Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Employed Persons in Puerto Rico

Title Employed Persons in Puerto Rico
Series ID LAUST720000000000005
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1976-01-01 to 2024-11-01
Last Updated 2025-01-03 10:28 AM CST
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1976-01-01 646200
1976-02-01 666200
1976-03-01 686400
1976-04-01 694900
1976-05-01 708900
1976-06-01 706300
1976-07-01 714000
1976-08-01 681300
1976-09-01 694700
1976-10-01 692300
1976-11-01 696400
1976-12-01 699600
1977-01-01 675300
1977-02-01 700200
1977-03-01 692700
1977-04-01 681100
1977-05-01 680100
1977-06-01 686800
1977-07-01 702200
1977-08-01 712300
1977-09-01 719700
1977-10-01 717100
1977-11-01 721300
1977-12-01 708900
1978-01-01 709700
1978-02-01 724100
1978-03-01 728900
1978-04-01 744800
1978-05-01 733900
1978-06-01 742300
1978-07-01 738300
1978-08-01 724100
1978-09-01 727500
1978-10-01 726600
1978-11-01 731000
1978-12-01 726800
1979-01-01 718300
1979-02-01 735800
1979-03-01 750200
1979-04-01 745600
1979-05-01 745500
1979-06-01 754500
1979-07-01 763500
1979-08-01 750600
1979-09-01 743500
1979-10-01 751100
1979-11-01 744300
1979-12-01 732400
1980-01-01 728400
1980-02-01 745100
1980-03-01 756700
1980-04-01 769800
1980-05-01 766900
1980-06-01 781000
1980-07-01 776500
1980-08-01 754200
1980-09-01 752500
1980-10-01 762900
1980-11-01 756200
1980-12-01 767500
1981-01-01 742100
1981-02-01 761000
1981-03-01 760400
1981-04-01 768400
1981-05-01 756200
1981-06-01 749900
1981-07-01 743300
1981-08-01 724000
1981-09-01 721200
1981-10-01 738900
1981-11-01 723200
1981-12-01 720300
1982-01-01 703600
1982-02-01 700700
1982-03-01 717700
1982-04-01 736600
1982-05-01 709400
1982-06-01 714600
1982-07-01 694700
1982-08-01 680200
1982-09-01 710800
1982-10-01 712900
1982-11-01 717400
1982-12-01 703700
1983-01-01 687100
1983-02-01 696300
1983-03-01 707900
1983-04-01 733500
1983-05-01 729800
1983-06-01 737000
1983-07-01 722200
1983-08-01 721500
1983-09-01 738000
1983-10-01 753300
1983-11-01 763900
1983-12-01 776300
1984-01-01 759459
1984-02-01 771800
1984-03-01 764311
1984-04-01 754082
1984-05-01 764251
1984-06-01 762250
1984-07-01 760471
1984-08-01 763683
1984-09-01 777895
1984-10-01 793618
1984-11-01 808813
1984-12-01 800142
1985-01-01 762133
1985-02-01 761386
1985-03-01 768426
1985-04-01 762582
1985-05-01 760350
1985-06-01 772757
1985-07-01 766440
1985-08-01 773328
1985-09-01 787280
1985-10-01 787437
1985-11-01 810285
1985-12-01 803964
1986-01-01 799962
1986-02-01 809630
1986-03-01 811964
1986-04-01 802098
1986-05-01 801377
1986-06-01 825366
1986-07-01 844454
1986-08-01 843392
1986-09-01 855699
1986-10-01 882386
1986-11-01 868058
1986-12-01 868030
1987-01-01 862884
1987-02-01 850957
1987-03-01 862915
1987-04-01 861753
1987-05-01 859147
1987-06-01 890542
