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. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Total unemployed	6,524	7,324	2,955	3,301	2,667	3,198	902	825
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,879	3,164	1,567	1,742	1,135	1,329	177	94
On temporary layoff	557	495	287	235	205	224	65	36
Not on temporary layoff	2,322	2,669	1,279	1,507	930	1,105	112	58
Permanent job losers	1,667	2,003	889	1,135	720	836	58	32
People who completed temporary jobs	655	666	390	372	211	268	54	26
Job leavers	884	930	405	407	424	461	54	62
Reentrants	2,131	2,423	859	994	974	1,171	298	259
New entrants	630	806	124	159	133	237	374	411

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	44.1	43.2	53.0	52.8	42.6	41.6	19.6	11.4
On temporary layoff	8.5	6.8	9.7	7.1	7.7	7.0	7.2	4.3
Not on temporary layoff	35.6	36.4	43.3	45.6	34.9	34.5	12.4	7.0
Job leavers	13.6	12.7	13.7	12.3	15.9	14.4	6.0	7.5
Reentrants	32.7	33.1	29.1	30.1	36.5	36.6	33.0	31.4
New entrants	9.7	11.0	4.2	4.8	5.0	7.4	41.4	49.8

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1.7	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.7	2.8	1.5
Job leavers	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.9	1.0
Reentrants	1.3	1.4	1.0	1.1	1.3	1.5	4.8	4.2
New entrants	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	6.0	6.6
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: November 20, 2025