 10,555 46.4 46.1 46.1 46.0

Private education and health services......... 18,543 19,198 19,246 19,318 76.9 76.8 76.8 76.8

Leisure and hospitality........................... 8,283 8,650 8,659 8,664 53.0 52.5 52.4 52.4

Other services..................................... 3,034 3,126 3,131 3,138 53.5 53.7 53.6 53.7

Government............................................. 12,831 13,115 13,145 13,167 58.1 58.3 58.3 58.3

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry

sector, seasonally adjusted1

[In thousands]

Industry Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Total private............................................................................... 105,653 107,986 108,143 108,355

Goods-producing....................................................................... 15,097 15,431 15,437 15,471

Mining and logging.................................................................. 452 478 480 484

Construction.......................................................................... 5,683 5,813 5,819 5,837

Manufacturing........................................................................ 8,962 9,140 9,138 9,150

Durable goods..................................................................... 5,497 5,626 5,625 5,624

Nondurable goods................................................................ 3,465 3,514 3,513 3,526

Private service-providing.............................................................. 90,556 92,555 92,706 92,884

Trade, transportation, and utilities................................................. 24,197 24,348 24,343 24,371

Wholesale trade................................................................... 4,728.8 4,802.1 4,793.3 4,790.4

Retail trade........................................................................ 13,232.3 13,233.9 13,216.9 13,228.2

Transportation and warehousing................................................ 5,795.0 5,872.4 5,891.9 5,910.0

Utilities.............................................................................. 440.9 439.8 440.8 442.4

Information............................................................................ 2,423 2,456 2,469 2,465

Financial activities................................................................... 6,792 6,854 6,851 6,857

Professional and business services............................................... 17,975 18,175 18,201 18,229

Private education and health services............................................ 20,980 21,744 21,782 21,859

Leisure and hospitality.............................................................. 13,591 14,237 14,313 14,359

Other services........................................................................ 4,598 4,741 4,747 4,744

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS

Total private............................................................................. 34.1 33.9 33.9 33.8

Goods-producing.................................................................... 40.8 40.6 40.4 40.4

Mining and logging................................................................ 47.1 47.3 47.6 46.9

Construction....................................................................... 39.5 39.9 39.6 39.6

Manufacturing..................................................................... 41.3 40.7 40.6 40.6

Durable goods.................................................................. 41.6 41.0 40.8 40.8

Nondurable goods.............................................................. 40.8 40.2 40.2 40.3

Private service-providing............................................................ 33.0 32.8 32.8 32.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................. 34.1 34.1 34.0 33.9

Wholesale trade................................................................ 39.2 38.8 38.7 38.7

Retail trade...................................................................... 30.5 30.5 30.3 30.3

Transportation and warehousing............................................. 37.7 37.9 37.8 37.6

Utilities........................................................................... 42.5 42.8 42.7 42.7

Information......................................................................... 36.6 36.0 35.9 35.9

Financial activities................................................................ 37.5 37.2 37.2 37.1

Professional and business services............................................ 36.3 36.3 36.3 36.3

Private education and health services......................................... 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................................... 24.7 24.3 24.2 24.2

Other services..................................................................... 31.2 31.3 31.2 31.2

AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS

Manufacturing........................................................................... 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.6

Durable goods....................................................................... 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.8

Nondurable goods................................................................... 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.4

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private

nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

Industry

Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Total private............................................... $27.27 $28.41 $28.51 $28.62 $929.91 $963.10 $966.49 $967.36

Goods-producing....................................... 27.63 28.98 29.13 29.25 1,127.30 1,176.59 1,176.85 1,181.70

Mining and logging.................................. 32.10 33.58 33.68 34.17 1,511.91 1,588.33 1,603.17 1,602.57

Construction.......................................... 31.80 33.61 33.80 33.94 1,256.10 1,341.04 1,338.48 1,344.02

Manufacturing........................................ 24.85 25.81 25.95 26.03 1,026.31 1,050.47 1,053.57 1,056.82

Durable goods.................................... 26.07 27.00 27.09 27.25 1,084.51 1,107.00 1,105.27 1,111.80

Nondurable goods................................ 22.86 23.87 24.11 24.06 932.69 959.57 969.22 969.62

