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	Sept. 2024	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,879	3,556	3,164	3,233	3,457	3,293	3,405	3,437	3,525
On temporary layoff	557	943	495	885	874	860	940	886	833
Not on temporary layoff	2,322	2,613	2,669	2,348	2,583	2,433	2,465	2,552	2,691
Permanent job losers	1,667	1,987	2,003	1,690	1,916	1,887	1,887	1,925	2,023
People who completed temporary jobs	655	626	666	659	668	546	577	627	669
Job leavers	884	855	930	819	704	825	784	784	861
Reentrants	2,131	2,412	2,423	2,051	2,288	2,145	2,180	2,287	2,325
New entrants	630	924	806	656	725	710	985	786	813

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	44.1	45.9	43.2	47.8	48.2	47.2	46.3	47.1	46.9
On temporary layoff	8.5	12.2	6.8	13.1	12.2	12.3	12.8	12.1	11.1
Not on temporary layoff	35.6	33.7	36.4	34.7	36.0	34.9	33.5	35.0	35.8
Job leavers	13.6	11.0	12.7	12.1	9.8	11.8	10.7	10.7	11.4
Reentrants	32.7	31.1	33.1	30.3	31.9	30.8	29.6	31.3	30.9
New entrants	9.7	11.9	11.0	9.7	10.1	10.2	13.4	10.8	10.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.7	2.1	1.8	1.9	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4
New entrants	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	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.

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Last Modified Date: November 20, 2025