Share of newly employed workers who transitioned into employment from being out of the labor force in the previous month, Dec. 1990–Dec. 2019

Year Share
Dec-1990 61.5%
Jan-1991 61.3%
Feb-1991 61.0%
Mar-1991 60.5%
Apr-1991 60.0%
May-1991 59.8%
Jun-1991 59.2%
Jul-1991 59.0%
Aug-1991 58.5%
Sep-1991 58.3%
Oct-1991 58.0%
Nov-1991 57.6%
Dec-1991 57.5%
Jan-1992 57.4%
Feb-1992 57.2%
Mar-1992 57.4%
Apr-1992 57.3%
May-1992 57.2%
Jun-1992 57.0%
Jul-1992 56.9%
Aug-1992 56.8%
Sep-1992 56.6%
Oct-1992 56.6%
Nov-1992 56.5%
Dec-1992 56.5%
Jan-1993 56.4%
Feb-1993 56.6%
Mar-1993 56.7%
Apr-1993 56.7%
May-1993 57.1%
Jun-1993 57.2%
Jul-1993 57.1%
Aug-1993 57.5%
Sep-1993 57.8%
Oct-1993 58.0%
Nov-1993 58.1%
Dec-1993 58.3%
Jan-1994 58.3%
Feb-1994 58.4%
Mar-1994 58.5%
Apr-1994 58.4%
May-1994 58.5%
Jun-1994 58.7%
Jul-1994 58.7%
Aug-1994 58.8%
Sep-1994 58.8%
Oct-1994 59.0%
Nov-1994 59.2%
Dec-1994 59.2%
Jan-1995 59.3%
Feb-1995 59.4%
Mar-1995 59.5%
Apr-1995 59.7%
May-1995 59.6%
Jun-1995 59.7%
Jul-1995 59.8%
Aug-1995 59.8%
Sep-1995 59.9%
Oct-1995 59.8%
Nov-1995 59.9%
Dec-1995 59.7%
Jan-1996 59.8%
Feb-1996 60.0%
Mar-1996 60.0%
Apr-1996 60.3%
May-1996 60.4%
Jun-1996 60.4%
Jul-1996 60.7%
Aug-1996 60.5%
Sep-1996 60.7%
Oct-1996 60.6%
Nov-1996 60.7%
Dec-1996 60.6%
Jan-1997 60.3%
Feb-1997 60.2%
Mar-1997 60.4%
Apr-1997 60.5%
May-1997 60.5%
Jun-1997 60.3%
Jul-1997 60.4%
Aug-1997 60.6%
Sep-1997 60.8%
Oct-1997 60.9%
Nov-1997 61.4%
Dec-1997 61.8%
Jan-1998 62.1%
Feb-1998 62.1%
Mar-1998 62.2%
Apr-1998 62.3%
May-1998 62.7%
Jun-1998 63.0%
Jul-1998 63.1%
Aug-1998 63.3%
Sep-1998 63.7%
Oct-1998 63.7%
Nov-1998 63.9%
Dec-1998 64.2%
Jan-1999 64.5%
Feb-1999 64.6%
Mar-1999 64.7%
Apr-1999 65.0%
May-1999 65.4%
Jun-1999 65.6%
Jul-1999 65.7%
Aug-1999 65.5%
Sep-1999 65.6%
Oct-1999 65.8%
Nov-1999 65.6%
Dec-1999 65.5%
Jan-2000 65.5%
Feb-2000 65.9%
Mar-2000 65.6%
Apr-2000 65.4%
May-2000 65.4%
Jun-2000 65.5%
Jul-2000 65.3%
Aug-2000 65.5%
Sep-2000 65.5%
Oct-2000 65.7%
Nov-2000 66.1%
Dec-2000 66.5%
Jan-2001 66.7%
Feb-2001 66.9%
Mar-2001 67.0%
Apr-2001 67.0%
May-2001 66.8%
Jun-2001 67.0%
Jul-2001 67.1%
Aug-2001 67.0%
Sep-2001 67.0%
Oct-2001 66.6%
Nov-2001 66.0%
Dec-2001 65.4%
Jan-2002 64.9%
Feb-2002 64.5%
Mar-2002 64.0%
Apr-2002 63.9%
May-2002 63.8%
Jun-2002 63.6%
Jul-2002 63.4%
Aug-2002 63.1%
Sep-2002 62.9%
Oct-2002 63.1%
Nov-2002 63.3%
Dec-2002 63.4%
Jan-2003 63.6%
Feb-2003 64.0%
Mar-2003 64.1%
Apr-2003 64.0%
May-2003 63.8%
Jun-2003 63.8%
Jul-2003 63.7%
Aug-2003 63.8%
Sep-2003 63.9%
Oct-2003 63.9%
Nov-2003 64.0%
Dec-2003 63.7%
Jan-2004 63.7%
Feb-2004 63.7%
Mar-2004 63.9%
Apr-2004 63.9%
May-2004 63.9%
Jun-2004 64.1%
Jul-2004 64.2%
Aug-2004 64.2%
Sep-2004 64.0%
Oct-2004 64.0%
Nov-2004 64.3%
Dec-2004 64.2%
Jan-2005 64.4%
Feb-2005 64.3%
Mar-2005 64.4%
Apr-2005 64.6%
May-2005 64.8%
Jun-2005 64.9%
Jul-2005 65.1%
Aug-2005 65.3%
Sep-2005 65.5%
Oct-2005 65.7%
Nov-2005 65.7%
Dec-2005 65.9%
Jan-2006 66.0%
Feb-2006 66.4%
Mar-2006 66.5%
Apr-2006 66.5%
