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	September 2026
	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	6,859	100.0	29.7	26.3	44.1	15.8	28.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,832	100.0	33.3	25.0	41.8	16.4	25.3
On temporary layoff	498	100.0	63.0	21.9	15.2	7.2	8.0
Not on temporary layoff	2,334	100.0	26.9	25.6	47.4	18.4	29.0
Permanent job losers	1,733	100.0	24.0	24.6	51.3	18.8	32.5
People who completed temporary jobs	600	100.0	35.3	28.4	36.2	17.2	19.0
Job leavers	798	100.0	33.9	30.3	35.7	14.9	20.8
Reentrants	2,393	100.0	25.9	25.1	49.0	15.5	33.5
New entrants	836	100.0	24.3	30.1	45.6	15.6	30.0

Men, 20 years and over	3,165	100.0	27.3	25.0	47.8	15.3	32.4
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,528	100.0	34.1	23.8	42.1	15.1	27.0
On temporary layoff	236	100.0	61.3	19.7	18.9	8.5	10.5
Not on temporary layoff	1,292	100.0	29.1	24.6	46.4	16.3	30.0
Permanent job losers	920	100.0	27.5	23.7	48.8	16.7	32.1
People who completed temporary jobs	372	100.0	33.0	26.6	40.4	15.5	25.0
Job leavers	409	100.0	26.3	31.2	42.5	16.4	26.1
Reentrants	1,027	100.0	20.3	23.0	56.7	15.9	40.8
New entrants	202	100.0	12.8	31.6	55.6	11.9	43.7

Women, 20 years and over	2,781	100.0	29.1	26.2	44.7	17.3	27.4
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,214	100.0	31.3	27.0	41.7	16.6	25.1
On temporary layoff	222	100.0	63.4	25.5	11.1	4.4	6.7
Not on temporary layoff	991	100.0	24.1	27.3	48.5	19.3	29.2
Permanent job losers	780	100.0	20.6	26.0	53.4	19.0	34.4
People who completed temporary jobs	212	100.0	37.2	32.3	30.5	20.5	10.0
Job leavers	349	100.0	39.5	28.6	31.9	14.9	17.0
Reentrants	1,065	100.0	26.5	25.4	48.1	17.3	30.8
New entrants	153	100.0	5.8	19.9	74.2	27.9	46.4

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	913	100.0	39.8	30.8	29.4	13.3	16.1
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	90	100.0	46.2	17.0	36.8	36.8	0.0
On temporary layoff	39	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	50	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	34	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	16	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	40	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	302	100.0	42.5	31.2	26.4	8.1	18.3
New entrants	481	100.0	35.0	32.7	32.3	13.3	19.0
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: October 02, 2026