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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
June
2024
May
2025
June
2025
June
2024
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025
May
2025
June
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

3,199 3,094 3,311 3,187 3,316 3,313 3,455 3,457 3,293

On temporary layoff

873 602 918 817 817 811 867 874 860

Not on temporary layoff

2,326 2,492 2,393 2,370 2,499 2,502 2,588 2,583 2,433

Permanent job losers

1,641 1,890 1,885 1,651 1,748 1,810 1,918 1,916 1,887

People who completed temporary jobs

685 602 508 719 751 692 670 668 546

Job leavers

730 652 798 754 918 870 855 704 825

Reentrants

2,307 2,355 2,342 2,103 2,208 2,176 2,235 2,288 2,145

New entrants

997 713 1,008 701 662 739 701 725 710

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

44.2 45.4 44.4 47.3 46.7 46.7 47.7 48.2 47.2

On temporary layoff

12.1 8.8 12.3 12.1 11.5 11.4 12.0 12.2 12.3

Not on temporary layoff

32.2 36.6 32.1 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.7 36.0 34.9

Job leavers

10.1 9.6 10.7 11.2 12.9 12.3 11.8 9.8 11.8

Reentrants

31.9 34.6 31.4 31.2 31.1 30.7 30.8 31.9 30.8

New entrants

13.8 10.5 13.5 10.4 9.3 10.4 9.7 10.1 10.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9

Job leavers

0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Reentrants

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

New entrants

0.6 0.4 0.6 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: July 03, 2025