A more comprehensive look at employment: Employment-to-population ratios for select workers by race/ethnicity and gender, Average of same 3 months prior year, January 2026, February 2026, and March 2026

characteristic Average of same 3 months prior year January 2026 February 2026 March 2026
White men 67.3% 66.7% 66.5% 66.6%
White women 55.9% 54.9% 55.1% 54.9%
Black men 64.6% 63.3% 63.3% 62.7%
Black women 58.7% 58.6% 59.2% 59.4%
Latinx men 75.4% 75.9% 75.4% 75.3%
Latinx women 59.0% 60.3% 60.0% 60.7%
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: Data are for workers ages 20 and older. Racial and ethnic categories are not mutually exclusive; white and Black data do not exclude Latinx workers of each race. Employment to population levels are labeled for February, April, and the trough in between.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Household Data Table A-2, and Table A-3.

View the underlying data on epi.org.