A-32. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-32. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Total, 16 years and over		Men, 20 years and over		Women, 20 years and over		Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Reason	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	7,324	6,859	3,301	3,165	3,198	2,781	825	913
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,164	2,832	1,742	1,528	1,329	1,214	94	90
On temporary layoff	495	498	235	236	224	222	36	39
Not on temporary layoff	2,669	2,334	1,507	1,292	1,105	991	58	50
Permanent job losers	2,003	1,733	1,135	920	836	780	32	34
People who completed temporary jobs	666	600	372	372	268	212	26	16
Job leavers	930	798	407	409	461	349	62	40
Reentrants	2,423	2,393	994	1,027	1,171	1,065	259	302
New entrants	806	836	159	202	237	153	411	481

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	43.2	41.3	52.8	48.3	41.6	43.6	11.4	9.8
On temporary layoff	6.8	7.3	7.1	7.5	7.0	8.0	4.3	4.3
Not on temporary layoff	36.4	34.0	45.6	40.8	34.5	35.6	7.0	5.5
Job leavers	12.7	11.6	12.3	12.9	14.4	12.5	7.5	4.4
Reentrants	33.1	34.9	30.1	32.4	36.6	38.3	31.4	33.1
New entrants	11.0	12.2	4.8	6.4	7.4	5.5	49.8	52.7

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.8	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.6
Reentrants	1.4	1.4	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.4	4.2	4.8
New entrants	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	6.6	7.7
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: October 02, 2026