Women's Share of Employed People, Household Survey (U.S.)

## What this measures

Women's share of employed people: LNS12000002 ÷ (LNS12000001 + LNS12000002) × 100, monthly since January 1948.

## Why it matters

The household-survey view of the same question as women's share of payroll jobs, counting people rather than jobs and including the self-employed.

## How to read it

The household survey was not collected for October 2025 (the 2025 lapse in appropriations), so that month has no reading; charts break the line there rather than join September to November. The share is less affected by January population controls than the levels, because both inputs move together.

## What it does not say

It says nothing about hours or pay. Sampling error is larger than for the payroll share.

## Source

Palanor calculation from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey data (LNS12000001, LNS12000002), via FRED. Public domain.