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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
May
2025		 Apr.
2026		 May
2026		 May
2025		 Jan.
2026		 Feb.
2026		 Mar.
2026		 Apr.
2026		 May
2026

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,094 3,281 2,997 3,459 3,495 3,620 3,403 3,511 3,385

On temporary layoff

 602 750 478 879 839 925 877 917 778

Not on temporary layoff

 2,492 2,531 2,519 2,580 2,657 2,694 2,526 2,595 2,606

Permanent job losers

 1,890 1,900 1,902 1,913 2,008 2,037 1,881 1,909 1,927

People who completed temporary jobs

 602 631 616 666 649 658 645 686 680

Job leavers

 652 800 847 706 1,038 867 898 844 916

Reentrants

 2,355 2,019 2,259 2,291 2,168 2,320 2,254 2,282 2,209

New entrants

 713 668 801 734 796 805 714 805 818

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 45.4 48.5 43.4 48.1 46.6 47.6 46.8 47.2 46.2

On temporary layoff

 8.8 11.1 6.9 12.2 11.2 12.2 12.1 12.3 10.6

Not on temporary layoff

 36.6 37.4 36.5 35.9 35.4 35.4 34.7 34.9 35.6

Job leavers

 9.6 11.8 12.3 9.8 13.8 11.4 12.4 11.3 12.5

Reentrants

 34.6 29.8 32.7 31.9 28.9 30.5 31.0 30.7 30.2

New entrants

 10.5 9.9 11.6 10.2 10.6 10.6 9.8 10.8 11.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 1.8 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0

Job leavers

 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Reentrants

 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3

New entrants

 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 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: June 05, 2026