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	May 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	6,904	100.0	31.6	23.2	45.2	16.8	28.4
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	2,997	100.0	29.5	23.0	47.4	20.7	26.7
On temporary layoff	478	100.0	71.6	16.1	12.2	6.2	6.1
Not on temporary layoff	2,519	100.0	21.5	24.4	54.1	23.5	30.7
Permanent job losers	1,902	100.0	19.5	25.1	55.3	23.4	31.9
People who completed temporary jobs	616	100.0	27.7	21.9	50.4	23.5	26.9
Job leavers	847	100.0	26.9	30.9	42.1	14.9	27.2
Reentrants	2,259	100.0	31.8	21.6	46.5	14.2	32.4
New entrants	801	100.0	43.3	20.3	36.4	11.3	25.1

Men, 20 years and over	3,281	100.0	26.4	24.4	49.1	17.3	31.8
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,764	100.0	27.4	26.3	46.3	19.9	26.4
On temporary layoff	268	100.0	68.0	21.7	10.3	6.0	4.4
Not on temporary layoff	1,496	100.0	20.1	27.1	52.8	22.4	30.4
Permanent job losers	1,106	100.0	17.4	29.4	53.1	20.9	32.2
People who completed temporary jobs	390	100.0	27.7	20.6	51.7	26.4	25.3
Job leavers	507	100.0	24.8	32.4	42.9	9.7	33.2
Reentrants	852	100.0	25.4	17.8	56.8	17.0	39.9
New entrants	157	100.0	26.8	14.0	59.2	15.6	43.6

Women, 20 years and over	2,734	100.0	31.0	21.8	47.2	18.4	28.8
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,182	100.0	31.1	19.1	49.8	22.4	27.4
On temporary layoff	196	100.0	75.1	9.7	15.2	6.3	8.9
Not on temporary layoff	987	100.0	22.4	21.0	56.7	25.6	31.1
Permanent job losers	766	100.0	20.8	19.9	59.2	28.0	31.3
People who completed temporary jobs	221	100.0	27.8	24.5	47.7	17.4	30.4
Job leavers	318	100.0	29.8	28.6	41.5	21.9	19.7
Reentrants	1,057	100.0	30.1	23.4	46.5	13.7	32.8
New entrants	177	100.0	38.1	18.4	43.5	13.0	30.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	889	100.0	52.2	23.0	24.8	9.7	15.1
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	50	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
On temporary layoff	14	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	36	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	30	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	5	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	22	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	350	100.0	52.9	25.5	21.6	8.8	12.8
New entrants	466	100.0	50.8	23.1	26.0	9.3	16.7
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: June 05, 2026