A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-11. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	2025			2026
Reason	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	-	3,560	3,473	3,495	3,620	3,403	3,511	3,385	3,278	3,309	3,245	3,200	3,166
On temporary layoff	-	1,002	929	839	925	877	917	778	768	921	839	845	766
Not on temporary layoff	-	2,558	2,544	2,657	2,694	2,526	2,595	2,606	2,511	2,388	2,406	2,354	2,400
Permanent job losers	-	1,936	1,969	2,008	2,037	1,881	1,909	1,927	1,769	1,715	1,777	1,750	1,733
People who completed temporary jobs	-	623	575	649	658	645	686	680	741	673	629	605	667
Job leavers	-	861	832	1,038	867	898	844	916	776	793	914	741	766
Reentrants	-	2,600	2,337	2,168	2,320	2,254	2,282	2,209	2,237	2,123	2,137	2,289	2,297
New entrants	-	774	840	796	805	714	805	818	772	761	702	818	778

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	-	45.7	46.4	46.6	47.6	46.8	47.2	46.2	46.4	47.4	46.4	45.4	45.2
On temporary layoff	-	12.8	12.4	11.2	12.2	12.1	12.3	10.6	10.9	13.2	12.0	12.0	10.9
Not on temporary layoff	-	32.8	34.0	35.4	35.4	34.7	34.9	35.6	35.5	34.2	34.4	33.4	34.2
Job leavers	-	11.0	11.1	13.8	11.4	12.4	11.3	12.5	11.0	11.3	13.1	10.5	10.9
Reentrants	-	33.3	31.2	28.9	30.5	31.0	30.7	30.2	31.7	30.4	30.5	32.5	32.8
New entrants	-	9.9	11.2	10.6	10.6	9.8	10.8	11.2	10.9	10.9	10.0	11.6	11.1

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	-	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9
Job leavers	-	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
Reentrants	-	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3
New entrants	-	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	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: November 06, 2026