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 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	6,815	100.0	35.7	26.7	37.6	16.5	21.1
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,094	100.0	35.0	29.1	35.9	17.8	18.2
On temporary layoff	602	100.0	64.0	22.7	13.3	8.5	4.9
Not on temporary layoff	2,492	100.0	28.0	30.6	41.4	20.0	21.4
Permanent job losers	1,890	100.0	23.6	30.9	45.5	21.4	24.1
People who completed temporary jobs	602	100.0	41.7	29.7	28.6	15.8	12.8
Job leavers	652	100.0	38.0	30.3	31.6	17.1	14.6
Reentrants	2,355	100.0	35.0	24.0	41.0	15.6	25.4
New entrants	713	100.0	38.8	22.0	39.2	13.1	26.1

Men, 20 years and over	3,196	100.0	30.8	27.7	41.6	18.0	23.6
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,746	100.0	29.6	31.0	39.4	19.9	19.5
On temporary layoff	275	100.0	50.1	31.8	18.2	16.4	1.8
Not on temporary layoff	1,471	100.0	25.8	30.9	43.4	20.6	22.8
Permanent job losers	1,145	100.0	22.7	30.6	46.7	22.3	24.4
People who completed temporary jobs	327	100.0	36.5	31.8	31.8	14.7	17.1
Job leavers	315	100.0	47.1	30.9	22.0	10.6	11.4
Reentrants	938	100.0	29.4	21.7	48.9	17.8	31.1
New entrants	197	100.0	21.5	21.0	57.5	14.1	43.4

Women, 20 years and over	2,787	100.0	36.7	26.1	37.3	16.5	20.8
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,257	100.0	40.4	26.5	33.1	15.9	17.2
On temporary layoff	260	100.0	76.4	13.8	9.8	2.4	7.4
Not on temporary layoff	997	100.0	31.0	29.8	39.2	19.4	19.8
Permanent job losers	726	100.0	24.7	30.6	44.7	20.5	24.2
People who completed temporary jobs	271	100.0	47.9	27.6	24.5	16.6	7.9
Job leavers	302	100.0	26.6	30.5	42.9	24.1	18.8
Reentrants	1,057	100.0	36.2	23.1	40.7	16.5	24.2
New entrants	171	100.0	29.9	33.4	36.7	7.6	29.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	831	100.0	51.3	25.4	23.4	10.4	13.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	91	100.0	64.3	27.8	7.9	2.3	5.6
On temporary layoff	68	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	24	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	19	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	4	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	35	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	359	100.0	45.9	32.9	21.2	7.3	13.9
New entrants	346	100.0	53.0	17.0	29.9	15.2	14.8
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: June 06, 2025