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, May 2026, June 2026, and July 2026

characteristic Average of same 3 months prior year May 2026 June 2026 July 2026
White men 67.2% 66.2% 65.7% 65.9%
White women 55.8% 54.9% 54.8% 54.6%
Black men 64.1% 63.4% 63.9% 63.4%
Black women 57.5% 58.7% 57.8% 57.3%
Latinx men 75.7% 75.4% 74.3% 75.0%
Latinx women 58.9% 60.0% 58.5% 59.4%
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. 

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.