1987-07-01 873326
1987-08-01 878169
1987-09-01 892016
1987-10-01 901312
1987-11-01 920959
1987-12-01 907110
1988-01-01 902191
1988-02-01 902780
1988-03-01 916522
1988-04-01 927770
1988-05-01 922094
1988-06-01 963002
1988-07-01 947488
1988-08-01 931712
1988-09-01 953077
1988-10-01 957852
1988-11-01 967686
1988-12-01 967444
1989-01-01 927327
1989-02-01 953241
1989-03-01 942862
1989-04-01 939634
1989-05-01 932445
1989-06-01 952609
1989-07-01 958088
1989-08-01 950452
1989-09-01 963120
1989-10-01 947613
1989-11-01 978439
1989-12-01 976949
1990-01-01 951278
1990-02-01 945908
1990-03-01 955489
1990-04-01 953867
1990-05-01 983265
1990-06-01 994990
1990-07-01 973455
1990-08-01 962138
1990-09-01 983323
1990-10-01 975164
1990-11-01 988861
1990-12-01 994046
1991-01-01 978755
1991-02-01 973068
1991-03-01 975761
1991-04-01 982183
1991-05-01 975791
1991-06-01 984070
1991-07-01 990651
1991-08-01 957326
1991-09-01 983519
1991-10-01 1002217
1991-11-01 989908
1991-12-01 988889
1992-01-01 961016
1992-02-01 945754
1992-03-01 966946
1992-04-01 983351
1992-05-01 989760
1992-06-01 1018785
1992-07-01 999168
1992-08-01 993066
1992-09-01 995719
1992-10-01 1024352
1992-11-01 1017208
1992-12-01 1008392
1993-01-01 977371
1993-02-01 976916
1993-03-01 1008947
1993-04-01 1012706
1993-05-01 1027717
1993-06-01 1025054
1993-07-01 1004564
1993-08-01 997983
1993-09-01 1005416
1993-10-01 1022577
1993-11-01 1032166
1993-12-01 1033758
1994-01-01 1002708
1994-02-01 1012923
1994-03-01 1015188
1994-04-01 1015943
1994-05-01 1033447
1994-06-01 1030192
1994-07-01 1051679
1994-08-01 1048367
1994-09-01 1033691
1994-10-01 1035082
1994-11-01 1051551
1994-12-01 1056628
1995-01-01 1057552
1995-02-01 1089528
1995-03-01 1070797
1995-04-01 1063687
1995-05-01 1051905
1995-06-01 1048335
1995-07-01 1071539
1995-08-01 1074602
1995-09-01 1059440
1995-10-01 1100066
1995-11-01 1111174
1995-12-01 1119046
1996-01-01 1093985
1996-02-01 1113599
1996-03-01 1106354
1996-04-01 1089110
1996-05-01 1089404
1996-06-01 1083560
1996-07-01 1118292
1996-08-01 1087847
1996-09-01 1093382
1996-10-01 1135349
1996-11-01 1161592
1996-12-01 1165980
1997-01-01 1136249
1997-02-01 1131068
1997-03-01 1128645
1997-04-01 1118500
1997-05-01 1120772
1997-06-01 1131796
1997-07-01 1131666
1997-08-01 1136735
1997-09-01 1143533
1997-10-01 1137427
1997-11-01 1150279
1997-12-01 1125226
1998-01-01 1114245
1998-02-01 1129930
1998-03-01 1150199
1998-04-01 1134393
1998-05-01 1153712
1998-06-01 1157669
1998-07-01 1138193
1998-08-01 1119730
1998-09-01 1123311
1998-10-01 1086785
1998-11-01 1147679
1998-12-01 1176873
1999-01-01 1155061
1999-02-01 1150495
1999-03-01 1149665
1999-04-01 1155652
1999-05-01 1158640
1999-06-01 1156328
1999-07-01 1137905
1999-08-01 1115988
1999-09-01 1113119
1999-10-01 1122612
1999-11-01 1131541
1999-12-01 1162587
2000-01-01 1146656
