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

Published on August 7, 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 July, the labor force participation rate is at 62.2%, down from 62.3% the previous month.

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