Labor force participation rate U.S. 2024

In October 2024, about 62.7 percent of the United States civilian labor force participated in the job market. Civilian labor force is a term used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to describe the subset of Americans who have jobs or are seeking a job, are at least 16 years old, are not serving in the military and are not institutionalized. In other words, all Americans who are eligible to work in the everyday U.S. economy.

Monthly civilian labor force participation rate in the United States from October 2011 to October 2024 (seasonally adjusted)

Characteristic	Labor force participation rate
Oct '24	62.6%
Sep '24	62.7%
Aug '24	62.7%
Jul '24	62.7%
Jun '24	62.6%
May '24	62.5%
Apr '24	62.7%
Mar '24	62.7%
Feb '24	62.5%
Jan '24	62.5%
Dec '23	62.5%
Nov '23	62.8%
Oct '23	62.7%
Sep '23	62.8%
Aug '23	62.8%
Jul '23	62.6%
Jun '23	62.6%
May '23	62.6%
Apr '23	62.6%
Mar '23	62.6%
Feb '23	62.5%
Jan '23	62.4%
Dec '22	62.3%
Nov '22	62.2%
Oct '22	62.2%
Sep '22	62.3%
Aug '22	62.3%
Jul '22	62.1%
Jun '22	62.2%
May '22	62.3%
Apr '22	62.2%
Mar '22	62.4%
Feb '22	62.3%
Jan '22	62.2%
Dec '21	62%
Nov '21	61.9%
Oct '21	61.7%
Sep '21	61.7%
Aug '21	61.7%
Jul '21	61.7%
Jun '21	61.6%
May '21	61.6%
Apr '21	61.7%
Mar '21	61.5%
Feb '21	61.5%
Jan '21	61.4%
Dec '20	61.5%
Nov '20	61.5%
Oct '20	61.6%
Sep '20	61.4%
Aug '20	61.7%
Jul '20	61.5%
Jun '20	61.4%
May '20	60.8%
Apr '20	60.2%
Mar '20	62.6%
Feb '20	63.3%
Jan '20	63.4%
Dec '19	63.3%
Nov '19	63.2%
Oct '19	63.3%
Sep '19	63.2%
Aug '19	63.2%
Jul '19	63%
Jun '19	63%
May '19	62.9%
Apr '19	62.8%
Mar '19	63%
Feb '19	63.1%
Jan '19	63.2%
Dec '18	63%
Nov '18	62.9%
Oct '18	62.9%
Sep '18	62.7%
Aug '18	62.7%
Jul '18	62.9%
Jun '18	62.9%
May '18	62.8%
Apr '18	62.8%
Mar '18	62.9%
Feb '18	63%
Jan '18	62.7%
Dec '17	62.7%
Nov '17	62.7%
Oct '17	62.7%
Sep' 17	63.1%
Aug '17	62.9%
Jul '17	62.9%
Jun' 17	62.8%
May '17	62.7%
Apr '17	62.9%
Mar '17	63%
Feb '17	63%
Jan '17	62.9%
Dec '16	62.7%
Nov '16	62.6%
Oct '16	62.8%
Sep '16	62.9%
Aug '16	62.8%
July '16	62.8%
June' 16	62.7%
May '16	62.6%
Apr '16	62.8%
Mar '16	63%
Feb '16	62.9%
Jan '16	62.7%
Dec '15	62.7%
Nov '15	62.5%
Oct '15	62.5%
Sep '15	62.4%
Aug '15	62.6%
July '15	62.6%
Jun '15	62.6%
May '15	62.9%
Apr '15	62.8%
Mar '15	62.7%
Feb '15	62.8%
Jan '15	62.9%
Dec '14	62.7%
Nov '14	62.9%
Oct '14	62.8%
Sep '14	62.7%
Aug '14	62.8%
July '14	62.9%
Jun '14	62.8%
May '14	62.8%
Apr '14	62.8%
Mar '14	63.2%
Feb '14	63%
Jan '14	63%
Dec '13	62.8%
Nov '13	63%
Oct '13	62.8%
Sep '13	63.2%
Aug '13	63.2%
Jul '13	63.4%
Jun '13	63.5%
May '13	63.4%
Apr '13	63.3%
Mar '13	63.3%
Feb '13	63.5%
Jan '13	63.6%
Dec '12	63.6%
Nov '12	63.6%
Oct '12	63.8%
Sep '12	63.6%
Aug '12	63.5%
Jul '12	63.7%
Jun '12	63.8%
May '12	63.8%
Apr '12	63.6%
Mar '12	63.8%
Feb '12	63.9%
Jan '12	63.7%
Dec '11	64%
Nov '11	64%
Oct '11	64.1%