Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): United States

The latest reading SOTW holds for United States is 170,193.534 thousands of persons for 2026-Q3, from ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · thousands of persons · ILO.LF.LVL.Q · USA

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Latest
170,193.534
thousands of persons · 2026-Q3
Previous
169,849.038
thousands of persons · 2026-Q2
Earliest held
156,193.526
thousands of persons · 2015-Q1
Readings shown
47
Every reading SOTW holds

United States · history

thousands of persons · Quarterly

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:26:27.470Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Labour force, both sexes, publisher 15+ classification (ICLS13) (quarterly, ILOSTAT): United States: 47 readings, newest first. Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization).
PeriodValue (thousands of persons)Status
2026-Q3170,193.534
2026-Q2169,849.038
2026-Q1169,973.060
2025-Q4171,094.891Series break (B)
2025-Q3171,299.140
2025-Q2170,736.314
2025-Q1170,194.271
2024-Q4168,159.801
2024-Q3169,018.554
2024-Q2168,022.120
2024-Q1167,224.369
2023-Q4167,470.578
2023-Q3168,040.328
2023-Q2166,944.371
2023-Q1166,010.351
2022-Q4164,416.293
2022-Q3164,918.161
2022-Q2164,206.311
2022-Q1163,607.809
2021-Q4161,885.752
2021-Q3161,999.137
2021-Q2161,050.983
2021-Q1159,879.727
2020-Q4160,512.489
2020-Q3160,804.440
2020-Q2158,229.289
2020-Q1163,423.131Series break (B)
2019-Q4164,322.979
2019-Q3164,301.150
2019-Q2162,957.019
2019-Q1162,573.248
2018-Q4162,632.653
2018-Q3162,533.541
2018-Q2162,107.155
2018-Q1161,026.334
2017-Q4160,270.141
2017-Q3161,274.473
2017-Q2160,377.650
2017-Q1159,356.590
2016-Q4159,400.590
2016-Q3160,046.695
2016-Q2159,140.726
2016-Q1158,159.921
2015-Q4157,299.444
2015-Q3157,508.039
2015-Q2157,518.835
2015-Q1156,193.526

Source: ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization). All 47 readings held, 2015-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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