Charting the labor market: Data from the Current ...

Charting the labor market: Data from the Current Population Survey (CPS)

August 7, 2020

These charts (with data through July 2020) will no longer be updated. You are encouraged to use The Employment Situation news release charts online at

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Table of contents

1. Civilian labor force 2. Civilian labor force participation rate 3. Civilian employment 4. Employment-population ratio 5. Nonagricultural wage and salary employment 6. Nonagricultural self-employed, unincorporated 7. Part-time workers as a percent of total employed 8. Employed part time for economic reasons 9. Civilian unemployment 10. Civilian unemployment rate 11. Duration of unemployment 12. Long-term unemployed as a percent of total unemployed 13. Reasons for unemployment 14. Job losers by layoff status

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Table of contents--Continued

15. Unemployment rates for adult men, adult women, and teenagers 16. Unemployment rates by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 17. Unemployment rates for persons 25 years and older by educational

attainment 18. Persons not in the labor force who want a job 19. Persons not in the labor force, selected indicators 20. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

Additional information available in The Employment Situation news release: news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

Browse labor force concepts and data by subject: cps/cpsaz.htm

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Chart 1. Civilian labor force

Seasonally adjusted, 1990?2020

Numbers in thousands

170,000

170,000

165,000

165,000

160,000

160,000

155,000

155,000

150,000

150,000

145,000

145,000

140,000

140,000

135,000

135,000

130,000

130,000

125,000

125,000

120,000

120,000

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). An endpoint for the recession that began in February 2020 has not yet been determined. Data online at .

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Chart 2. Civilian labor force participation rate

Seasonally adjusted, 1990?2020

Percent

68.0

68.0

67.0

67.0

66.0

66.0

65.0

65.0

64.0

64.0

July 2020

63.0

61.4 percent

63.0

62.0

62.0

61.0

61.0

60.0

60.0

59.0

59.0

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). An endpoint for the recession that began in February 2020 has not yet been determined. Data online at .

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Chart 3. Civilian employment

Seasonally adjusted, 1990?2020

Numbers in thousands

165,000

165,000

160,000

160,000

155,000

155,000

150,000

150,000

145,000

145,000

140,000

140,000

135,000

135,000

130,000

130,000

125,000

125,000

120,000

120,000

115,000

115,000

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). An endpoint for the recession that began in February 2020 has not yet been determined. Data online at .

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Chart 4. Employment-population ratio

Seasonally adjusted, 1990?2020

Percent

65.0

65.0

62.0

62.0

59.0

59.0

July 2020

55.1 percent

56.0

56.0

53.0

53.0

50.0

50.0

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). An endpoint for the recession that began in February 2020 has not yet been determined. Data online at .

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Chart 5. Nonagricultural wage and salary employment

Seasonally adjusted, 1990?2020

Numbers in thousands

150,000

150,000

145,000

145,000

140,000

140,000

135,000

135,000

130,000

130,000

125,000

125,000

120,000

120,000

115,000

115,000

110,000

110,000

105,000

105,000

100,000

100,000

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020

Note: Shaded areas represent recessions as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). An endpoint for the recession that began in February 2020 has not yet been determined. Data online at .

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