Table Data - Not in Labor Force - Want a Job Now
| Title | Not in Labor Force - Want a Job Now |
|---|---|
| Series ID | NILFWJN |
| Source | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Release | Employment Situation |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Units | Thousands of Persons |
| Date Range | 1994-01-01 to 2026-01-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-11 8:21 AM CST |
| Notes |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1994-01-01 | 6723 |
| 1994-02-01 | 6315 |
| 1994-03-01 | 6387 |
| 1994-04-01 | 6636 |
| 1994-05-01 | 6363 |
| 1994-06-01 | 6082 |
| 1994-07-01 | 6278 |
| 1994-08-01 | 6019 |
| 1994-09-01 | 6014 |
| 1994-10-01 | 5858 |
| 1994-11-01 | 5890 |
| 1994-12-01 | 5945 |
| 1995-01-01 | 5790 |
| 1995-02-01 | 5746 |
| 1995-03-01 | 5837 |
| 1995-04-01 | 5484 |
| 1995-05-01 | 5719 |
| 1995-06-01 | 5602 |
| 1995-07-01 | 5501 |
| 1995-08-01 | 5563 |
| 1995-09-01 | 5655 |
| 1995-10-01 | 5704 |
| 1995-11-01 | 5587 |
| 1995-12-01 | 5852 |
| 1996-01-01 | 5599 |
| 1996-02-01 | 5689 |
| 1996-03-01 | 5515 |
| 1996-04-01 | 5500 |
| 1996-05-01 | 5456 |
| 1996-06-01 | 5591 |
| 1996-07-01 | 5375 |
| 1996-08-01 | 5461 |
| 1996-09-01 | 5350 |
| 1996-10-01 | 5394 |
| 1996-11-01 | 5300 |
| 1996-12-01 | 5128 |
| 1997-01-01 | 5045 |
| 1997-02-01 | 5146 |
| 1997-03-01 | 5069 |
| 1997-04-01 | 4893 |
| 1997-05-01 | 5200 |
| 1997-06-01 | 4923 |
| 1997-07-01 | 4914 |
| 1997-08-01 | 4819 |
| 1997-09-01 | 4836 |
| 1997-10-01 | 4772 |
| 1997-11-01 | 4852 |
| 1997-12-01 | 4766 |
| 1998-01-01 | 4930 |
| 1998-02-01 | 4812 |
| 1998-03-01 | 4900 |
| 1998-04-01 | 4891 |
| 1998-05-01 | 4691 |
| 1998-06-01 | 4792 |
| 1998-07-01 | 4852 |
| 1998-08-01 | 4951 |
| 1998-09-01 | 4915 |
| 1998-10-01 | 4862 |
| 1998-11-01 | 4568 |
| 1998-12-01 | 4550 |
| 1999-01-01 | 4706 |
| 1999-02-01 | 4638 |
| 1999-03-01 | 4631 |
| 1999-04-01 | 4778 |
| 1999-05-01 | 4635 |
| 1999-06-01 | 4797 |
| 1999-07-01 | 4517 |
| 1999-08-01 | 4533 |
| 1999-09-01 | 4350 |
| 1999-10-01 | 4310 |
| 1999-11-01 | 4428 |
| 1999-12-01 | 4394 |
| 2000-01-01 | 4302 |
| 2000-02-01 | 4458 |
| 2000-03-01 | 4689 |
| 2000-04-01 | 4428 |
| 2000-05-01 | 4385 |
| 2000-06-01 | 4313 |
| 2000-07-01 | 4430 |
| 2000-08-01 | 4290 |
