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	September 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	7,324	100.0	29.5	29.7	40.8	16.1	24.7
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,164	100.0	33.6	30.2	36.2	15.2	21.0
On temporary layoff	495	100.0	57.5	31.9	10.6	8.6	2.0
Not on temporary layoff	2,669	100.0	29.2	29.9	40.9	16.4	24.5
Permanent job losers	2,003	100.0	26.8	30.3	42.9	17.2	25.7
People who completed temporary jobs	666	100.0	36.2	28.8	35.0	14.1	20.9
Job leavers	930	100.0	33.6	31.2	35.2	16.7	18.5
Reentrants	2,423	100.0	25.3	26.5	48.2	16.6	31.6
New entrants	806	100.0	21.2	35.4	43.4	17.8	25.6

Men, 20 years and over	3,301	100.0	26.0	31.3	42.7	14.9	27.8
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,742	100.0	30.5	32.3	37.1	13.7	23.5
On temporary layoff	235	100.0	44.0	43.5	12.4	9.5	2.9
Not on temporary layoff	1,507	100.0	28.4	30.6	41.0	14.3	26.7
Permanent job losers	1,135	100.0	26.9	30.8	42.3	15.0	27.4
People who completed temporary jobs	372	100.0	33.3	29.9	36.9	12.2	24.6
Job leavers	407	100.0	28.0	37.3	34.7	12.9	21.8
Reentrants	994	100.0	20.8	27.3	51.9	18.1	33.8
New entrants	159	100.0	3.9	28.4	67.6	13.4	54.3

Women, 20 years and over	3,198	100.0	30.3	26.0	43.7	18.5	25.2
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	1,329	100.0	35.8	27.6	36.7	18.0	18.7
On temporary layoff	224	100.0	70.3	19.8	9.9	8.6	1.3
Not on temporary layoff	1,105	100.0	28.8	29.1	42.1	19.9	22.2
Permanent job losers	836	100.0	25.8	29.8	44.4	20.8	23.6
People who completed temporary jobs	268	100.0	38.1	27.1	34.8	17.2	17.6
Job leavers	461	100.0	34.6	26.4	39.0	21.0	17.9
Reentrants	1,171	100.0	23.1	25.2	51.7	17.4	34.3
New entrants	237	100.0	26.3	21.0	52.8	21.8	31.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years	825	100.0	40.5	37.5	22.0	12.0	10.0
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	94	100.0	59.4	29.1	11.5	3.9	7.6
On temporary layoff	36	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Not on temporary layoff	58	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Permanent job losers	32	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
People who completed temporary jobs	26	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Job leavers	62	100.0	-	-	-	-	-
Reentrants	259	100.0	52.9	29.0	18.1	7.3	10.8
New entrants	411	100.0	24.9	46.4	28.7	17.2	11.5
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: November 20, 2025