Long-Term Employment Trends by Age and Gender: March 2025

The labor force participation rate (LFPR) is a simple computation: You take the civilian labor force (people aged 16 and over employed or seeking employment) and divide it by the civilian non-institutional population (those 16 and over not in the military and or committed to an institution). As of March, the labor force participation rate is at 62.5%, up from 62.4% the previous month.