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	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,556	3,450	3,349	3,447	3,511	3,385	3,278	3,309	3,245
On temporary layoff	943	1,123	891	890	917	778	768	921	839
Not on temporary layoff	2,613	2,326	2,458	2,558	2,595	2,606	2,511	2,388	2,406
Permanent job losers	1,987	1,687	1,832	1,931	1,909	1,927	1,769	1,715	1,777
People who completed temporary jobs	626	639	626	627	686	680	741	673	629
Job leavers	855	825	997	785	844	916	776	793	914
Reentrants	2,412	2,249	2,231	2,302	2,282	2,209	2,237	2,123	2,137
New entrants	924	911	805	792	805	818	772	761	702

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	45.9	46.4	45.4	47.1	47.2	46.2	46.4	47.4	46.4
On temporary layoff	12.2	15.1	12.1	12.1	12.3	10.6	10.9	13.2	12.0
Not on temporary layoff	33.7	31.3	33.3	34.9	34.9	35.6	35.5	34.2	34.4
Job leavers	11.0	11.1	13.5	10.7	11.3	12.5	11.0	11.3	13.1
Reentrants	31.1	30.2	30.2	31.4	30.7	30.2	31.7	30.4	30.5
New entrants	11.9	12.3	10.9	10.8	10.8	11.2	10.9	10.9	10.0

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	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: September 04, 2026