| 2000-09-01 | 4389 |
| 2000-10-01 | 4393 |
| 2000-11-01 | 4332 |
| 2000-12-01 | 4551 |
| 2001-01-01 | 4401 |
| 2001-02-01 | 4571 |
| 2001-03-01 | 4297 |
| 2001-04-01 | 4509 |
| 2001-05-01 | 4516 |
| 2001-06-01 | 4637 |
| 2001-07-01 | 4489 |
| 2001-08-01 | 4900 |
| 2001-09-01 | 4577 |
| 2001-10-01 | 4691 |
| 2001-11-01 | 4751 |
| 2001-12-01 | 4737 |
| 2002-01-01 | 4803 |
| 2002-02-01 | 4559 |
| 2002-03-01 | 4598 |
| 2002-04-01 | 4609 |
| 2002-05-01 | 4825 |
| 2002-06-01 | 4766 |
| 2002-07-01 | 4847 |
| 2002-08-01 | 4627 |
| 2002-09-01 | 4687 |
| 2002-10-01 | 4429 |
| 2002-11-01 | 4733 |
| 2002-12-01 | 4567 |
| 2003-01-01 | 4632 |
| 2003-02-01 | 4600 |
| 2003-03-01 | 4916 |
| 2003-04-01 | 4451 |
| 2003-05-01 | 4810 |
| 2003-06-01 | 4740 |
| 2003-07-01 | 4855 |
| 2003-08-01 | 4830 |
| 2003-09-01 | 4832 |
| 2003-10-01 | 4760 |
| 2003-11-01 | 4534 |
| 2003-12-01 | 4695 |
| 2004-01-01 | 4769 |
| 2004-02-01 | 4750 |
| 2004-03-01 | 4816 |
| 2004-04-01 | 4690 |
| 2004-05-01 | 4741 |
| 2004-06-01 | 4648 |
| 2004-07-01 | 4661 |
| 2004-08-01 | 4933 |
| 2004-09-01 | 4930 |
| 2004-10-01 | 5277 |
| 2004-11-01 | 5113 |
| 2004-12-01 | 4949 |
| 2005-01-01 | 4992 |
| 2005-02-01 | 4968 |
| 2005-03-01 | 5018 |
| 2005-04-01 | 5114 |
| 2005-05-01 | 4771 |
| 2005-06-01 | 5222 |
| 2005-07-01 | 4947 |
| 2005-08-01 | 4813 |
| 2005-09-01 | 4990 |
| 2005-10-01 | 4993 |
| 2005-11-01 | 4818 |
| 2005-12-01 | 5183 |
| 2006-01-01 | 4964 |
| 2006-02-01 | 4901 |
| 2006-03-01 | 4918 |
| 2006-04-01 | 4719 |
| 2006-05-01 | 4635 |
| 2006-06-01 | 4726 |
| 2006-07-01 | 4862 |
| 2006-08-01 | 4951 |
| 2006-09-01 | 4666 |
| 2006-10-01 | 4868 |
| 2006-11-01 | 4818 |
| 2006-12-01 | 4390 |
| 2007-01-01 | 4506 |
| 2007-02-01 | 4706 |
| 2007-03-01 | 4565 |
| 2007-04-01 | 4794 |
| 2007-05-01 | 4968 |
| 2007-06-01 | 4857 |
| 2007-07-01 | 4737 |
| 2007-08-01 | 4827 |
| 2007-09-01 | 4750 |
| 2007-10-01 | 4352 |
| 2007-11-01 | 4648 |
| 2007-12-01 | 4657 |
| 2008-01-01 | 4846 |
| 2008-02-01 | 4739 |
| 2008-03-01 | 4718 |
| 2008-04-01 | 4733 |
| 2008-05-01 | 4851 |
| 2008-06-01 | 4929 |
| 2008-07-01 | 5023 |
| 2008-08-01 | 4922 |
| 2008-09-01 | 5153 |
| 2008-10-01 | 5094 |
| 2008-11-01 | 5421 |
| 2008-12-01 | 5431 |
| 2009-01-01 | 5708 |
| 2009-02-01 | 5617 |
