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

Published on September 10, 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 August, the labor force participation rate is at 62.3%, up from 62.2% the previous month.