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	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,219	3,626	3,281	3,455	3,473	3,495	3,620	3,403	3,511
On temporary layoff	704	1,012	750	873	929	839	925	877	917
Not on temporary layoff	2,515	2,613	2,531	2,582	2,544	2,657	2,694	2,526	2,595
Permanent job losers	1,903	1,936	1,900	1,913	1,969	2,008	2,037	1,881	1,909
People who completed temporary jobs	612	678	631	668	575	649	658	645	686
Job leavers	809	887	800	854	832	1,038	867	898	844
Reentrants	1,985	2,215	2,019	2,240	2,337	2,168	2,320	2,254	2,282
New entrants	568	610	668	709	840	796	805	714	805

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	48.9	49.4	48.5	47.6	46.4	46.6	47.6	46.8	47.2
On temporary layoff	10.7	13.8	11.1	12.0	12.4	11.2	12.2	12.1	12.3
Not on temporary layoff	38.2	35.6	37.4	35.6	34.0	35.4	35.4	34.7	34.9
Job leavers	12.3	12.1	11.8	11.8	11.1	13.8	11.4	12.4	11.3
Reentrants	30.2	30.2	29.8	30.9	31.2	28.9	30.5	31.0	30.7
New entrants	8.6	8.3	9.9	9.8	11.2	10.6	10.6	9.8	10.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	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: May 08, 2026