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Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
June
2023
May
2024
June
2024
June
2023
Feb.
2024
Mar.
2024
Apr.
2024
May
2024
June
2024

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,817 2,836 3,199 2,790 3,216 3,042 3,241 3,220 3,176

On temporary layoff

850 556 873 781 827 779 871 836 813

Not on temporary layoff

1,968 2,279 2,326 2,009 2,389 2,263 2,370 2,384 2,362

Permanent job losers

1,439 1,724 1,641 1,443 1,730 1,655 1,756 1,764 1,643

Persons who completed temporary jobs

528 555 685 566 659 607 615 620 719

Job leavers

772 670 730 796 711 823 785 717 752

Reentrants

1,934 2,105 2,307 1,776 1,946 1,920 1,929 2,046 2,094

New entrants

828 624 997 559 611 678 574 630 708

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

44.4 45.5 44.2 47.1 49.6 47.1 49.6 48.7 47.2

On temporary layoff

13.4 8.9 12.1 13.2 12.8 12.1 13.3 12.6 12.1

Not on temporary layoff

31.0 36.6 32.2 33.9 36.8 35.0 36.3 36.0 35.1

Job leavers

12.2 10.7 10.1 13.4 11.0 12.7 12.0 10.8 11.2

Reentrants

30.4 33.8 31.9 30.0 30.0 29.7 29.5 30.9 31.1

New entrants

13.0 10.0 13.8 9.4 9.4 10.5 8.8 9.5 10.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9

Job leavers

0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4

Reentrants

1.2 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2

New entrants

0.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 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: July 05, 2024