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

Title Monthly Transition Rate of Prime-Age U.S. Workers From Employment to Non-Employment Due to a Layoff
Series ID EMELPSA
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 2026-05-01
Last Updated 2026-06-15 1:18 PM CDT
Notes Ellieroth and Michaud (EM) Employment-to-Layoff Transition Rate tracks the probability at which U.S. prime-age (25-55 years) 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 1.2802060104167400
1978-02-01 1.2044106546614000
1978-03-01 1.0477930626684500
1978-04-01 1.0972203691677700
1978-05-01 1.1921375157534200
1978-06-01 1.3614557354104300
1978-07-01 1.2072718590945800
1978-08-01 1.0950431180165200
1978-09-01 1.1492664003165100
1978-10-01 1.0330387844164500
1978-11-01 1.0132725709948900
1978-12-01 1.1181930521877400
1979-01-01 1.1124811856617700
1979-02-01 1.0696549255608400
1979-03-01 1.0359004931656300
1979-04-01 1.1724866235995800
1979-05-01 1.1098927293442700
1979-06-01 1.4125581681752400
1979-07-01 1.1261154634242700
1979-08-01 1.2365930127257700
1979-09-01 1.1894464383010300
1979-10-01 1.1574981525685200
1979-11-01 1.2974494518001400
1979-12-01 1.0302561851202600
1980-01-01 1.3066860398025900
1980-02-01 1.2998870617606900
1980-03-01 1.3407475715608000
1980-04-01 1.5210114561731400
1980-05-01 1.6366239152932200
1980-06-01 1.6626052968114300
1980-07-01 1.6102748982525200
1980-08-01 1.7791364248390400
1980-09-01 1.3193190830817100
1980-10-01 1.5114160158598700
1980-11-01 1.1856546590780100
1980-12-01 1.3471408775328400
1981-01-01 1.2468633736546000
1981-02-01 1.3780031181332200
1981-03-01 1.3962266496964000
1981-04-01 1.4386956058874100
1981-05-01 1.5319845734537800
1981-06-01 1.5661904322436900
1981-07-01 1.4921885583292900
1981-08-01 1.3788968465618300
1981-09-01 1.7092227090533800
1981-10-01 1.7077509514071500
1981-11-01 1.7985352455314600
1981-12-01 1.9432367973375600
1982-01-01 1.7112161489866700
1982-02-01 1.6697569026182400
1982-03-01 1.8958897317935600
1982-04-01 1.9194938801603500
1982-05-01 1.8642409900455800
1982-06-01 1.8415195198028800
1982-07-01 2.0333630011625500
1982-08-01 1.9281367104667200
1982-09-01 2.1585487059754700
1982-10-01 2.2449411764296100
1982-11-01 2.0893717872282300
1982-12-01 1.7928041188793300
1983-01-01 1.6641881947689500
1983-02-01 1.8283245249372900
1983-03-01 1.8516020711720200
1983-04-01 1.8440665290027800
1983-05-01 1.8658561036060100
1983-06-01 1.6880057214419200
1983-07-01 1.4138871743539900
1983-08-01 1.7010377548297500
1983-09-01 1.5296464598803400
1983-10-01 1.7278598251108700
1983-11-01 1.5835017389641500
1983-12-01 1.4825254059851400
1984-01-01 1.4514595349538500
1984-02-01 1.3820486498549500
1984-03-01 1.5356754379378700
1984-04-01 1.3826643704717500
1984-05-01 1.3706085910797400
1984-06-01 1.6204414197315900
1984-07-01 1.4974766681430800
1984-08-01 1.4774834411962500
1984-09-01 1.6160574338324500
1984-10-01 1.4694400616822700
1984-11-01 1.5340286787538000
1984-12-01 1.3609904449893100
1985-01-01 1.4666108966759700
1985-02-01 1.7290749940028600
