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	August 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	7,747	100.0	32.0	31.1	36.9	11.9	25.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,556	100.0	33.3	33.0	33.7	12.5	21.2
On temporary layoff	943	100.0	45.9	46.4	7.7	4.8	2.9
Not on temporary layoff	2,613	100.0	28.8	28.2	43.1	15.3	27.8
Permanent job losers	1,987	100.0	27.0	28.5	44.4	17.1	27.3
People who completed temporary jobs	626	100.0	34.2	27.1	38.7	9.4	29.3
Job leavers	855	100.0	41.9	27.5	30.5	10.8	19.7
Reentrants	2,412	100.0	28.9	25.4	45.7	13.0	32.7
New entrants	924	100.0	25.7	41.9	32.5	8.0	24.5

Men, 20 years and over	3,498	100.0	30.7	28.8	40.5	12.1	28.5
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,882	100.0	33.2	29.8	36.9	12.1	24.8
On temporary layoff	382	100.0	62.8	31.1	6.1	2.9	3.3
Not on temporary layoff	1,500	100.0	25.7	29.5	44.8	14.4	30.3
Permanent job losers	1,179	100.0	26.3	27.9	45.9	15.5	30.4
People who completed temporary jobs	322	100.0	23.6	35.7	40.7	10.7	30.1
Job leavers	411	100.0	43.6	22.5	34.0	10.9	23.1
Reentrants	1,005	100.0	23.6	27.7	48.7	12.6	36.1
New entrants	201	100.0	16.4	36.6	47.0	11.8	35.2

Women, 20 years and over	3,336	100.0	31.5	31.9	36.6	13.0	23.6
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,586	100.0	31.7	37.8	30.5	13.5	17.0
On temporary layoff	525	100.0	31.5	59.7	8.7	6.5	2.2
Not on temporary layoff	1,061	100.0	31.8	26.9	41.2	16.9	24.3
Permanent job losers	780	100.0	28.1	29.8	42.0	19.9	22.1
People who completed temporary jobs	281	100.0	42.1	18.8	39.1	8.7	30.3
Job leavers	402	100.0	39.8	30.1	30.2	11.9	18.2
Reentrants	1,158	100.0	30.4	23.5	46.1	13.5	32.6
New entrants	190	100.0	18.9	37.9	43.2	8.2	34.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	913	100.0	38.6	37.1	24.3	7.3	17.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	87	100.0	63.7	13.7	22.6	3.6	19.1
On temporary layoff	36	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	51	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	28	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	23	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	42	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	250	100.0	43.5	25.2	31.3	11.8	19.5
New entrants	533	100.0	31.5	45.3	23.2	6.4	16.8
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 05, 2025