| 2009-03-01 | 5807 |
| 2009-04-01 | 5927 |
| 2009-05-01 | 5986 |
| 2009-06-01 | 5908 |
| 2009-07-01 | 6003 |
| 2009-08-01 | 5649 |
| 2009-09-01 | 5949 |
| 2009-10-01 | 6002 |
| 2009-11-01 | 5998 |
| 2009-12-01 | 6186 |
| 2010-01-01 | 5942 |
| 2010-02-01 | 6098 |
| 2010-03-01 | 5993 |
| 2010-04-01 | 5913 |
| 2010-05-01 | 5824 |
| 2010-06-01 | 5909 |
| 2010-07-01 | 5895 |
| 2010-08-01 | 6037 |
| 2010-09-01 | 6270 |
| 2010-10-01 | 6289 |
| 2010-11-01 | 6182 |
| 2010-12-01 | 6431 |
| 2011-01-01 | 6472 |
| 2011-02-01 | 6390 |
| 2011-03-01 | 6527 |
| 2011-04-01 | 6537 |
| 2011-05-01 | 6289 |
| 2011-06-01 | 6519 |
| 2011-07-01 | 6513 |
| 2011-08-01 | 6463 |
| 2011-09-01 | 6262 |
| 2011-10-01 | 6384 |
| 2011-11-01 | 6538 |
| 2011-12-01 | 6323 |
| 2012-01-01 | 6343 |
| 2012-02-01 | 6335 |
| 2012-03-01 | 6302 |
| 2012-04-01 | 6426 |
| 2012-05-01 | 6309 |
| 2012-06-01 | 6564 |
| 2012-07-01 | 6516 |
| 2012-08-01 | 7011 |
| 2012-09-01 | 6817 |
| 2012-10-01 | 6551 |
| 2012-11-01 | 6833 |
| 2012-12-01 | 6728 |
| 2013-01-01 | 6637 |
| 2013-02-01 | 6772 |
| 2013-03-01 | 6670 |
| 2013-04-01 | 6428 |
| 2013-05-01 | 6726 |
| 2013-06-01 | 6614 |
| 2013-07-01 | 6526 |
| 2013-08-01 | 6284 |
| 2013-09-01 | 6119 |
| 2013-10-01 | 6024 |
| 2013-11-01 | 5754 |
| 2013-12-01 | 6126 |
| 2014-01-01 | 6360 |
| 2014-02-01 | 6011 |
| 2014-03-01 | 6174 |
| 2014-04-01 | 6207 |
| 2014-05-01 | 6553 |
| 2014-06-01 | 6207 |
| 2014-07-01 | 6264 |
| 2014-08-01 | 6376 |
| 2014-09-01 | 6326 |
| 2014-10-01 | 6431 |
| 2014-11-01 | 6558 |
| 2014-12-01 | 6406 |
| 2015-01-01 | 6300 |
| 2015-02-01 | 6503 |
| 2015-03-01 | 6355 |
| 2015-04-01 | 6221 |
| 2015-05-01 | 6051 |
| 2015-06-01 | 6130 |
| 2015-07-01 | 6097 |
| 2015-08-01 | 5890 |
| 2015-09-01 | 5868 |
| 2015-10-01 | 5997 |
| 2015-11-01 | 5649 |
| 2015-12-01 | 5909 |
| 2016-01-01 | 6006 |
| 2016-02-01 | 5927 |
| 2016-03-01 | 5730 |
| 2016-04-01 | 5812 |
| 2016-05-01 | 5962 |
| 2016-06-01 | 5590 |
| 2016-07-01 | 5906 |
| 2016-08-01 | 5752 |
| 2016-09-01 | 6017 |
| 2016-10-01 | 5948 |
| 2016-11-01 | 5864 |
| 2016-12-01 | 5668 |
| 2017-01-01 | 5758 |
| 2017-02-01 | 5653 |
| 2017-03-01 | 5758 |
| 2017-04-01 | 5708 |
| 2017-05-01 | 5465 |
| 2017-06-01 | 5277 |
| 2017-07-01 | 5425 |
