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 2026-09-01
Last Updated 2026-10-12 1:18 PM 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 1.9232569966
1978-02-01 1.8378297225
1978-03-01 1.6585606304
1978-04-01 1.6810782429
1978-05-01 1.5799013753
1978-06-01 1.7168306458
1978-07-01 1.8250400270
1978-08-01 1.7340640799
1978-09-01 2.0856142687
1978-10-01 1.7892458740
1978-11-01 1.7063209173
1978-12-01 1.7710894716
1979-01-01 1.6994794049
1979-02-01 1.7435730134
1979-03-01 1.6180583778
1979-04-01 1.6860073734
1979-05-01 1.6486063851
1979-06-01 1.8650557413
1979-07-01 1.7559851648
1979-08-01 2.0335375084
1979-09-01 1.9365299291
1979-10-01 1.6124768544
1979-11-01 1.8071195375
1979-12-01 1.6039246731
1980-01-01 1.7862955002
1980-02-01 1.9122028962
1980-03-01 1.8550572646
1980-04-01 2.0149645943
1980-05-01 2.2004980081
1980-06-01 2.1760291775
1980-07-01 1.9570659392
1980-08-01 2.4480854804
1980-09-01 1.9330363426
1980-10-01 2.0217132617
1980-11-01 1.9171545991
1980-12-01 1.9458292895
1981-01-01 1.8713431397
1981-02-01 1.8989745842
1981-03-01 2.0220138034
1981-04-01 1.9894935897
1981-05-01 1.9531184060
1981-06-01 2.0572152863
1981-07-01 1.9798220271
1981-08-01 2.0040575735
1981-09-01 2.1023183311
1981-10-01 2.3722667710
1981-11-01 2.3438294749
1981-12-01 2.6190363817
1982-01-01 2.3052288867
1982-02-01 2.2170570567
1982-03-01 2.3923934317
1982-04-01 2.5833314589
1982-05-01 2.3977079385
1982-06-01 2.3859843099
1982-07-01 2.5319102980
1982-08-01 2.4815976797
1982-09-01 2.6854718303
1982-10-01 2.8817965136
1982-11-01 2.6721907830
1982-12-01 2.4645989754
1983-01-01 2.3278322463
1983-02-01 2.3037955404
1983-03-01 2.4232289654
1983-04-01 2.3954119505
1983-05-01 2.1868014080
1983-06-01 2.0904772076
1983-07-01 1.9722741075
1983-08-01 2.1860260827
1983-09-01 2.2682549609
1983-10-01 2.1280538976
1983-11-01 1.9733686574
1983-12-01 2.1971291030
1984-01-01 2.0482789806
1984-02-01 1.9098157141
1984-03-01 2.0312345735
1984-04-01 1.9257323237
1984-05-01 1.8169333891
1984-06-01 2.0264796219
1984-07-01 2.0791738239
1984-08-01 2.0582134306
1984-09-01 2.2260998512
1984-10-01 1.9683684647
1984-11-01 2.0336013824
1984-12-01 1.7854308280
1985-01-01 1.9394840217
1985-02-01 2.2558579519
1985-03-01 1.9154485397
1985-04-01 2.1619754193
1985-05-01 1.9906006950
1985-06-01 2.1277597625
1985-07-01 1.9861149667
1985-08-01 1.9253590805
1985-09-01 2.2487283108
1985-10-01 2.0948895302
1985-11-01 1.8216248255
1985-12-01 1.7552119542
1986-01-01 1.7336388479
1986-02-01 1.8767775831
1986-03-01 1.9268742453
1986-04-01 1.7475773504
1986-05-01 2.0940018844
1986-06-01 1.8572431216
1986-07-01 1.6763479249
1986-08-01 2.0788023755
1986-09-01 1.9955027152
1986-10-01 1.8741352146
1986-11-01 1.8263674565
1986-12-01 1.8823715027
1987-01-01 1.7286220179
1987-02-01 1.8795866819
1987-03-01 1.8337885805
1987-04-01 1.7385236855
1987-05-01 1.7211931636
