Table Data - Monthly Transition Rate of All U.S. Workers From Employment to Non-Employment Due to a Layoff

Title Monthly Transition Rate of All U.S. Workers From Employment to Non-Employment Due to a Layoff
Series ID EMELASA
Source Ellieroth, Kathrin, Michaud, Amanda
Release Quits and Layoffs to Nonemployment Based on the Consumer Population Survey (CPS)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Percent
Date Range 1978-01-01 to 2026-08-01
Last Updated 2026-09-24 10:07 AM CDT
Notes Ellieroth and Michaud (EM) Employment-to-Layoff Transition Rate tracks the probability at which U.S. workers transition from employment to non-employment following a layoff in a given month. Expressed as the share (percentage) of all prime-age employed workers in the previous month. Non-employment includes both unemployment and not in the labor force.
DATE VALUE
1978-01-01 1.9232876667
1978-02-01 1.8379156669
1978-03-01 1.6589825316
1978-04-01 1.6813905249
1978-05-01 1.5804320746
1978-06-01 1.7166492012
1978-07-01 1.8248167407
1978-08-01 1.7340037776
1978-09-01 2.0847621295
1978-10-01 1.7889908779
1978-11-01 1.7062516301
1978-12-01 1.7715830411
1979-01-01 1.6998262222
1979-02-01 1.7436609250
1979-03-01 1.6181839796
1979-04-01 1.6856109286
1979-05-01 1.6492960656
1979-06-01 1.8654494589
1979-07-01 1.7562831424
1979-08-01 2.0329965726
1979-09-01 1.9356331647
1979-10-01 1.6125405088
1979-11-01 1.8068539351
1979-12-01 1.6036126958
1980-01-01 1.7868427263
1980-02-01 1.9124882905
1980-03-01 1.8548599946
1980-04-01 2.0162578976
1980-05-01 2.2005097458
1980-06-01 2.1754307172
1980-07-01 1.9579387868
1980-08-01 2.4478039271
1980-09-01 1.9319711064
1980-10-01 2.0215022403
1980-11-01 1.9173325932
1980-12-01 1.9463542502
1981-01-01 1.8711741586
1981-02-01 1.8990870021
1981-03-01 2.0223508199
1981-04-01 1.9895423091
1981-05-01 1.9537262693
1981-06-01 2.0572984253
1981-07-01 1.9802600215
1981-08-01 2.0029252590
1981-09-01 2.1024282595
1981-10-01 2.3715918968
1981-11-01 2.3430528358
1981-12-01 2.6199609421
1982-01-01 2.3057229762
1982-02-01 2.2171852980
1982-03-01 2.3931764596
1982-04-01 2.5831101730
1982-05-01 2.3972956202
1982-06-01 2.3875030707
1982-07-01 2.5320393727
1982-08-01 2.4809729677
1982-09-01 2.6840030828
1982-10-01 2.8818576481
1982-11-01 2.6720991115
1982-12-01 2.4649109852
1983-01-01 2.3272052627
1983-02-01 2.3039089276
1983-03-01 2.4242064216
1983-04-01 2.3959753225
1983-05-01 2.1870419938
1983-06-01 2.0905483962
1983-07-01 1.9729811270
1983-08-01 2.1859077783
1983-09-01 2.2668106754
1983-10-01 2.1271040390
1983-11-01 1.9744530834
1983-12-01 2.1970529088
1984-01-01 2.0483002948
1984-02-01 1.9102671125
1984-03-01 2.0312192736
1984-04-01 1.9252541998
1984-05-01 1.8176037547
1984-06-01 2.0269921393
1984-07-01 2.0795168822
1984-08-01 2.0578548893
1984-09-01 2.2252743953
1984-10-01 1.9684396246
1984-11-01 2.0332561848
1984-12-01 1.7850893514
1985-01-01 1.9400111960
1985-02-01 2.2559022636
1985-03-01 1.9160023255
1985-04-01 2.1620986543
1985-05-01 1.9908311873