1985-03-01 1.4358716564571200
1985-04-01 1.6333430832934600
1985-05-01 1.3816637053153800
1985-06-01 1.6731097249417800
1985-07-01 1.4285473550502800
1985-08-01 1.3638425719943800
1985-09-01 1.6531992974011400
1985-10-01 1.5773655562515700
1985-11-01 1.4775109303418700
1985-12-01 1.3676453943099200
1986-01-01 1.3406192818920700
1986-02-01 1.3645718214419600
1986-03-01 1.4714510126202600
1986-04-01 1.2928773507573500
1986-05-01 1.7732526342137800
1986-06-01 1.5286766039384500
1986-07-01 1.3660503616549200
1986-08-01 1.5209799051126600
1986-09-01 1.4649928444838800
1986-10-01 1.4091585314506300
1986-11-01 1.4748256195464900
1986-12-01 1.3483867338365700
1987-01-01 1.3640713851562200
1987-02-01 1.2611165616392400
1987-03-01 1.4075493921470700
1987-04-01 1.2936548997385900
1987-05-01 1.1449338642392000
1987-06-01 1.3473318605939600
1987-07-01 1.1958959861107900
1987-08-01 1.3001285498418000
1987-09-01 1.1861324297107100
1987-10-01 1.2193327438788100
1987-11-01 1.1637922122061500
1987-12-01 1.3202050949707500
1988-01-01 1.3052077241244600
1988-02-01 1.0649292182727200
1988-03-01 1.0670661513444300
1988-04-01 1.1316222796453100
1988-05-01 1.3959621972321700
1988-06-01 1.0537883203825500
1988-07-01 1.0169453201246200
1988-08-01 1.0536256387734400
1988-09-01 1.2106844823340800
1988-10-01 1.1903419973541500
1988-11-01 1.1653797744318500
1988-12-01 1.2364791289771900
1989-01-01 1.2843765682019400
1989-02-01 1.2291209846398500
1989-03-01 1.0513429631470300
1989-04-01 1.0684574940020400
1989-05-01 1.2350025431408800
1989-06-01 1.1587501856763100
1989-07-01 1.2602671030190900
1989-08-01 1.0809582207448400
1989-09-01 1.1630489782081100
1989-10-01 1.2620925159422200
1989-11-01 1.3022510297108100
1989-12-01 1.0808625120261100
1990-01-01 1.3540937780470700
1990-02-01 1.1926365217731600
1990-03-01 1.0720589622021900
1990-04-01 1.1592510586696300
1990-05-01 0.9576045556731500
1990-06-01 1.2800253448737000
1990-07-01 1.3384570817412800
1990-08-01 1.2036084511132500
1990-09-01 1.2147040598583400
1990-10-01 1.3323709022921800
1990-11-01 1.4874420194948900
1990-12-01 1.2455610717251300
1991-01-01 1.4995448063642600
1991-02-01 1.6146372618995300
1991-03-01 1.6677436453202300
1991-04-01 1.3975332598702900
1991-05-01 1.4348977470183500
1991-06-01 1.4596706656949200
1991-07-01 1.2515457034434600
1991-08-01 1.4158141614988300
1991-09-01 1.4226272734551700
1991-10-01 1.3589988072435900
1991-11-01 1.6106071016063600
1991-12-01 1.4398462492425000
1992-01-01 1.3728877012403700
1992-02-01 1.3976087580910400
1992-03-01 1.3843297433457500
1992-04-01 1.5805890559600500
1992-05-01 1.3698025340956600
1992-06-01 1.2851473894233200
1992-07-01 1.2890566007252100
1992-08-01 1.0838410939996400
1992-09-01 1.4082722185531000
1992-10-01 1.4754188208416900
1992-11-01 1.5390699455434100
1992-12-01 1.4023651614427400
1993-01-01 1.3922399009919200
1993-02-01 1.2937726301339900
1993-03-01 1.2058986632167500
1993-04-01 1.1406699742810400
1993-05-01 1.1847054908502700
1993-06-01 1.1767599804419500
1993-07-01 1.3377943535148400
1993-08-01 1.4122393888542700