1987-06-01 1.6660887233
1987-07-01 1.5516337216
1987-08-01 1.6883349009
1987-09-01 1.8213214340
1987-10-01 1.6966047554
1987-11-01 1.4546057474
1987-12-01 1.7175695540
1988-01-01 1.6315581244
1988-02-01 1.4334578981
1988-03-01 1.4810341697
1988-04-01 1.4322797749
1988-05-01 1.7933748801
1988-06-01 1.5150813598
1988-07-01 1.5771114612
1988-08-01 1.6611485010
1988-09-01 1.6038387218
1988-10-01 1.6361202080
1988-11-01 1.4527387044
1988-12-01 1.6773987212
1989-01-01 1.6330577638
1989-02-01 1.6095591600
1989-03-01 1.3874811061
1989-04-01 1.3680518186
1989-05-01 1.4656314124
1989-06-01 1.5596090451
1989-07-01 1.6747913816
1989-08-01 1.4198330175
1989-09-01 1.6234328019
1989-10-01 1.5457298448
1989-11-01 1.7516375170
1989-12-01 1.4032382261
1990-01-01 1.6968929523
1990-02-01 1.7159377804
1990-03-01 1.6015133122
1990-04-01 1.5691844924
1990-05-01 1.3257938455
1990-06-01 1.6986006475
1990-07-01 1.7743204170
1990-08-01 1.6193324224
1990-09-01 1.7999611535
1990-10-01 1.7600552902
1990-11-01 1.9337592136
1990-12-01 1.6480805013
1991-01-01 1.8816228271
1991-02-01 2.0740265005
1991-03-01 2.0029502957
1991-04-01 1.7880500946
1991-05-01 1.8355584340
1991-06-01 1.8316529772
1991-07-01 1.6383359891
1991-08-01 1.9773601515
1991-09-01 1.9085436500
1991-10-01 1.7542324753
1991-11-01 1.9632641043
1991-12-01 1.8196574690
1992-01-01 1.7982751513
1992-02-01 1.8534681754
1992-03-01 1.7580135161
1992-04-01 1.9051732822
1992-05-01 1.8966042940
1992-06-01 1.7068436537
1992-07-01 1.7014105477
1992-08-01 1.6051278655
1992-09-01 2.0136601689
1992-10-01 1.9301269839
1992-11-01 1.7747204518
1992-12-01 1.7859737732
1993-01-01 1.7820266522
1993-02-01 1.7591036061
1993-03-01 1.7470558378
1993-04-01 1.7192075761
1993-05-01 1.6567060344
1993-06-01 1.5511846628
1993-07-01 1.6574347023
1993-08-01 1.9085552329
1993-09-01 1.8568891755
1993-10-01 1.6270434258
1993-11-01 1.6697462153
1993-12-01 1.7356404628
1994-01-01 1.9823138915
1994-02-01 1.6641133828
1994-03-01 1.6931433007
1994-04-01 1.6571358535
1994-05-01 1.6544861788
1994-06-01 1.5005723518
1994-07-01 1.6715521086
1994-08-01 1.5177469052
1994-09-01 1.4212541736
1994-10-01 1.4086277975
1994-11-01 1.4621691357
1994-12-01 1.5609930860
1995-01-01 1.6699986764
1995-02-01 1.5408021180
1995-03-01 1.4501012864
1995-04-01 1.7076719824
1995-05-01 1.6041255909
1995-06-01 1.4145401768
1995-07-01 1.4708964603
1995-08-01 1.4671496636
1995-09-01 1.5746783020
1995-10-01 1.6811202792
1995-11-01 1.6366875491
1995-12-01 1.3894572961
1996-01-01 1.6725286127
1996-02-01 1.5353018104
1996-03-01 1.6619457325
1996-04-01 1.6094199228
1996-05-01 1.6593806625
1996-06-01 1.4030087711
1996-07-01 1.5494973213
1996-08-01 1.5553676883
1996-09-01 1.3770018122
1996-10-01 1.3842065978
1996-11-01 1.6550368146
1996-12-01 1.4778879056
1997-01-01 1.4408645956
1997-02-01 1.3915619052
1997-03-01 1.5463891308