1985-06-01 2.1281571319
1985-07-01 1.9867691678
1985-08-01 1.9247297185
1985-09-01 2.2470239348
1985-10-01 2.0953749980
1985-11-01 1.8218935174
1985-12-01 1.7553886212
1986-01-01 1.7336824807
1986-02-01 1.8768000075
1986-03-01 1.9264866909
1986-04-01 1.7487069832
1986-05-01 2.0938448281
1986-06-01 1.8568463055
1986-07-01 1.6770691345
1986-08-01 2.0787972943
1986-09-01 1.9946664278
1986-10-01 1.8739966977
1986-11-01 1.8264876429
1986-12-01 1.8828801261
1987-01-01 1.7283224929
1987-02-01 1.8795961342
1987-03-01 1.8339285916
1987-04-01 1.7385892137
1987-05-01 1.7215719511
1987-06-01 1.6662600375
1987-07-01 1.5519270226
1987-08-01 1.6875604771
1987-09-01 1.8217008382
1987-10-01 1.6962237419
1987-11-01 1.4540813871
1987-12-01 1.7181841263
1988-01-01 1.6317253282
1988-02-01 1.4329082303
1988-03-01 1.4815381848
1988-04-01 1.4326419426
1988-05-01 1.7934226508
1988-06-01 1.5152058955
1988-07-01 1.5775991047
1988-08-01 1.6612104059
1988-09-01 1.6031027346
1988-10-01 1.6355121841
1988-11-01 1.4534703507
1988-12-01 1.6773343952
1989-01-01 1.6328687265
1989-02-01 1.6095341242
1989-03-01 1.3876100016
1989-04-01 1.3682880761
1989-05-01 1.4659376953
1989-06-01 1.5595826678
1989-07-01 1.6744819552
1989-08-01 1.4200557147
1989-09-01 1.6232994659
1989-10-01 1.5456406289
1989-11-01 1.7514005319
1989-12-01 1.4036314741
1990-01-01 1.6969593186
1990-02-01 1.7158876255
1990-03-01 1.6013474734
1990-04-01 1.5687757785
1990-05-01 1.3261917274
1990-06-01 1.6991321179
1990-07-01 1.7744941625
1990-08-01 1.6192474711
1990-09-01 1.7997862647
1990-10-01 1.7603117643
1990-11-01 1.9332574694
1990-12-01 1.6477588312
1991-01-01 1.8818372609
1991-02-01 2.0739567001
1991-03-01 2.0033063130
1991-04-01 1.7880761226
1991-05-01 1.8356514751
1991-06-01 1.8321116958
1991-07-01 1.6387825752
1991-08-01 1.9769518007
1991-09-01 1.9076851765
1991-10-01 1.7546925423
1991-11-01 1.9633660472
1991-12-01 1.8198183214
1992-01-01 1.7980412036
1992-02-01 1.8534811151
1992-03-01 1.7579643096
1992-04-01 1.9050888711
1992-05-01 1.8969207586
1992-06-01 1.7071001781
1992-07-01 1.7016205310
1992-08-01 1.6045475272
1992-09-01 2.0146738598
1992-10-01 1.9299023763
1992-11-01 1.7739390032
1992-12-01 1.7866028086
1993-01-01 1.7820149447
1993-02-01 1.7590788234
1993-03-01 1.7472842829
1993-04-01 1.7189007135
1993-05-01 1.6561584468
1993-06-01 1.5523353342
1993-07-01 1.6573192925
1993-08-01 1.9084335023
1993-09-01 1.8568315414
1993-10-01 1.6273996551
1993-11-01 1.6695098340
1993-12-01 1.7358382972
1994-01-01 1.9813276376
1994-02-01 1.6641068774
1994-03-01 1.6934858669
1994-04-01 1.6573212274
1994-05-01 1.6543798804
1994-06-01 1.5007617514
1994-07-01 1.6719098387
1994-08-01 1.5179387460
1994-09-01 1.4211827314
1994-10-01 1.4082944521
1994-11-01 1.4628029409
1994-12-01 1.5608994247
1995-01-01 1.6696530979
1995-02-01 1.5408136930
1995-03-01 1.4500316289
1995-04-01 1.7076917798
1995-05-01 1.6042715828
1995-06-01 1.4138551951
1995-07-01 1.4696533620
1995-08-01 1.4667978237
1995-09-01 1.5753924637
