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	Mar. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,295	3,794	3,552	3,053	3,394	3,251	3,235	3,316	3,313
On temporary layoff	938	1,113	960	784	787	862	835	817	811
Not on temporary layoff	2,357	2,680	2,593	2,269	2,607	2,389	2,400	2,499	2,502
Permanent job losers	1,719	1,831	1,870	1,662	1,871	1,707	1,708	1,748	1,810
People who completed temporary jobs	639	849	723	607	736	682	693	751	692
Job leavers	811	918	858	823	854	947	912	918	870
Reentrants	1,916	2,255	2,155	1,938	2,182	2,031	2,124	2,208	2,176
New entrants	582	605	677	674	690	655	659	662	739

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	49.9	50.1	49.1	47.1	47.7	47.2	46.7	46.7	46.7
On temporary layoff	14.2	14.7	13.3	12.1	11.1	12.5	12.0	11.5	11.4
Not on temporary layoff	35.7	35.4	35.8	35.0	36.6	34.7	34.6	35.2	35.3
Job leavers	12.3	12.1	11.8	12.7	12.0	13.8	13.2	12.9	12.3
Reentrants	29.0	29.8	29.8	29.9	30.6	29.5	30.7	31.1	30.7
New entrants	8.8	8.0	9.3	10.4	9.7	9.5	9.5	9.3	10.4

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.0	2.2	2.1	1.8	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.4	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.

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Last Modified Date: April 04, 2025