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Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment
[Numbers in thousands]
Reason Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Jan.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024
Dec.
2024
Jan.
2025

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

3,680 3,227 3,885 3,030 3,233 3,363 3,394 3,251 3,235

On temporary layoff

1,345 936 1,318 862 885 820 787 862 835

Not on temporary layoff

2,335 2,291 2,567 2,168 2,348 2,543 2,607 2,389 2,400

Permanent job losers

1,621 1,611 1,759 1,570 1,690 1,822 1,871 1,707 1,708

People who completed temporary jobs

713 680 808 598 659 721 736 682 693

Job leavers

791 887 910 793 819 802 854 947 912

Reentrants

1,851 1,798 2,123 1,857 2,051 2,151 2,182 2,031 2,124

New entrants

456 540 549 558 656 608 690 655 659

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

54.3 50.0 52.0 48.6 47.8 48.6 47.7 47.2 46.7

On temporary layoff

19.8 14.5 17.6 13.8 13.1 11.8 11.1 12.5 12.0

Not on temporary layoff

34.4 35.5 34.4 34.8 34.7 36.7 36.6 34.7 34.6

Job leavers

11.7 13.8 12.2 12.7 12.1 11.6 12.0 13.8 13.2

Reentrants

27.3 27.9 28.4 29.8 30.3 31.1 30.6 29.5 30.7

New entrants

6.7 8.4 7.4 8.9 9.7 8.8 9.7 9.5 9.5

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

2.2 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9

Job leavers

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5

Reentrants

1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2

New entrants

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 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: February 07, 2025