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	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,431	3,534	3,556	3,321	3,455	3,457	3,293	3,405	3,437
On temporary layoff	922	1,118	943	865	867	874	860	940	886
Not on temporary layoff	2,510	2,415	2,613	2,456	2,588	2,583	2,433	2,465	2,552
Permanent job losers	1,743	1,871	1,987	1,689	1,918	1,916	1,887	1,887	1,925
People who completed temporary jobs	766	544	626	767	670	668	546	577	627
Job leavers	923	818	855	845	855	704	825	784	784
Reentrants	2,239	2,346	2,412	2,133	2,235	2,288	2,145	2,180	2,287
New entrants	821	1,149	924	708	701	725	710	985	786

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	46.3	45.0	45.9	47.4	47.7	48.2	47.2	46.3	47.1
On temporary layoff	12.4	14.3	12.2	12.3	12.0	12.2	12.3	12.8	12.1
Not on temporary layoff	33.8	30.8	33.7	35.1	35.7	36.0	34.9	33.5	35.0
Job leavers	12.4	10.4	11.0	12.1	11.8	9.8	11.8	10.7	10.7
Reentrants	30.2	29.9	31.1	30.4	30.8	31.9	30.8	29.6	31.3
New entrants	11.1	14.6	11.9	10.1	9.7	10.1	10.2	13.4	10.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	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: September 05, 2025