2000-02-01 1162588
2000-03-01 1178597
2000-04-01 1159253
2000-05-01 1197782
2000-06-01 1174864
2000-07-01 1170012
2000-08-01 1131883
2000-09-01 1146273
2000-10-01 1138016
2000-11-01 1160344
2000-12-01 1166130
2001-01-01 1129439
2001-02-01 1130413
2001-03-01 1127824
2001-04-01 1124197
2001-05-01 1131437
2001-06-01 1135818
2001-07-01 1114067
2001-08-01 1107027
2001-09-01 1115215
2001-10-01 1115448
2001-11-01 1152512
2001-12-01 1161054
2002-01-01 1146175
2002-02-01 1159856
2002-03-01 1164214
2002-04-01 1162243
2002-05-01 1162196
2002-06-01 1168908
2002-07-01 1147396
2002-08-01 1149321
2002-09-01 1154154
2002-10-01 1154124
2002-11-01 1177431
2002-12-01 1167446
2003-01-01 1181919
2003-02-01 1173773
2003-03-01 1187744
2003-04-01 1196640
2003-05-01 1209710
2003-06-01 1200175
2003-07-01 1183651
2003-08-01 1168072
2003-09-01 1152352
2003-10-01 1176208
2003-11-01 1177685
2003-12-01 1207140
2004-01-01 1182217
2004-02-01 1185598
2004-03-01 1197825
2004-04-01 1199547
2004-05-01 1196320
2004-06-01 1218259
2004-07-01 1202776
2004-08-01 1201732
2004-09-01 1223548
2004-10-01 1211546
2004-11-01 1212336
2004-12-01 1222719
2005-01-01 1200601
2005-02-01 1202458
2005-03-01 1205142
2005-04-01 1192991
2005-05-01 1230166
2005-06-01 1247586
2005-07-01 1222870
2005-08-01 1237991
2005-09-01 1257910
2005-10-01 1212921
2005-11-01 1221044
2005-12-01 1230136
2006-01-01 1265401
2006-02-01 1271530
2006-03-01 1296882
2006-04-01 1300683
2006-05-01 1270035
2006-06-01 1265910
2006-07-01 1235276
2006-08-01 1250737
2006-09-01 1263466
2006-10-01 1273320
2006-11-01 1280007
2006-12-01 1275070
2007-01-01 1275436
2007-02-01 1291515
2007-03-01 1281742
2007-04-01 1265197
2007-05-01 1245250
2007-06-01 1222827
2007-07-01 1207291
2007-08-01 1202224
2007-09-01 1201940
2007-10-01 1188011
2007-11-01 1204551
2007-12-01 1201206
2008-01-01 1200748
2008-02-01 1212775
2008-03-01 1220803
2008-04-01 1205889
2008-05-01 1199225
2008-06-01 1191162
2008-07-01 1173081
2008-08-01 1168172
2008-09-01 1172805
2008-10-01 1159764
2008-11-01 1177992
2008-12-01 1166364
2009-01-01 1147327
2009-02-01 1130878
2009-03-01 1102470
2009-04-01 1115980
2009-05-01 1118716
2009-06-01 1093570
2009-07-01 1083333
2009-08-01 1078904
2009-09-01 1077075
2009-10-01 1090182
2009-11-01 1087970
2009-12-01 1095941
2010-01-01 1084518
2010-02-01 1069131
2010-03-01 1065647
2010-04-01 1060329
2010-05-01 1053104
2010-06-01 1056463
2010-07-01 1041370
2010-08-01 1047600
2010-09-01 1056724
2010-10-01 1066591
2010-11-01 1069329
2010-12-01 1061762
2011-01-01 1052927
2011-02-01 1028866
2011-03-01 1019756
2011-04-01 1019110
2011-05-01 1018534
2011-06-01 1036497
2011-07-01 1011574
2011-08-01 999324
2011-09-01 1021544
2011-10-01 1017332
2011-11-01 1027353
2011-12-01 1053875
2012-01-01 1030018
2012-02-01 1026179
2012-03-01 1019073
2012-04-01 1013178
2012-05-01 1030775