May-2006 66.7%
Jun-2006 66.6%
Jul-2006 66.8%
Aug-2006 66.7%
Sep-2006 66.6%
Oct-2006 67.0%
Nov-2006 67.1%
Dec-2006 67.3%
Jan-2007 67.2%
Feb-2007 67.1%
Mar-2007 66.9%
Apr-2007 66.8%
May-2007 66.8%
Jun-2007 67.2%
Jul-2007 67.2%
Aug-2007 67.3%
Sep-2007 67.2%
Oct-2007 67.0%
Nov-2007 67.0%
Dec-2007 66.8%
Jan-2008 66.8%
Feb-2008 66.8%
Mar-2008 66.7%
Apr-2008 66.4%
May-2008 66.1%
Jun-2008 66.0%
Jul-2008 65.8%
Aug-2008 65.4%
Sep-2008 64.9%
Oct-2008 64.3%
Nov-2008 64.1%
Dec-2008 63.7%
Jan-2009 63.5%
Feb-2009 63.0%
Mar-2009 62.7%
Apr-2009 62.0%
May-2009 61.6%
Jun-2009 60.8%
Jul-2009 60.2%
Aug-2009 59.9%
Sep-2009 59.3%
Oct-2009 59.0%
Nov-2009 58.4%
Dec-2009 58.1%
Jan-2010 58.0%
Feb-2010 57.9%
Mar-2010 57.7%
Apr-2010 57.4%
May-2010 57.4%
Jun-2010 57.5%
Jul-2010 57.4%
Aug-2010 57.8%
Sep-2010 57.8%
Oct-2010 58.0%
Nov-2010 58.2%
Dec-2010 58.0%
Jan-2011 58.1%
Feb-2011 58.4%
Mar-2011 58.7%
Apr-2011 59.2%
May-2011 59.4%
Jun-2011 59.4%
Jul-2011 59.5%
Aug-2011 59.6%
Sep-2011 59.9%
Oct-2011 59.8%
Nov-2011 60.0%
Dec-2011 59.9%
Jan-2012 59.7%
Feb-2012 59.7%
Mar-2012 59.6%
Apr-2012 59.7%
May-2012 60.0%
Jun-2012 60.1%
Jul-2012 60.3%
Aug-2012 60.5%
Sep-2012 60.8%
Oct-2012 60.9%
Nov-2012 61.3%
Dec-2012 61.7%
Jan-2013 61.7%
Feb-2013 61.8%
Mar-2013 62.1%
Apr-2013 62.3%
May-2013 62.3%
Jun-2013 62.4%
Jul-2013 62.3%
Aug-2013 62.5%
Sep-2013 62.9%
Oct-2013 63.0%
Nov-2013 62.9%
Dec-2013 63.2%
Jan-2014 63.6%
Feb-2014 63.5%
Mar-2014 63.5%
Apr-2014 63.4%
May-2014 63.8%
Jun-2014 64.0%
Jul-2014 64.3%
Aug-2014 64.3%
Sep-2014 64.3%
Oct-2014 64.5%
Nov-2014 64.8%
Dec-2014 64.8%
Jan-2015 65.5%
Feb-2015 65.9%
Mar-2015 66.4%
Apr-2015 66.5%
May-2015 67.0%
Jun-2015 66.9%
Jul-2015 67.4%
Aug-2015 67.9%
Sep-2015 68.0%
Oct-2015 68.4%
Nov-2015 68.6%
Dec-2015 68.5%
Jan-2016 68.6%
Feb-2016 69.0%
Mar-2016 69.2%
Apr-2016 69.2%
May-2016 69.5%
Jun-2016 69.2%
Jul-2016 69.3%
Aug-2016 69.6%
Sep-2016 69.4%
Oct-2016 69.2%
Nov-2016 69.2%
Dec-2016 69.3%
Jan-2017 69.1%
Feb-2017 68.9%
Mar-2017 68.9%
Apr-2017 69.1%
May-2017 69.2%
Jun-2017 69.4%
Jul-2017 69.2%
Aug-2017 69.6%
Sep-2017 70.0%
Oct-2017 70.0%
Nov-2017 70.1%
Dec-2017 70.2%
Jan-2018 70.6%
Feb-2018 70.7%
Mar-2018 70.7%
Apr-2018 70.8%
May-2018 70.9%
Jun-2018 71.3%
Jul-2018 71.4%
Aug-2018 71.5%
Sep-2018 71.9%
Oct-2018 72.1%
Nov-2018 72.2%
Dec-2018 72.3%
Jan-2019 72.4%
Feb-2019 72.6%
Mar-2019 72.6%
Apr-2019 72.6%
May-2019 72.8%
Jun-2019 72.9%
Jul-2019 73.0%
Aug-2019 73.0%
Sep-2019 73.1%
Oct-2019 73.4%
Nov-2019 73.5%
Dec-2019 73.5%

Note: Data in the figure represent a 12-month rolling average.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Labor Force Flows Employed to Unemployed: 16 Years and Over” and “Labor Force Flows Not in Labor Force to Employed: 16 Years and Over,” Labor Force Status Flows from the Current Population Survey, retrieved January 2020 from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Data (FRED)

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