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	Dec. 2024	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,227	3,329	3,439	3,261	3,447	3,524	-	3,560	3,473
On temporary layoff	936	834	1,000	865	890	844	-	1,002	929
Not on temporary layoff	2,291	2,496	2,439	2,396	2,558	2,680	-	2,558	2,544
Permanent job losers	1,611	1,894	1,866	1,714	1,931	2,012	-	1,936	1,969
People who completed temporary jobs	680	602	572	683	627	668	-	623	575
Job leavers	887	853	781	945	785	860	-	861	832
Reentrants	1,798	2,488	2,047	2,050	2,302	2,336	-	2,600	2,337
New entrants	540	731	736	649	792	813	-	774	840

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	50.0	45.0	49.1	47.2	47.1	46.8	-	45.7	46.4
On temporary layoff	14.5	11.3	14.3	12.5	12.1	11.2	-	12.8	12.4
Not on temporary layoff	35.5	33.7	34.8	34.7	34.9	35.6	-	32.8	34.0
Job leavers	13.8	11.5	11.2	13.7	10.7	11.4	-	11.0	11.1
Reentrants	27.9	33.6	29.2	29.7	31.4	31.0	-	33.3	31.2
New entrants	8.4	9.9	10.5	9.4	10.8	10.8	-	9.9	11.2

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.1	-	2.1	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	-	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.4	-	1.5	1.4
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	-	0.5	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. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

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