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	July 2025	June 2026	July 2026	July 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,534	3,262	3,450	3,412	3,403	3,511	3,385	3,278	3,309
On temporary layoff	1,118	802	1,123	940	877	917	778	768	921
Not on temporary layoff	2,415	2,460	2,326	2,472	2,526	2,595	2,606	2,511	2,388
Permanent job losers	1,871	1,755	1,687	1,894	1,881	1,909	1,927	1,769	1,715
People who completed temporary jobs	544	705	639	578	645	686	680	741	673
Job leavers	818	749	825	785	898	844	916	776	793
Reentrants	2,346	2,422	2,249	2,199	2,254	2,282	2,209	2,237	2,123
New entrants	1,149	1,043	911	982	714	805	818	772	761

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	45.0	43.6	46.4	46.2	46.8	47.2	46.2	46.4	47.4
On temporary layoff	14.3	10.7	15.1	12.7	12.1	12.3	10.6	10.9	13.2
Not on temporary layoff	30.8	32.9	31.3	33.5	34.7	34.9	35.6	35.5	34.2
Job leavers	10.4	10.0	11.1	10.6	12.4	11.3	12.5	11.0	11.3
Reentrants	29.9	32.4	30.2	29.8	31.0	30.7	30.2	31.7	30.4
New entrants	14.6	14.0	12.3	13.3	9.8	10.8	11.2	10.9	10.9

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.4	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: August 07, 2026