Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Reason	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
Reason	Aug. 2022	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Aug. 2022	Apr. 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug. 2023
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	2,871	2,801	3,053	2,693	2,642	2,960	2,900	2,620	2,914
On temporary layoff	866	873	870	796	709	767	842	667	789
Not on temporary layoff	2,005	1,928	2,183	1,898	1,933	2,193	2,058	1,953	2,125
Permanent job losers	1,427	1,381	1,600	1,314	1,445	1,588	1,493	1,372	1,538
Persons who completed temporary jobs	578	547	583	584	488	605	565	581	587
Job leavers	983	891	876	897	790	765	794	852	801
Reentrants	1,891	1,989	2,014	1,833	1,761	1,821	1,745	1,853	1,930
New entrants	511	691	680	451	531	508	558	503	597

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	45.9	44.0	46.1	45.8	46.2	48.9	48.4	44.9	46.7
On temporary layoff	13.8	13.7	13.1	13.5	12.4	12.7	14.0	11.4	12.6
Not on temporary layoff	32.0	30.3	33.0	32.3	33.8	36.2	34.3	33.5	34.0
Job leavers	15.7	14.0	13.2	15.3	13.8	12.6	13.2	14.6	12.8
Reentrants	30.2	31.2	30.4	31.2	30.8	30.1	29.1	31.8	30.9
New entrants	8.2	10.8	10.3	7.7	9.3	8.4	9.3	8.6	9.6

UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.7
Job leavers	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Reentrants	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.2
New entrants	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: September 01, 2023