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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	2022											2023
Reason	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	3,004	2,840	2,850	2,732	2,633	2,616	2,693	2,530	2,695	2,761	2,629	2,529	2,752
On temporary layoff	879	784	857	815	832	802	796	772	853	806	814	734	816
Not on temporary layoff	2,125	2,057	1,993	1,916	1,802	1,814	1,898	1,758	1,842	1,956	1,815	1,795	1,935
Permanent job losers	1,551	1,405	1,393	1,375	1,256	1,225	1,314	1,202	1,267	1,351	1,339	1,257	1,380
Persons who completed temporary jobs	574	652	600	541	546	589	584	555	575	605	476	538	555
Job leavers	964	789	794	766	833	843	897	904	861	829	825	884	891
Reentrants	1,971	1,992	1,856	1,944	1,979	1,822	1,833	1,834	1,873	1,798	1,767	1,817	1,847
New entrants	429	472	516	530	466	465	451	460	494	558	497	531	515

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	100.0
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	47.2	46.6	47.4	45.7	44.5	45.5	45.8	44.2	45.5	46.4	46.0	43.9	45.8
On temporary layoff	13.8	12.9	14.2	13.6	14.1	14.0	13.5	13.5	14.4	13.5	14.2	12.7	13.6
Not on temporary layoff	33.4	33.8	33.1	32.1	30.5	31.6	32.3	30.7	31.1	32.9	31.7	31.2	32.2
Job leavers	15.1	12.9	13.2	12.8	14.1	14.7	15.3	15.8	14.5	13.9	14.4	15.3	14.8
Reentrants	30.9	32.7	30.9	32.6	33.5	31.7	31.2	32.0	31.6	30.2	30.9	31.5	30.8
New entrants	6.7	7.7	8.6	8.9	7.9	8.1	7.7	8.0	8.3	9.4	8.7	9.2	8.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.7
Job leavers	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
New entrants	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
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.

Last Modified Date: March 10, 2023