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	Apr. 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,973	3,552	3,216	3,225	3,251	3,235	3,316	3,313	3,453
On temporary layoff	688	960	702	860	862	835	817	811	865
Not on temporary layoff	2,286	2,593	2,514	2,365	2,389	2,400	2,499	2,502	2,587
Permanent job losers	1,728	1,870	1,900	1,750	1,707	1,708	1,748	1,810	1,915
People who completed temporary jobs	558	723	614	615	682	693	751	692	672
Job leavers	744	858	810	785	947	912	918	870	855
Reentrants	1,723	2,155	1,986	1,949	2,031	2,124	2,208	2,176	2,236
New entrants	453	677	567	581	655	659	662	739	701

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	50.5	49.1	48.9	49.3	47.2	46.7	46.7	46.7	47.7
On temporary layoff	11.7	13.3	10.7	13.1	12.5	12.0	11.5	11.4	11.9
Not on temporary layoff	38.8	35.8	38.2	36.2	34.7	34.6	35.2	35.3	35.7
Job leavers	12.6	11.8	12.3	12.0	13.8	13.2	12.9	12.3	11.8
Reentrants	29.2	29.8	30.2	29.8	29.5	30.7	31.1	30.7	30.9
New entrants	7.7	9.3	8.6	8.9	9.5	9.5	9.3	10.4	9.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.8	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0
Job leavers	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.0	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.3	0.4	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: May 02, 2025