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	Mar. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,552	4,090	3,626	3,322	3,560	3,473	3,495	3,620	3,403
On temporary layoff	960	1,221	1,012	818	1,002	929	839	925	877
Not on temporary layoff	2,593	2,869	2,613	2,503	2,558	2,544	2,657	2,694	2,526
Permanent job losers	1,870	2,110	1,936	1,813	1,936	1,969	2,008	2,037	1,881
People who completed temporary jobs	723	759	678	691	623	575	649	658	645
Job leavers	858	870	887	869	861	832	1,038	867	898
Reentrants	2,155	2,363	2,215	2,182	2,600	2,337	2,168	2,320	2,254
New entrants	677	729	610	743	774	840	796	805	714

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	49.1	50.8	49.4	46.7	45.7	46.4	46.6	47.6	46.8
On temporary layoff	13.3	15.2	13.8	11.5	12.8	12.4	11.2	12.2	12.1
Not on temporary layoff	35.8	35.6	35.6	35.2	32.8	34.0	35.4	35.4	34.7
Job leavers	11.8	10.8	12.1	12.2	11.0	11.1	13.8	11.4	12.4
Reentrants	29.8	29.4	30.2	30.7	33.3	31.2	28.9	30.5	31.0
New entrants	9.3	9.0	8.3	10.4	9.9	11.2	10.6	10.6	9.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	2.4	2.1	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	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.

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Last Modified Date: April 03, 2026