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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 2025 2026
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,524 - 3,560 3,473 3,495 3,620 3,403 3,511 3,385 3,278 3,309 3,245 3,200

On temporary layoff

 844 - 1,002 929 839 925 877 917 778 768 921 839 845

Not on temporary layoff

 2,680 - 2,558 2,544 2,657 2,694 2,526 2,595 2,606 2,511 2,388 2,406 2,354

Permanent job losers

 2,012 - 1,936 1,969 2,008 2,037 1,881 1,909 1,927 1,769 1,715 1,777 1,750

People who completed temporary jobs

 668 - 623 575 649 658 645 686 680 741 673 629 605

Job leavers

 860 - 861 832 1,038 867 898 844 916 776 793 914 741

Reentrants

 2,336 - 2,600 2,337 2,168 2,320 2,254 2,282 2,209 2,237 2,123 2,137 2,289

New entrants

 813 - 774 840 796 805 714 805 818 772 761 702 818


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

 46.8 - 45.7 46.4 46.6 47.6 46.8 47.2 46.2 46.4 47.4 46.4 45.4

On temporary layoff

 11.2 - 12.8 12.4 11.2 12.2 12.1 12.3 10.6 10.9 13.2 12.0 12.0

Not on temporary layoff

 35.6 - 32.8 34.0 35.4 35.4 34.7 34.9 35.6 35.5 34.2 34.4 33.4

Job leavers

 11.4 - 11.0 11.1 13.8 11.4 12.4 11.3 12.5 11.0 11.3 13.1 10.5

Reentrants

 31.0 - 33.3 31.2 28.9 30.5 31.0 30.7 30.2 31.7 30.4 30.5 32.5

New entrants

 10.8 - 9.9 11.2 10.6 10.6 9.8 10.8 11.2 10.9 10.9 10.0 11.6


UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF
THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

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

Job leavers

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

Reentrants

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

New entrants

 0.5 - 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 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: October 02, 2026