2012-06-01 1028870
2012-07-01 1022746
2012-08-01 1011437
2012-09-01 1009668
2012-10-01 1013086
2012-11-01 1025311
2012-12-01 1026308
2013-01-01 1018910
2013-02-01 1012707
2013-03-01 1004176
2013-04-01 998640
2013-05-01 997781
2013-06-01 999818
2013-07-01 997558
2013-08-01 990978
2013-09-01 984331
2013-10-01 992860
2013-11-01 1003854
2013-12-01 992763
2014-01-01 999346
2014-02-01 983217
2014-03-01 981440
2014-04-01 977829
2014-05-01 971655
2014-06-01 978179
2014-07-01 964583
2014-08-01 957042
2014-09-01 947616
2014-10-01 970027
2014-11-01 976414
2014-12-01 991035
2015-01-01 1008164
2015-02-01 998876
2015-03-01 992396
2015-04-01 971740
2015-05-01 965151
2015-06-01 969226
2015-07-01 978924
2015-08-01 971401
2015-09-01 983559
2015-10-01 978564
2015-11-01 992541
2015-12-01 1019939
2016-01-01 994389
2016-02-01 999677
2016-03-01 986517
2016-04-01 996202
2016-05-01 1000012
2016-06-01 984223
2016-07-01 981643
2016-08-01 968481
2016-09-01 967731
2016-10-01 959853
2016-11-01 983168
2016-12-01 996653
2017-01-01 986628
2017-02-01 1010961
2017-03-01 996317
2017-04-01 983198
2017-05-01 982183
2017-06-01 977677
2017-07-01 971884
2017-08-01 957042
2017-09-01 963816
2017-10-01 927868
2017-11-01 982641
2017-12-01 990967
2018-01-01 972039
2018-02-01 969085
2018-03-01 971410
2018-04-01 978613
2018-05-01 982228
2018-06-01 993342
2018-07-01 987997
2018-08-01 976098
2018-09-01 986335
2018-10-01 984850
2018-11-01 987554
2018-12-01 996457
2019-01-01 988512
2019-02-01 985471
2019-03-01 979595
2019-04-01 1005960
2019-05-01 1018497
2019-06-01 1038561
2019-07-01 1035870
2019-08-01 1020874
2019-09-01 995989
2019-10-01 987779
2019-11-01 977989
2019-12-01 969253
2020-01-01 948921
2020-02-01 974262
2020-03-01 .
2020-04-01 .
2020-05-01 985577
2020-06-01 1047735
2020-07-01 1041731
2020-08-01 1038452
2020-09-01 1029876
2020-10-01 1025579
2020-11-01 1007948
2020-12-01 995611
2021-01-01 1010968
2021-02-01 1033904
2021-03-01 1065726
2021-04-01 1083585
2021-05-01 1080546
2021-06-01 1063956
2021-07-01 1056219
2021-08-01 1075440
2021-09-01 1095873
2021-10-01 1102600
2021-11-01 1126083
2021-12-01 1154438
2022-01-01 1128934
2022-02-01 1142731
2022-03-01 1138932
2022-04-01 1128259
2022-05-01 1115747
2022-06-01 1099666
2022-07-01 1079176
2022-08-01 1089766
2022-09-01 1094695
2022-10-01 1098225
2022-11-01 1127999
2022-12-01 1147123
2023-01-01 1145079
2023-02-01 1132932
2023-03-01 1123434
2023-04-01 1110713
2023-05-01 1095846
2023-06-01 1090673
2023-07-01 1106640
2023-08-01 1123348
2023-09-01 1136781
2023-10-01 1150753
2023-11-01 1160010
2023-12-01 1149308
2024-01-01 1151305
2024-02-01 1145796
2024-03-01 1142566
2024-04-01 1131089
2024-05-01 1132868
2024-06-01 1130740
2024-07-01 1124838
2024-08-01 1130601
2024-09-01 1141667
2024-10-01 1149037
2024-11-01 1170602

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