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	January 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	7,941	100.0	32.2	29.1	38.7	15.1	23.5
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	4,130	100.0	36.0	32.2	31.8	13.7	18.1
On temporary layoff	1,309	100.0	50.4	38.9	10.7	7.1	3.6
Not on temporary layoff	2,821	100.0	29.3	29.1	41.6	16.7	24.9
Permanent job losers	2,043	100.0	27.2	28.7	44.2	17.1	27.1
People who completed temporary jobs	779	100.0	34.9	30.3	34.9	15.8	19.1
Job leavers	1,035	100.0	28.3	28.8	42.9	16.6	26.3
Reentrants	2,118	100.0	29.2	23.4	47.4	16.4	31.0
New entrants	659	100.0	24.2	28.8	47.0	17.7	29.2

Men, 20 years and over	3,895	100.0	30.2	31.1	38.7	13.9	24.9
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,385	100.0	34.6	34.4	31.0	12.7	18.3
On temporary layoff	806	100.0	44.5	44.6	10.9	7.5	3.4
Not on temporary layoff	1,579	100.0	29.6	29.1	41.3	15.4	25.9
Permanent job losers	1,169	100.0	26.5	29.1	44.4	15.3	29.2
People who completed temporary jobs	410	100.0	38.3	29.3	32.4	15.6	16.7
Job leavers	473	100.0	27.0	24.0	48.9	16.4	32.6
Reentrants	886	100.0	22.8	26.0	51.2	17.5	33.7
New entrants	152	100.0	14.2	30.8	54.9	3.1	51.8

Women, 20 years and over	3,223	100.0	33.4	26.5	40.1	15.8	24.3
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,618	100.0	37.6	28.0	34.4	15.8	18.6
On temporary layoff	436	100.0	62.5	25.5	11.9	7.5	4.5
Not on temporary layoff	1,182	100.0	28.4	28.9	42.7	18.9	23.8
Permanent job losers	844	100.0	27.4	28.6	44.0	20.2	23.8
People who completed temporary jobs	338	100.0	31.0	29.7	39.3	15.6	23.6
Job leavers	512	100.0	31.5	30.5	37.9	16.0	21.9
Reentrants	954	100.0	26.5	22.7	50.9	15.8	35.1
New entrants	139	100.0	38.0	20.8	41.1	15.4	25.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	823	100.0	37.1	30.1	32.7	18.4	14.3
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	127	100.0	41.8	44.9	13.3	4.8	8.5
On temporary layoff	66	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	61	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	30	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	31	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	50	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	278	100.0	58.8	17.5	23.7	15.4	8.3
New entrants	367	100.0	23.1	31.0	45.9	24.7	21.2
NOTE: 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: February 11, 2026