1993-09-01 1.2897053952089700
1993-10-01 1.3102317582935200
1993-11-01 1.3388207274406100
1993-12-01 1.3956799755392900
1994-01-01 1.6034182112641500
1994-02-01 1.1378636272049800
1994-03-01 1.1655974425373300
1994-04-01 1.1705142469389700
1994-05-01 1.2056073502230400
1994-06-01 1.1628554496191400
1994-07-01 1.3025388832306900
1994-08-01 1.0981796561486900
1994-09-01 1.1244762792215900
1994-10-01 1.0233627549279200
1994-11-01 1.1730538040143300
1994-12-01 1.1671187978176600
1995-01-01 1.4061203599829700
1995-02-01 1.3540798033833400
1995-03-01 1.0705845901204700
1995-04-01 1.2860056089354400
1995-05-01 1.1578450262409400
1995-06-01 0.9907861940146790
1995-07-01 1.0934646435220800
1995-08-01 1.1165901849427500
1995-09-01 1.1894393086121800
1995-10-01 1.1897507967795200
1995-11-01 1.2473097776482300
1995-12-01 0.9862199187724960
1996-01-01 1.3205550904667900
1996-02-01 1.0935442675105200
1996-03-01 1.3597563356115200
1996-04-01 1.2093007766535600
1996-05-01 1.3380795406742800
1996-06-01 1.1584911187256400
1996-07-01 1.1593549095780600
1996-08-01 1.1175509453209900
1996-09-01 1.1732759527339300
1996-10-01 1.1398467063726700
1996-11-01 1.2371247773207600
1996-12-01 1.1120360532528900
1997-01-01 1.1792257327896600
1997-02-01 1.0445920958719600
1997-03-01 1.2013557461572500
1997-04-01 1.0828751030831300
1997-05-01 1.0695563895362500
1997-06-01 1.1130216089362600
1997-07-01 1.1809862319039800
1997-08-01 1.0671428872101600
1997-09-01 0.9345902699882770
1997-10-01 1.1484358179554800
1997-11-01 1.0488437571867700
1997-12-01 1.0925704152853000
1998-01-01 0.9771368309718820
1998-02-01 1.0741650582865100
1998-03-01 1.3076288256700300
1998-04-01 1.0315723067609600
1998-05-01 1.0180528920032300
1998-06-01 0.9445155386704250
1998-07-01 1.1449000942814500
1998-08-01 0.9781536331100200
1998-09-01 1.1490891191965900
1998-10-01 0.9290303419652010
1998-11-01 1.1390233393590300
1998-12-01 0.9567131360128240
1999-01-01 1.1399453838184500
1999-02-01 1.0306728738670500
1999-03-01 1.0802471050798100
1999-04-01 1.1039698502836500
1999-05-01 1.1162445074623600
1999-06-01 0.8660505359992280
1999-07-01 0.9023200151076390
1999-08-01 1.0181278182036900
1999-09-01 0.9025919177250860
1999-10-01 1.0186232825023400
1999-11-01 0.9984298574519640
1999-12-01 0.9062409677861500
2000-01-01 1.1563487875344300
2000-02-01 0.9321839175312920
2000-03-01 0.8785352498763190
2000-04-01 0.9211585513935560
2000-05-01 1.3151686992534800
2000-06-01 0.9440842386413780
2000-07-01 1.0274952007503800
2000-08-01 0.9957246959813960
2000-09-01 1.0400476899347500
2000-10-01 1.0128993215570100
2000-11-01 0.9823535223617040
2000-12-01 0.8868230559857950
2001-01-01 1.0126824016060700
2001-02-01 1.2545231301707900
2001-03-01 1.0854727192422400
2001-04-01 1.1744436559603400
2001-05-01 1.0310436141413400
2001-06-01 1.2155066395259800
2001-07-01 1.1061252745026000
2001-08-01 1.3338835977373600
2001-09-01 1.1571125828882300
2001-10-01 1.5537386706887300
2001-11-01 1.4467508955794300
2001-12-01 1.3241136399100200
2002-01-01 1.2476059893145200
