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Reason | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2024 |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
May 2024 |
Jan. 2025 |
Feb. 2025 |
Mar. 2025 |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |