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	Nov. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,149	-	3,329	3,394	3,405	3,437	3,525	-	3,559
On temporary layoff	597	-	834	787	940	886	833	-	1,004
Not on temporary layoff	2,552	-	2,496	2,607	2,465	2,552	2,691	-	2,555
Permanent job losers	1,838	-	1,894	1,871	1,887	1,925	2,023	-	1,931
People who completed temporary jobs	714	-	602	736	577	627	669	-	624
Job leavers	844	-	853	854	784	784	861	-	862
Reentrants	2,048	-	2,488	2,182	2,180	2,287	2,325	-	2,618
New entrants	667	-	731	690	985	786	813	-	765

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	46.9	-	45.0	47.7	46.3	47.1	46.9	-	45.6
On temporary layoff	8.9	-	11.3	11.1	12.8	12.1	11.1	-	12.9
Not on temporary layoff	38.0	-	33.7	36.6	33.5	35.0	35.8	-	32.7
Job leavers	12.6	-	11.5	12.0	10.7	10.7	11.4	-	11.0
Reentrants	30.5	-	33.6	30.6	29.6	31.3	30.9	-	33.5
New entrants	9.9	-	9.9	9.7	13.4	10.8	10.8	-	9.8

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

Last Modified Date: December 16, 2025