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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
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025
May
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025
May
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

2,836 3,219 3,094 3,213 3,235 3,316 3,313 3,455 3,457

On temporary layoff

556 704 602 836 835 817 811 867 874

Not on temporary layoff

2,279 2,515 2,492 2,378 2,400 2,499 2,502 2,588 2,583

Permanent job losers

1,724 1,903 1,890 1,757 1,708 1,748 1,810 1,918 1,916

People who completed temporary jobs

555 612 602 620 693 751 692 670 668

Job leavers

670 809 652 720 912 918 870 855 704

Reentrants

2,105 1,985 2,355 2,060 2,124 2,208 2,176 2,235 2,288

New entrants

624 568 713 646 659 662 739 701 725

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

45.5 48.9 45.4 48.4 46.7 46.7 46.7 47.7 48.2

On temporary layoff

8.9 10.7 8.8 12.6 12.0 11.5 11.4 12.0 12.2

Not on temporary layoff

36.6 38.2 36.6 35.8 34.6 35.2 35.3 35.7 36.0

Job leavers

10.7 12.3 9.6 10.8 13.2 12.9 12.3 11.8 9.8

Reentrants

33.8 30.2 34.6 31.0 30.7 31.1 30.7 30.8 31.9

New entrants

10.0 8.6 10.5 9.7 9.5 9.3 10.4 9.7 10.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

1.7 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0

Job leavers

0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4

Reentrants

1.3 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

New entrants

0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

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.

Last Modified Date: June 06, 2025