| 2017-08-01 | 5734 |
| 2017-09-01 | 5637 |
| 2017-10-01 | 5293 |
| 2017-11-01 | 5219 |
| 2017-12-01 | 5275 |
| 2018-01-01 | 5201 |
| 2018-02-01 | 5208 |
| 2018-03-01 | 5047 |
| 2018-04-01 | 5151 |
| 2018-05-01 | 5189 |
| 2018-06-01 | 5203 |
| 2018-07-01 | 5168 |
| 2018-08-01 | 5419 |
| 2018-09-01 | 5263 |
| 2018-10-01 | 5393 |
| 2018-11-01 | 5392 |
| 2018-12-01 | 5341 |
| 2019-01-01 | 5279 |
| 2019-02-01 | 5282 |
| 2019-03-01 | 5178 |
| 2019-04-01 | 5095 |
| 2019-05-01 | 4980 |
| 2019-06-01 | 5264 |
| 2019-07-01 | 4970 |
| 2019-08-01 | 5215 |
| 2019-09-01 | 4788 |
| 2019-10-01 | 4755 |
| 2019-11-01 | 4852 |
| 2019-12-01 | 4853 |
| 2020-01-01 | 4942 |
| 2020-02-01 | 5075 |
| 2020-03-01 | 5529 |
| 2020-04-01 | 9904 |
| 2020-05-01 | 8890 |
| 2020-06-01 | 8204 |
| 2020-07-01 | 7671 |
| 2020-08-01 | 7067 |
| 2020-09-01 | 7105 |
| 2020-10-01 | 6654 |
| 2020-11-01 | 7130 |
| 2020-12-01 | 7295 |
| 2021-01-01 | 6973 |
| 2021-02-01 | 6985 |
| 2021-03-01 | 6873 |
| 2021-04-01 | 6617 |
| 2021-05-01 | 6542 |
| 2021-06-01 | 6435 |
| 2021-07-01 | 6483 |
| 2021-08-01 | 5672 |
| 2021-09-01 | 5864 |
| 2021-10-01 | 5902 |
| 2021-11-01 | 5847 |
| 2021-12-01 | 5751 |
| 2022-01-01 | 5718 |
| 2022-02-01 | 5388 |
| 2022-03-01 | 5805 |
| 2022-04-01 | 5864 |
| 2022-05-01 | 5630 |
| 2022-06-01 | 5670 |
| 2022-07-01 | 5884 |
| 2022-08-01 | 5491 |
| 2022-09-01 | 5800 |
| 2022-10-01 | 5673 |
| 2022-11-01 | 5570 |
| 2022-12-01 | 5177 |
| 2023-01-01 | 5312 |
| 2023-02-01 | 5077 |
| 2023-03-01 | 4954 |
| 2023-04-01 | 5299 |
| 2023-05-01 | 5450 |
| 2023-06-01 | 5419 |
| 2023-07-01 | 5236 |
| 2023-08-01 | 5337 |
| 2023-09-01 | 5448 |
| 2023-10-01 | 5369 |
| 2023-11-01 | 5368 |
| 2023-12-01 | 5695 |
| 2024-01-01 | 5809 |
| 2024-02-01 | 5633 |
| 2024-03-01 | 5419 |
| 2024-04-01 | 5658 |
| 2024-05-01 | 5702 |
| 2024-06-01 | 5232 |
| 2024-07-01 | 5605 |
| 2024-08-01 | 5600 |
| 2024-09-01 | 5740 |
| 2024-10-01 | 5662 |
| 2024-11-01 | 5498 |
| 2024-12-01 | 5524 |
| 2025-01-01 | 5506 |
| 2025-02-01 | 5896 |
| 2025-03-01 | 5910 |
| 2025-04-01 | 5691 |
| 2025-05-01 | 6008 |
| 2025-06-01 | 6032 |
| 2025-07-01 | 6186 |
| 2025-08-01 | 6347 |
| 2025-09-01 | 5943 |
| 2025-10-01 | . |
| 2025-11-01 | 6139 |
| 2025-12-01 | 6208 |
| 2026-01-01 | 5809 |