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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
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,261 3,254 3,327 3,322 3,455 3,459 3,306 3,412 3,447 3,524 - 3,560 3,473

On temporary layoff

 865 837 819 818 873 879 867 940 890 844 - 1,002 929

Not on temporary layoff

 2,396 2,417 2,508 2,503 2,582 2,580 2,438 2,472 2,558 2,680 - 2,558 2,544

Permanent job losers

 1,714 1,724 1,759 1,813 1,913 1,913 1,892 1,894 1,931 2,012 - 1,936 1,969

People who completed temporary jobs

 683 692 749 691 668 666 546 578 627 668 - 623 575

Job leavers

 945 910 915 869 854 706 825 785 785 860 - 861 832

Reentrants

 2,050 2,132 2,212 2,182 2,240 2,291 2,160 2,199 2,302 2,336 - 2,600 2,337

New entrants

 649 668 673 743 709 734 723 982 792 813 - 774 840


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

 47.2 46.7 46.7 46.7 47.6 48.1 47.1 46.2 47.1 46.8 - 45.7 46.4

On temporary layoff

 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.5 12.0 12.2 12.4 12.7 12.1 11.2 - 12.8 12.4

Not on temporary layoff

 34.7 34.7 35.2 35.2 35.6 35.9 34.8 33.5 34.9 35.6 - 32.8 34.0

Job leavers

 13.7 13.1 12.8 12.2 11.8 9.8 11.8 10.6 10.7 11.4 - 11.0 11.1

Reentrants

 29.7 30.6 31.0 30.7 30.9 31.9 30.8 29.8 31.4 31.0 - 33.3 31.2

New entrants

 9.4 9.6 9.4 10.4 9.8 10.2 10.3 13.3 10.8 10.8 - 9.9 11.2


UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF
THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

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

Job leavers

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

Reentrants

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

New entrants

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

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: January 09, 2026