1997-04-01 1.7771688706
1997-05-01 1.3857019010
1997-06-01 1.5385821869
1997-07-01 1.4576113219
1997-08-01 1.3580055941
1997-09-01 1.1379692488
1997-10-01 1.4123436402
1997-11-01 1.3940294747
1997-12-01 1.4193289354
1998-01-01 1.3487034815
1998-02-01 1.3847114569
1998-03-01 1.6416964170
1998-04-01 1.3943215119
1998-05-01 1.3711440795
1998-06-01 1.3095915036
1998-07-01 1.4462818452
1998-08-01 1.2302700740
1998-09-01 1.4899866382
1998-10-01 1.3573516260
1998-11-01 1.3776981717
1998-12-01 1.2872293270
1999-01-01 1.5072019803
1999-02-01 1.2116747054
1999-03-01 1.4163630769
1999-04-01 1.3646267132
1999-05-01 1.3535114992
1999-06-01 1.2291533262
1999-07-01 1.2222790924
1999-08-01 1.3284764558
1999-09-01 1.2648479056
1999-10-01 1.2779833299
1999-11-01 1.5455426621
1999-12-01 1.2508764622
2000-01-01 1.4309142559
2000-02-01 1.2932372581
2000-03-01 1.2516785063
2000-04-01 1.2402758476
2000-05-01 1.5924010543
2000-06-01 1.3483620033
2000-07-01 1.4070837658
2000-08-01 1.4489461311
2000-09-01 1.2657509173
2000-10-01 1.2039508785
2000-11-01 1.2664129241
2000-12-01 1.1828412148
2001-01-01 1.4053012279
2001-02-01 1.5188935927
2001-03-01 1.4396865131
2001-04-01 1.4124672011
2001-05-01 1.3717650416
2001-06-01 1.6465049362
2001-07-01 1.4542386103
2001-08-01 1.6274356657
2001-09-01 1.4262962072
2001-10-01 1.8359736373
2001-11-01 1.9043387581
2001-12-01 1.6781051975
2002-01-01 1.6199110163
2002-02-01 1.6123759086
2002-03-01 1.5019354157
2002-04-01 1.6463448640
2002-05-01 1.7502521004
2002-06-01 1.5687027589
2002-07-01 1.8272052918
2002-08-01 1.6521299448
2002-09-01 1.6401181284
2002-10-01 1.6248192452
2002-11-01 1.5952715819
2002-12-01 1.7225020053
2003-01-01 1.5686793670
2003-02-01 1.5499677705
2003-03-01 1.7207862059
2003-04-01 1.7967018748
2003-05-01 1.6121738435
2003-06-01 1.5875083973
2003-07-01 1.5518717530
2003-08-01 1.6687517916
2003-09-01 1.4239215197
2003-10-01 1.5638714413
2003-11-01 1.6712354142
2003-12-01 1.7130682469
2004-01-01 1.3279088653
2004-02-01 1.5527721989
2004-03-01 1.5848992981
2004-04-01 1.4129329868
2004-05-01 1.6371329395
2004-06-01 1.5522469655
2004-07-01 1.4829901729
2004-08-01 1.5424260976
2004-09-01 1.4477895231
2004-10-01 1.5879521023
2004-11-01 1.5179141006
2004-12-01 1.4393931494
2005-01-01 1.5598015728
2005-02-01 1.3972745852
2005-03-01 1.3542234923
2005-04-01 1.4193366597
2005-05-01 1.3646318739
2005-06-01 1.4975222907
2005-07-01 1.9022691368
2005-08-01 1.2613003967
2005-09-01 1.3215393183
2005-10-01 1.3133859377
2005-11-01 1.3001009971
2005-12-01 1.4471377362
2006-01-01 1.3509017045
2006-02-01 1.2801387112
2006-03-01 1.0875954674
2006-04-01 1.2795171276
2006-05-01 1.3442830814
2006-06-01 1.5159426411
2006-07-01 1.4558560299
2006-08-01 1.2322787803
2006-09-01 1.3234229878
2006-10-01 1.3586518701
2006-11-01 1.3626804595
2006-12-01 1.5264419094
2007-01-01 1.4875687232
2007-02-01 1.5565781403