1995-10-01 1.6812331190
1995-11-01 1.6363749156
1995-12-01 1.3897974629
1996-01-01 1.6725007344
1996-02-01 1.5348855709
1996-03-01 1.6620628109
1996-04-01 1.6092336006
1996-05-01 1.6592762564
1996-06-01 1.4033383048
1996-07-01 1.5497367976
1996-08-01 1.5551042540
1996-09-01 1.3769237320
1996-10-01 1.3847033748
1996-11-01 1.6550652293
1996-12-01 1.4779585721
1997-01-01 1.4406667322
1997-02-01 1.3915983048
1997-03-01 1.5457325051
1997-04-01 1.7779917238
1997-05-01 1.3853588620
1997-06-01 1.5382612863
1997-07-01 1.4579277547
1997-08-01 1.3581962707
1997-09-01 1.1383291532
1997-10-01 1.4125463599
1997-11-01 1.3939529531
1997-12-01 1.4196340057
1998-01-01 1.3483052435
1998-02-01 1.3847489332
1998-03-01 1.6414636794
1998-04-01 1.3941295319
1998-05-01 1.3712075628
1998-06-01 1.3096787738
1998-07-01 1.4462267414
1998-08-01 1.2298456326
1998-09-01 1.4914100586
1998-10-01 1.3573309064
1998-11-01 1.3770564797
1998-12-01 1.2876094466
1999-01-01 1.5072375524
1999-02-01 1.2117046001
1999-03-01 1.4164247747
1999-04-01 1.3643182895
1999-05-01 1.3529011958
1999-06-01 1.2299154923
1999-07-01 1.2219945577
1999-08-01 1.3283845813
1999-09-01 1.2653588666
1999-10-01 1.2783749048
1999-11-01 1.5452978778
1999-12-01 1.2509385050
2000-01-01 1.4302900956
2000-02-01 1.2936761613
2000-03-01 1.2515769828
2000-04-01 1.2403219892
2000-05-01 1.5924088106
2000-06-01 1.3481776587
2000-07-01 1.4064751764
2000-08-01 1.4492147785
2000-09-01 1.2666146320
2000-10-01 1.2041090959
2000-11-01 1.2661941970
2000-12-01 1.1830393616
2001-01-01 1.4053868051
2001-02-01 1.5188995738
2001-03-01 1.4393343192
2001-04-01 1.4119506022
2001-05-01 1.3718943373
2001-06-01 1.6467556738
2001-07-01 1.4539869367
2001-08-01 1.6273479023
2001-09-01 1.4272511714
2001-10-01 1.8365501122
2001-11-01 1.9038255970
2001-12-01 1.6775227873
2002-01-01 1.6202040719
2002-02-01 1.6123747898
2002-03-01 1.5020368123
2002-04-01 1.6462486630
2002-05-01 1.7500070334
2002-06-01 1.5687822942
2002-07-01 1.8271559986
2002-08-01 1.6517489573
2002-09-01 1.6406327737
2002-10-01 1.6255063275
2002-11-01 1.5953886723
2002-12-01 1.7223437795
2003-01-01 1.5686421026
2003-02-01 1.5499544686
2003-03-01 1.7200695114
2003-04-01 1.7976529775
2003-05-01 1.6116661869
2003-06-01 1.5868848072
2003-07-01 1.5519275249
2003-08-01 1.6688744103
2003-09-01 1.4248802443
2003-10-01 1.5642021231
2003-11-01 1.6712722260
2003-12-01 1.7131632828
2004-01-01 1.3276742544
2004-02-01 1.5527716599
2004-03-01 1.5849817162
2004-04-01 1.4126821802
2004-05-01 1.6363350456
2004-06-01 1.5529619198
2004-07-01 1.4824034347
2004-08-01 1.5422500998
2004-09-01 1.4487968965
2004-10-01 1.5885430369
2004-11-01 1.5178222584
2004-12-01 1.4392399422
2005-01-01 1.5592695890
2005-02-01 1.3972240125
2005-03-01 1.3544159550
2005-04-01 1.4195525448
2005-05-01 1.3643590936
2005-06-01 1.4972474218
2005-07-01 1.9020464792
2005-08-01 1.2613789895
2005-09-01 1.3223879520
2005-10-01 1.3132834849
2005-11-01 1.3008215513
2005-12-01 1.4467012411
2006-01-01 1.3508373617
