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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-11. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Reason 2024 2025
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,394 3,251 3,235 3,316 3,313 3,455 3,457 3,293 3,405 3,437 3,525 - 3,559

On temporary layoff

 787 862 835 817 811 867 874 860 940 886 833 - 1,004

Not on temporary layoff

 2,607 2,389 2,400 2,499 2,502 2,588 2,583 2,433 2,465 2,552 2,691 - 2,555

Permanent job losers

 1,871 1,707 1,708 1,748 1,810 1,918 1,916 1,887 1,887 1,925 2,023 - 1,931

People who completed temporary jobs

 736 682 693 751 692 670 668 546 577 627 669 - 624

Job leavers

 854 947 912 918 870 855 704 825 784 784 861 - 862

Reentrants

 2,182 2,031 2,124 2,208 2,176 2,235 2,288 2,145 2,180 2,287 2,325 - 2,618

New entrants

 690 655 659 662 739 701 725 710 985 786 813 - 765


PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total unemployed

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 - 100.0

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 47.7 47.2 46.7 46.7 46.7 47.7 48.2 47.2 46.3 47.1 46.9 - 45.6

On temporary layoff

 11.1 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.4 12.0 12.2 12.3 12.8 12.1 11.1 - 12.9

Not on temporary layoff

 36.6 34.7 34.6 35.2 35.3 35.7 36.0 34.9 33.5 35.0 35.8 - 32.7

Job leavers

 12.0 13.8 13.2 12.9 12.3 11.8 9.8 11.8 10.7 10.7 11.4 - 11.0

Reentrants

 30.6 29.5 30.7 31.1 30.7 30.8 31.9 30.8 29.6 31.3 30.9 - 33.5

New entrants

 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.3 10.4 9.7 10.1 10.2 13.4 10.8 10.8 - 9.8


UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF
THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 - 2.1

Job leavers

 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 - 0.5

Reentrants

 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 - 1.5

New entrants

 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 - 0.4

NOTE: Detail for the data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

 

Last Modified Date: December 16, 2025