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	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