2007-03-01 1.5221632267
2007-04-01 1.5552108305
2007-05-01 1.3850540280
2007-06-01 1.4307021450
2007-07-01 1.4723339715
2007-08-01 1.3736702226
2007-09-01 1.3166810106
2007-10-01 1.3403661492
2007-11-01 1.2442967338
2007-12-01 1.5242970391
2008-01-01 1.3919820955
2008-02-01 1.2618964103
2008-03-01 1.5571286025
2008-04-01 1.2589484562
2008-05-01 1.6207281435
2008-06-01 1.4206106582
2008-07-01 1.5358462943
2008-08-01 1.8438577307
2008-09-01 1.6593341375
2008-10-01 1.8223341457
2008-11-01 2.2266182920
2008-12-01 2.2485599863
2009-01-01 2.1590007990
2009-02-01 2.5588374488
2009-03-01 2.6789312544
2009-04-01 2.0014459646
2009-05-01 2.1918981464
2009-06-01 2.1369464610
2009-07-01 1.8870510598
2009-08-01 2.0391896754
2009-09-01 2.3410975016
2009-10-01 2.5364795320
2009-11-01 1.9395330099
2009-12-01 2.4092797437
2010-01-01 1.9142819463
2010-02-01 2.1628779488
2010-03-01 2.2831223320
2010-04-01 1.8182883378
2010-05-01 1.9341996587
2010-06-01 1.8821692415
2010-07-01 2.0152255149
2010-08-01 2.0555926270
2010-09-01 2.0118589053
2010-10-01 2.0009566878
2010-11-01 1.9779245057
2010-12-01 2.0129826933
2011-01-01 2.0307918485
2011-02-01 1.8999302890
2011-03-01 1.8714613084
2011-04-01 1.7806270375
2011-05-01 2.1485985878
2011-06-01 1.8091210415
2011-07-01 1.8699417598
2011-08-01 1.9102839201
2011-09-01 2.0878645749
2011-10-01 1.9487660727
2011-11-01 2.0717736111
2011-12-01 1.7766799836
2012-01-01 1.6718473800
2012-02-01 1.5789506574
2012-03-01 1.6652780607
2012-04-01 1.6350878365
2012-05-01 1.7867742397
2012-06-01 1.8001761864
2012-07-01 1.7555609196
2012-08-01 1.8120312618
2012-09-01 1.6879485887
2012-10-01 1.7107864056
2012-11-01 1.7239610536
2012-12-01 1.7866077767
2013-01-01 1.7694357734
2013-02-01 1.9692387602
2013-03-01 1.5272341457
2013-04-01 1.8032951427
2013-05-01 1.6786405343
2013-06-01 1.6392885822
2013-07-01 1.6469314685
2013-08-01 1.7692117822
2013-09-01 1.4645105447
2013-10-01 1.9690654651
2013-11-01 1.5248351614
2013-12-01 1.7723525054
2014-01-01 1.6351003475
2014-02-01 1.6482399466
2014-03-01 1.6062370160
2014-04-01 1.4571997234
2014-05-01 1.5833116166
2014-06-01 1.4470724908
2014-07-01 1.6582092928
2014-08-01 1.5829559613
2014-09-01 1.5548539153
2014-10-01 1.6247736287
2014-11-01 1.7499790667
2014-12-01 1.5374775961
2015-01-01 1.3226855015
2015-02-01 1.6928814648
2015-03-01 1.7239761995
2015-04-01 1.2374562788
2015-05-01 1.4933153722
2015-06-01 1.6098935200
2015-07-01 1.6044106050
2015-08-01 1.5643928470
2015-09-01 1.4588134566
2015-10-01 1.3047368275
2015-11-01 1.5674843354
2015-12-01 1.4436081999
2016-01-01 1.4204019840
2016-02-01 1.5749864451
2016-03-01 1.3114931367
2016-04-01 1.4588959567
2016-05-01 1.2875216275
2016-06-01 1.5877461442
2016-07-01 1.5301546225
2016-08-01 1.4272364347
2016-09-01 1.5830565736
2016-10-01 1.3123109839
2016-11-01 1.4953050019
2016-12-01 1.4494675638
2017-01-01 1.5190140562
