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. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,164	3,349	2,832	3,524	3,385	3,278	3,309	3,245	3,200
On temporary layoff	495	891	498	844	778	768	921	839	845
Not on temporary layoff	2,669	2,458	2,334	2,680	2,606	2,511	2,388	2,406	2,354
Permanent job losers	2,003	1,832	1,733	2,012	1,927	1,769	1,715	1,777	1,750
People who completed temporary jobs	666	626	600	668	680	741	673	629	605
Job leavers	930	997	798	860	916	776	793	914	741
Reentrants	2,423	2,231	2,393	2,336	2,209	2,237	2,123	2,137	2,289
New entrants	806	805	836	813	818	772	761	702	818

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	43.2	45.4	41.3	46.8	46.2	46.4	47.4	46.4	45.4
On temporary layoff	6.8	12.1	7.3	11.2	10.6	10.9	13.2	12.0	12.0
Not on temporary layoff	36.4	33.3	34.0	35.6	35.6	35.5	34.2	34.4	33.4
Job leavers	12.7	13.5	11.6	11.4	12.5	11.0	11.3	13.1	10.5
Reentrants	33.1	30.2	34.9	31.0	30.2	31.7	30.4	30.5	32.5
New entrants	11.0	10.9	12.2	10.8	11.2	10.9	10.9	10.0	11.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.8	2.0	1.7	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9
Job leavers	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Reentrants	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	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: October 02, 2026