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

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-34. Unemployed people by reason for unemployment, sex, age, and duration of unemployment [Percent distribution]
Reason, sex, and age	August 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	7,381	100.0	26.8	33.1	40.2	13.8	26.4
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,349	100.0	25.5	34.9	39.5	14.7	24.8
On temporary layoff	891	100.0	35.9	51.5	12.6	8.8	3.8
Not on temporary layoff	2,458	100.0	21.7	29.0	49.3	16.9	32.5
Permanent job losers	1,832	100.0	19.4	29.3	51.3	18.4	32.9
People who completed temporary jobs	626	100.0	28.5	28.0	43.5	12.5	31.1
Job leavers	997	100.0	35.1	34.7	30.3	12.1	18.2
Reentrants	2,231	100.0	25.8	28.4	45.8	13.1	32.7
New entrants	805	100.0	24.7	36.2	39.2	14.0	25.2

Men, 20 years and over	3,381	100.0	25.2	31.6	43.2	14.0	29.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,688	100.0	25.3	28.4	46.3	17.8	28.5
On temporary layoff	326	100.0	42.6	37.6	19.7	16.3	3.5
Not on temporary layoff	1,363	100.0	21.1	26.2	52.7	18.2	34.5
Permanent job losers	1,033	100.0	19.3	28.6	52.1	19.2	32.8
People who completed temporary jobs	330	100.0	26.6	18.9	54.5	14.8	39.6
Job leavers	516	100.0	33.6	36.4	30.0	10.5	19.5
Reentrants	1,000	100.0	20.1	35.0	44.9	10.4	34.5
New entrants	177	100.0	28.0	29.4	42.6	8.7	33.9

Women, 20 years and over	3,072	100.0	24.6	35.0	40.3	13.7	26.6
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,564	100.0	23.0	43.4	33.6	11.4	22.2
On temporary layoff	508	100.0	29.6	63.9	6.5	2.6	3.9
Not on temporary layoff	1,055	100.0	19.8	33.6	46.7	15.6	31.0
Permanent job losers	784	100.0	18.2	30.8	51.0	17.3	33.7
People who completed temporary jobs	272	100.0	24.2	41.6	34.2	10.7	23.5
Job leavers	408	100.0	33.8	32.7	33.5	16.2	17.2
Reentrants	935	100.0	24.7	23.7	51.6	15.9	35.8
New entrants	166	100.0	17.6	25.8	56.6	17.0	39.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	927	100.0	39.9	31.6	28.5	13.3	15.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	97	100.0	71.2	11.4	17.3	14.5	2.8
On temporary layoff	57	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	40	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	15	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	25	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	72	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	296	100.0	48.4	20.9	30.7	13.5	17.2
New entrants	462	100.0	25.9	42.5	31.6	15.0	16.6
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: September 04, 2026