2006-02-01 1.2800681654
2006-03-01 1.0874870337
2006-04-01 1.2796237290
2006-05-01 1.3442446928
2006-06-01 1.5154693586
2006-07-01 1.4549802330
2006-08-01 1.2324585361
2006-09-01 1.3247675050
2006-10-01 1.3589772897
2006-11-01 1.3626405961
2006-12-01 1.5264221149
2007-01-01 1.4877712627
2007-02-01 1.5564536759
2007-03-01 1.5217047667
2007-04-01 1.5546978925
2007-05-01 1.3851294407
2007-06-01 1.4306938083
2007-07-01 1.4718803609
2007-08-01 1.3735245552
2007-09-01 1.3179943590
2007-10-01 1.3409612421
2007-11-01 1.2441583576
2007-12-01 1.5235315886
2008-01-01 1.3923160572
2008-02-01 1.2618901224
2008-03-01 1.5563536922
2008-04-01 1.2596563332
2008-05-01 1.6201532685
2008-06-01 1.4198884540
2008-07-01 1.5357988184
2008-08-01 1.8438756739
2008-09-01 1.6609007951
2008-10-01 1.8229351798
2008-11-01 2.2269567345
2008-12-01 2.2484799501
2009-01-01 2.1586754541
2009-02-01 2.5585143892
2009-03-01 2.6783108237
2009-04-01 2.0013269861
2009-05-01 2.1917716683
2009-06-01 2.1364477509
2009-07-01 1.8865446303
2009-08-01 2.0381887258
2009-09-01 2.3448190368
2009-10-01 2.5369513942
2009-11-01 1.9390685689
2009-12-01 2.4094436344
2010-01-01 1.9146084854
2010-02-01 2.1625792599
2010-03-01 2.2829954472
2010-04-01 1.8179489022
2010-05-01 1.9331371551
2010-06-01 1.8827562818
2010-07-01 2.0142880843
2010-08-01 2.0551185622
2010-09-01 2.0139771207
2010-10-01 2.0020276752
2010-11-01 1.9780858016
2010-12-01 2.0126951311
2011-01-01 2.0301794823
2011-02-01 1.8996517816
2011-03-01 1.8715427496
2011-04-01 1.7807997219
2011-05-01 2.1480007529
2011-06-01 1.8084922960
2011-07-01 1.8695883131
2011-08-01 1.9101242482
2011-09-01 2.0900316955
2011-10-01 1.9489699147
2011-11-01 2.0731903399
2011-12-01 1.7761644295
2012-01-01 1.6718368141
2012-02-01 1.5790159917
2012-03-01 1.6646904478
2012-04-01 1.6343703251
2012-05-01 1.7867397983
2012-06-01 1.7998406825
2012-07-01 1.7548378499
2012-08-01 1.8115772296
2012-09-01 1.6903046907
2012-10-01 1.7118719086
2012-11-01 1.7239542816
2012-12-01 1.7858242278
2013-01-01 1.7699019153
2013-02-01 1.9688787313
2013-03-01 1.5271512626
2013-04-01 1.8029474513
2013-05-01 1.6782007808
2013-06-01 1.6387730062
2013-07-01 1.6464841202
2013-08-01 1.7684178125
2013-09-01 1.4661209942
2013-10-01 1.9706267237
2013-11-01 1.5253678057
2013-12-01 1.7721285261
2014-01-01 1.6351542772
2014-02-01 1.6479132945
2014-03-01 1.6053500114
2014-04-01 1.4576835921
2014-05-01 1.5826041105
2014-06-01 1.4459267893
2014-07-01 1.6578415325
2014-08-01 1.5826889763
2014-09-01 1.5572231468
2014-10-01 1.6258236291
2014-11-01 1.7505192452
2014-12-01 1.5375992544
2015-01-01 1.3225007030
2015-02-01 1.6925274640
2015-03-01 1.7234835866
2015-04-01 1.2370224549
2015-05-01 1.4930781577
2015-06-01 1.6089845732
2015-07-01 1.6036166402
2015-08-01 1.5633375951
2015-09-01 1.4620806019
2015-10-01 1.3054830373
2015-11-01 1.5673886538
2015-12-01 1.4438946825
2016-01-01 1.4206184330
2016-02-01 1.5740490426
2016-03-01 1.3114494632
2016-04-01 1.4585675722
2016-05-01 1.2870419287
2016-06-01 1.5866836253
