Table A-11. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Reason	June 2025	May 2026	June 2026	June 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,311	2,997	3,262	3,306	3,620	3,403	3,511	3,385	3,278
On temporary layoff	918	478	802	867	925	877	917	778	768
Not on temporary layoff	2,393	2,519	2,460	2,438	2,694	2,526	2,595	2,606	2,511
Permanent job losers	1,885	1,902	1,755	1,892	2,037	1,881	1,909	1,927	1,769
People who completed temporary jobs	508	616	705	546	658	645	686	680	741
Job leavers	798	847	749	825	867	898	844	916	776
Reentrants	2,342	2,259	2,422	2,160	2,320	2,254	2,282	2,209	2,237
New entrants	1,008	801	1,043	723	805	714	805	818	772

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	44.4	43.4	43.6	47.1	47.6	46.8	47.2	46.2	46.4
On temporary layoff	12.3	6.9	10.7	12.4	12.2	12.1	12.3	10.6	10.9
Not on temporary layoff	32.1	36.5	32.9	34.8	35.4	34.7	34.9	35.6	35.5
Job leavers	10.7	12.3	10.0	11.8	11.4	12.4	11.3	12.5	11.0
Reentrants	31.4	32.7	32.4	30.8	30.5	31.0	30.7	30.2	31.7
New entrants	13.5	11.6	14.0	10.3	10.6	9.8	10.8	11.2	10.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: July 02, 2026