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	Jan. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,885	3,439	4,130	3,254	3,524	-	3,560	3,473	3,514
On temporary layoff	1,318	1,000	1,309	837	844	-	1,002	929	846
Not on temporary layoff	2,567	2,439	2,821	2,417	2,680	-	2,558	2,544	2,668
Permanent job losers	1,759	1,866	2,043	1,724	2,012	-	1,936	1,969	2,007
People who completed temporary jobs	808	572	779	692	668	-	623	575	661
Job leavers	910	781	1,035	910	860	-	861	832	1,029
Reentrants	2,123	2,047	2,118	2,132	2,336	-	2,600	2,337	2,157
New entrants	549	736	659	668	813	-	774	840	792

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	52.0	49.1	52.0	46.7	46.8	-	45.7	46.4	46.9
On temporary layoff	17.6	14.3	16.5	12.0	11.2	-	12.8	12.4	11.3
Not on temporary layoff	34.4	34.8	35.5	34.7	35.6	-	32.8	34.0	35.6
Job leavers	12.2	11.2	13.0	13.1	11.4	-	11.0	11.1	13.7
Reentrants	28.4	29.2	26.7	30.6	31.0	-	33.3	31.2	28.8
New entrants	7.4	10.5	8.3	9.6	10.8	-	9.9	11.2	10.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.3	2.0	2.4	1.9	2.1	-	2.1	2.0	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	-	0.5	0.5	0.6
Reentrants	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.4	-	1.5	1.4	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	-	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. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026