2017-02-01 1.6323146136
2017-03-01 1.3183727887
2017-04-01 1.2357107858
2017-05-01 1.1742972925
2017-06-01 1.5736318555
2017-07-01 1.3472782263
2017-08-01 1.4711659448
2017-09-01 1.3720754196
2017-10-01 1.4507648805
2017-11-01 1.4224754166
2017-12-01 1.2885979791
2018-01-01 1.2954676676
2018-02-01 1.2822363436
2018-03-01 1.3848030842
2018-04-01 1.1545943825
2018-05-01 0.9663304041
2018-06-01 1.6395718003
2018-07-01 1.2672600748
2018-08-01 1.2311641514
2018-09-01 1.4375302653
2018-10-01 1.4397128593
2018-11-01 1.2838101705
2018-12-01 1.3198715208
2019-01-01 1.6265365457
2019-02-01 1.5647985584
2019-03-01 1.3678980299
2019-04-01 1.0319913007
2019-05-01 1.3044513977
2019-06-01 1.2892697471
2019-07-01 1.2298400508
2019-08-01 1.4332430341
2019-09-01 1.2199756176
2019-10-01 1.3439246588
2019-11-01 1.1835625768
2019-12-01 1.2794418675
2020-01-01 1.1297898046
2020-02-01 1.0799710222
2020-03-01 2.6550561038
2020-04-01 12.1496256131
2020-05-01 4.3649265199
2020-06-01 2.6498470542
2020-07-01 2.4105062536
2020-08-01 1.7706677235
2020-09-01 2.1319460702
2020-10-01 1.9816298740
2020-11-01 1.8234773747
2020-12-01 1.8885768885
2021-01-01 1.7567718920
2021-02-01 1.7033256925
2021-03-01 1.4585697172
2021-04-01 1.4870712612
2021-05-01 1.5804437728
2021-06-01 1.3506034373
2021-07-01 1.5318229968
2021-08-01 1.3480287940
2021-09-01 1.2472355552
2021-10-01 1.0172389090
2021-11-01 1.0947936961
2021-12-01 1.1821345607
2022-01-01 1.3939242928
2022-02-01 1.2592364580
2022-03-01 1.1270453340
2022-04-01 1.1159415653
2022-05-01 1.1168175307
2022-06-01 1.1317569070
2022-07-01 1.1492011283
2022-08-01 1.0577722360
2022-09-01 1.2638753855
2022-10-01 1.1929750616
2022-11-01 1.1807077841
2022-12-01 1.3075473789
2023-01-01 1.3435048330
2023-02-01 1.3782612771
2023-03-01 0.9509389536
2023-04-01 0.8240499173
2023-05-01 1.2870415077
2023-06-01 1.1807328162
2023-07-01 1.1897335720
2023-08-01 1.3191408666
2023-09-01 1.0789517376
2023-10-01 1.0278226263
2023-11-01 1.3737651619
2023-12-01 1.1110480329
2024-01-01 1.2762553626
2024-02-01 1.1489110131
2024-03-01 1.3540531527
2024-04-01 1.3213850160
2024-05-01 1.2294543252
2024-06-01 1.3496018767
2024-07-01 1.3673199368
2024-08-01 1.2836878716
2024-09-01 1.0842564897
2024-10-01 1.4884315977
2024-11-01 1.0846324093
2024-12-01 1.4057473918
2025-01-01 1.4491607418
2025-02-01 1.3093263017
2025-03-01 1.4194952823
2025-04-01 1.3587177548
2025-05-01 1.1264805134
2025-06-01 1.3239159681
2025-07-01 1.1611537617
2025-08-01 1.1818350124
2025-09-01 1.3245056712
2025-10-01 1.2626110132
2025-11-01 1.3382075893
2025-12-01 1.3732878343
2026-01-01 1.1416705380
2026-02-01 1.2680017633
2026-03-01 1.2847523642
2026-04-01 1.1418122525
2026-05-01 1.2882899636
2026-06-01 1.2538852326
2026-07-01 1.3908814773
2026-08-01 1.3340011715
2026-09-01 1.3799698119

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