Employment-Population Ratio
Employment-Population Ratio is the share of the eligible population that is employed, reported as Percent.
58.90
Percent
Employment-Population Ratio — latest reading: 58.90 percent. As of July 2026, it is down 1.3% over the past 12 months, well below its 10-year average. Source: EMRATIO, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it.
Min
51.20
Max
64.70
Average
59.26
10Y Percentile
15%
3M Change
-0.3%
Employment-Population Ratio (EMRATIO) — 942 observations from 1948-01-01 to 2026-07-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
How these numbers changed
Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what Employment-Population Ratio said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Percent.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 59.8 | 59.4 | -0.4 | 1× |
Employment-Population Ratio for January 2026 first printed at 59.8 on February 11, 2026, was revised once, and now reads down to 59.4. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.
Macro Regime Context
The growth regime is currently late cycle (67% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
-0.3%
6-Month
-0.8%
12-Month
-1.3%
What this means
Employment-Population Ratio is currently at 58.90 percent, which is well below its 10-year historical average. The trend is stable (-0.3% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is -0.8%, and over 12 months it is -1.3%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "Employment-Population Ratio," https://www.macroradar.io/employment-population-ratio (as of July 2026).