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Employed Women vs Men Since the Pandemic (Household Survey)
Change in employed people since February 2020, thousands
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Women · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Men · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, seasonally adjusted, people aged 16 and over. The survey was not collected for October 2025 (the 2025 lapse in appropriations): the line breaks there. New population controls each January can step the levels.
The household survey counts people rather than jobs and includes the self-employed. It is noisier than the payroll count, and the January population-control steps show as jumps, but it is the check on whether payroll gains reach people.
What this chart reads
- Employed Women, Household Survey (U.S.)as “Women”latest 2026-09-01
- Employed Men, Household Survey (U.S.)as “Men”latest 2026-09-01
Sources
Employed Women, Household Survey (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Level - Women (LNS12000002), via FRED. Public domain.
Employed Men, Household Survey (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Level - Men (LNS12000001), via FRED. Public domain.
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