Private service-providing.............................. 27.20 28.29 28.39 28.49 897.60 927.91 931.19 931.62

Trade, transportation, and utilities................. 23.72 24.86 24.92 25.05 808.85 847.73 847.28 849.20

Wholesale trade.................................. 28.87 30.19 30.20 30.30 1,131.70 1,171.37 1,168.74 1,172.61

Retail trade........................................ 19.42 20.34 20.36 20.42 592.31 620.37 616.91 618.73

Transportation and warehousing............... 25.74 27.04 27.15 27.40 970.40 1,024.82 1,026.27 1,030.24

Utilities............................................. 41.74 43.45 43.68 44.10 1,773.95 1,859.66 1,865.14 1,883.07

Information........................................... 37.08 38.87 39.03 39.11 1,357.13 1,399.32 1,401.18 1,404.05

Financial activities................................... 31.95 33.21 33.29 33.30 1,198.13 1,235.41 1,238.39 1,235.43

Professional and business services.............. 32.32 33.62 33.82 33.99 1,173.22 1,220.41 1,227.67 1,233.84

Private education and health services............ 28.68 29.75 29.79 29.88 934.97 969.85 974.13 974.09

Leisure and hospitality.............................. 17.67 18.31 18.46 18.52 436.45 444.93 446.73 448.18

Other services....................................... 24.66 25.41 25.17 25.28 769.39 795.33 785.30 788.74

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on

private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1

[2002=100]

Industry

Index of aggregate weekly hours2

Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Percent

change

from:

Mar.

2023 -

Apr.

2023p

Apr.

2022

Feb.

2023

Mar.

2023p

Apr.

2023p

Percent

change

from:

Mar.

2023 -

Apr.

2023p

Total private..................................... 120.1 122.0 122.2 122.0 -0.2 218.8 231.6 232.8 233.5 0.3

Goods-producing............................. 94.1 95.7 95.3 95.5 0.2 159.2 169.9 170.0 171.1 0.6

Mining and logging........................ 113.1 120.1 121.4 120.6 -0.7 211.2 234.6 237.8 239.7 0.8

Construction................................ 112.4 116.1 115.4 115.7 0.3 193.0 210.8 210.6 212.1 0.7

Manufacturing.............................. 85.0 85.4 85.2 85.3 0.1 138.1 144.1 144.5 145.2 0.5

Durable goods........................... 85.9 86.7 86.2 86.2 0.0 139.8 146.1 145.8 146.6 0.5

Nondurable goods...................... 83.3 83.2 83.2 83.7 0.6 134.6 140.4 141.8 142.3 0.4

Private service-providing.................... 127.3 129.3 129.6 129.4 -0.2 237.5 251.0 252.3 252.9 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities....... 115.5 116.2 115.9 115.6 -0.3 195.8 206.5 206.3 207.0 0.3

Wholesale trade......................... 110.0 110.6 110.1 110.0 -0.1 187.5 197.0 196.2 196.8 0.3

Retail trade.............................. 102.3 102.3 101.5 101.6 0.1 170.4 178.5 177.3 177.9 0.3

Transportation and warehousing...... 165.3 168.4 168.6 168.2 -0.2 270.9 289.9 291.3 293.3 0.7

Utilities.................................... 95.8 96.3 96.3 96.6 0.3 167.0 174.6 175.5 177.8 1.3

Information................................. 101.2 100.9 101.2 101.0 -0.2 185.8 194.2 195.5 195.6 0.1

Financial activities......................... 119.9 120.0 119.9 119.7 -0.2 235.6 245.2 245.7 245.3 -0.2

Professional and business services..... 145.7 147.3 147.5 147.7 0.1 280.0 294.5 296.7 298.6 0.6

Private education and health services... 145.8 151.1 151.9 151.9 0.0 276.0 296.8 298.6 299.6 0.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 123.0 126.7 126.9 127.3 0.3 246.7 263.5 266.0 267.7 0.6

Other services............................. 100.6 104.1 103.9 103.8 -0.1 180.8 192.7 190.5 191.2 0.4

1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory

employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm

payrolls.

2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002

annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment.

3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the

corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly

earnings, average weekly hours, and employment.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.