2016-07-01 1.5295520677
2016-08-01 1.4269061577
2016-09-01 1.5856957318
2016-10-01 1.3129566479
2016-11-01 1.4966216358
2016-12-01 1.4492128633
2017-01-01 1.5189314075
2017-02-01 1.6319716633
2017-03-01 1.3179867228
2017-04-01 1.2352185133
2017-05-01 1.1740203186
2017-06-01 1.5722997713
2017-07-01 1.3460524650
2017-08-01 1.4709189699
2017-09-01 1.3750383300
2017-10-01 1.4520263505
2017-11-01 1.4229461497
2017-12-01 1.2888026579
2018-01-01 1.2956099941
2018-02-01 1.2819829328
2018-03-01 1.3841087358
2018-04-01 1.1535208523
2018-05-01 0.9661249175
2018-06-01 1.6386086215
2018-07-01 1.2664180300
2018-08-01 1.2306389395
2018-09-01 1.4408115561
2018-10-01 1.4413670667
2018-11-01 1.2841929745
2018-12-01 1.3194796903
2019-01-01 1.6268449629
2019-02-01 1.5645100270
2019-03-01 1.3675793137
2019-04-01 1.0311953797
2019-05-01 1.3037437262
2019-06-01 1.2883540033
2019-07-01 1.2291736973
2019-08-01 1.4323394585
2019-09-01 1.2225246666
2019-10-01 1.3457552634
2019-11-01 1.1843825614
2019-12-01 1.2794636148
2020-01-01 1.1297495855
2020-02-01 1.0798291087
2020-03-01 2.6538452533
2020-04-01 12.1381698566
2020-05-01 4.3626822455
2020-06-01 2.6475287962
2020-07-01 2.4086988933
2020-08-01 1.7691663664
2020-09-01 2.1387849812
2020-10-01 1.9837610157
2020-11-01 1.8239285788
2020-12-01 1.8890995023
2021-01-01 1.7568739505
2021-02-01 1.7029916659
2021-03-01 1.4581533425
2021-04-01 1.4855082714
2021-05-01 1.5788175209
2021-06-01 1.3501510256
2021-07-01 1.5302952975
2021-08-01 1.3471763468
2021-09-01 1.2507743941
2021-10-01 1.0187611801
2021-11-01 1.0954287810
2021-12-01 1.1821646051
2022-01-01 1.3932639270
2022-02-01 1.2589271393
2022-03-01 1.1267980689
2022-04-01 1.1151391323
2022-05-01 1.1159497467
2022-06-01 1.1306247201
2022-07-01 1.1483248805
2022-08-01 1.0572021105
2022-09-01 1.2676684693
2022-10-01 1.1943141543
2022-11-01 1.1821079084
2022-12-01 1.3073319301
2023-01-01 1.3432034831
2023-02-01 1.3778669743
2023-03-01 0.9504761936
2023-04-01 0.8233910461
2023-05-01 1.2862148043
2023-06-01 1.1793480944
2023-07-01 1.1881605850
2023-08-01 1.3184263643
2023-09-01 1.0828651733
2023-10-01 1.0293930840
2023-11-01 1.3746002271
2023-12-01 1.1111946509
2024-01-01 1.2761677728
2024-02-01 1.1482145591
2024-03-01 1.3535028174
2024-04-01 1.3201238451
2024-05-01 1.2284374925
2024-06-01 1.3482527117
2024-07-01 1.3660362199
2024-08-01 1.2823584869
2024-09-01 1.0880113255
2024-10-01 1.4912928957
2024-11-01 1.0855739038
2024-12-01 1.4056527680
2025-01-01 1.4488333792
2025-02-01 1.3088614333
2025-03-01 1.4181562399
2025-04-01 1.3581432373
2025-05-01 1.1252926883
2025-06-01 1.3219420390
2025-07-01 1.1600618751
2025-08-01 1.1808526169
2025-09-01 1.3299533158
2025-10-01 1.2636195192
2025-11-01 1.3387543929
2025-12-01 1.3734295788
2026-01-01 1.1412017364
2026-02-01 1.2674991865
2026-03-01 1.2838430005
2026-04-01 1.1405648595
2026-05-01 1.2872286632
2026-06-01 1.2522813702
2026-07-01 1.3890986595
2026-08-01 1.3321317364

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