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	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,322	3,455	3,459	3,306	3,412	3,447	3,524	-	3,560	3,473	3,495	3,620	3,403
On temporary layoff	818	873	879	867	940	890	844	-	1,002	929	839	925	877
Not on temporary layoff	2,503	2,582	2,580	2,438	2,472	2,558	2,680	-	2,558	2,544	2,657	2,694	2,526
Permanent job losers	1,813	1,913	1,913	1,892	1,894	1,931	2,012	-	1,936	1,969	2,008	2,037	1,881
People who completed temporary jobs	691	668	666	546	578	627	668	-	623	575	649	658	645
Job leavers	869	854	706	825	785	785	860	-	861	832	1,038	867	898
Reentrants	2,182	2,240	2,291	2,160	2,199	2,302	2,336	-	2,600	2,337	2,168	2,320	2,254
New entrants	743	709	734	723	982	792	813	-	774	840	796	805	714

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	46.7	47.6	48.1	47.1	46.2	47.1	46.8	-	45.7	46.4	46.6	47.6	46.8
On temporary layoff	11.5	12.0	12.2	12.4	12.7	12.1	11.2	-	12.8	12.4	11.2	12.2	12.1
Not on temporary layoff	35.2	35.6	35.9	34.8	33.5	34.9	35.6	-	32.8	34.0	35.4	35.4	34.7
Job leavers	12.2	11.8	9.8	11.8	10.6	10.7	11.4	-	11.0	11.1	13.8	11.4	12.4
Reentrants	30.7	30.9	31.9	30.8	29.8	31.4	31.0	-	33.3	31.2	28.9	30.5	31.0
New entrants	10.4	9.8	10.2	10.3	13.3	10.8	10.8	-	9.9	11.2	10.6	10.6	9.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.9	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	-	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	-	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	-	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3
New entrants	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	-	0.5	0.5	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: April 03, 2026