A-34. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment

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A-34. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	November 2025
	Total unemployed		Duration of unemployment
	Thousands of people	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over
	Thousands of people	Percent	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over
Total, 16 years and over	7,401	100.0	31.8	27.9	40.2	15.1	25.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,329	100.0	36.7	29.2	34.1	13.6	20.5
On temporary layoff	834	100.0	62.7	28.7	8.7	4.0	4.7
Not on temporary layoff	2,496	100.0	28.0	29.3	42.6	16.8	25.8
Permanent job losers	1,894	100.0	25.4	29.5	45.1	17.9	27.3
People who completed temporary jobs	602	100.0	36.3	28.9	34.8	13.5	21.3
Job leavers	853	100.0	32.7	29.4	37.9	20.2	17.7
Reentrants	2,488	100.0	27.9	24.0	48.1	14.9	33.2
New entrants	731	100.0	22.1	33.9	43.9	16.3	27.7

Men, 20 years and over	3,427	100.0	31.3	25.9	42.8	14.2	28.6
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,897	100.0	38.0	28.8	33.2	12.6	20.6
On temporary layoff	526	100.0	65.1	27.4	7.5	2.0	5.6
Not on temporary layoff	1,371	100.0	27.6	29.3	43.1	16.7	26.4
Permanent job losers	1,034	100.0	25.3	29.4	45.3	17.2	28.1
People who completed temporary jobs	337	100.0	34.6	29.1	36.2	14.9	21.3
Job leavers	372	100.0	32.3	25.0	42.7	21.0	21.8
Reentrants	1,003	100.0	22.4	23.1	54.5	11.7	42.8
New entrants	155	100.0	5.2	10.5	84.3	32.9	51.4

Women, 20 years and over	2,990	100.0	29.8	27.7	42.6	16.8	25.8
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,333	100.0	33.2	29.1	37.7	16.0	21.7
On temporary layoff	275	100.0	55.5	32.5	11.9	8.3	3.6
Not on temporary layoff	1,059	100.0	27.4	28.2	44.5	18.1	26.4
Permanent job losers	820	100.0	23.9	29.4	46.7	19.5	27.2
People who completed temporary jobs	238	100.0	39.5	23.7	36.8	13.0	23.8
Job leavers	411	100.0	31.8	29.7	38.5	21.5	17.0
Reentrants	1,099	100.0	26.7	23.6	49.7	17.4	32.3
New entrants	146	100.0	16.0	39.9	44.1	5.1	39.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	985	100.0	39.9	35.7	24.3	13.1	11.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	99	100.0	59.0	37.8	3.2	0.0	3.2
On temporary layoff	33	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	66	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	39	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	27	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	70	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	387	100.0	45.6	27.3	27.1	16.1	10.9
New entrants	429	100.0	30.4	40.4	29.2	14.1	15.2
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: December 16, 2025