2002-02-01 1.3558831445959000
2002-03-01 1.2120311735677300
2002-04-01 1.3292732505292100
2002-05-01 1.2904117817613600
2002-06-01 1.2050353005814400
2002-07-01 1.4680680051725500
2002-08-01 1.2529499925403700
2002-09-01 1.2724397579514200
2002-10-01 1.3660013881527400
2002-11-01 1.4280707393804000
2002-12-01 1.3705297123808200
2003-01-01 1.2481265831562800
2003-02-01 1.1942182378711500
2003-03-01 1.2798527627866700
2003-04-01 1.3191383126453800
2003-05-01 1.2690403752587800
2003-06-01 1.2105007557671300
2003-07-01 1.1415695208945500
2003-08-01 1.4029060652189600
2003-09-01 1.2519212841729900
2003-10-01 1.4118636937996000
2003-11-01 1.2098126014430000
2003-12-01 1.3675039396810900
2004-01-01 1.0429892921690100
2004-02-01 1.1519846920628500
2004-03-01 1.0981142473182800
2004-04-01 1.1597775821567800
2004-05-01 1.3167237871645900
2004-06-01 1.1908256852019600
2004-07-01 1.1792358977290200
2004-08-01 1.3395169035341900
2004-09-01 1.1376228945172100
2004-10-01 1.2226276410124300
2004-11-01 1.1253674377100400
2004-12-01 1.1854730445020700
2005-01-01 1.1635434787689700
2005-02-01 1.0458771571123700
2005-03-01 1.0424817227423900
2005-04-01 1.0144525788632900
2005-05-01 1.0903400571996800
2005-06-01 1.0929429240547200
2005-07-01 1.4282227963386400
2005-08-01 0.8508735527745590
2005-09-01 1.1322759483295600
2005-10-01 1.0799162990803500
2005-11-01 0.9763610013085760
2005-12-01 1.1823579973401600
2006-01-01 1.1091097648520000
2006-02-01 1.0552495739695100
2006-03-01 0.9921059756178400
2006-04-01 0.9750127610665610
2006-05-01 1.0753087149729800
2006-06-01 1.1515308594932900
2006-07-01 1.1505086675175500
2006-08-01 0.9522007185300220
2006-09-01 0.9844758269214980
2006-10-01 0.9526332740858900
2006-11-01 0.9595301244164192
2006-12-01 1.3217919797612100
2007-01-01 1.2709843582979000
2007-02-01 1.3213500101493400
2007-03-01 1.0826080515350900
2007-04-01 1.0312469283272600
2007-05-01 0.9504600446148220
2007-06-01 1.0187272000071600
2007-07-01 1.1045898635691200
2007-08-01 0.8478725038254860
2007-09-01 0.9629522496467420
2007-10-01 1.1276356132989900
2007-11-01 1.0245723796064700
2007-12-01 1.2354555460166500
2008-01-01 1.0870196500051800
2008-02-01 0.9663451212961020
2008-03-01 1.2339360468999400
2008-04-01 1.0539068060518100
2008-05-01 1.2061698658757800
2008-06-01 1.1089615164886700
2008-07-01 1.2249223941547300
2008-08-01 1.4900939532555900
2008-09-01 1.3237579271038200
2008-10-01 1.4892315943996200
2008-11-01 1.7155745397170700
2008-12-01 1.9135090140169400
2009-01-01 1.8066060736730800
2009-02-01 2.2342694544311700
2009-03-01 2.3912286144807300
2009-04-01 1.6553291805121400
2009-05-01 1.7131495105760500
2009-06-01 1.7802340796821900
2009-07-01 1.6303060479437500
2009-08-01 1.7301220813229000
2009-09-01 2.1687342450828600
2009-10-01 1.9535705288168400
2009-11-01 1.6169082417188400
2009-12-01 1.9948260198148700
2010-01-01 1.5571956635059400
2010-02-01 1.8566417196345100
2010-03-01 1.8820020657037500
2010-04-01 1.4347469438512700
2010-05-01 1.3029919510707100
2010-06-01 1.3847368891323800
2010-07-01 1.6133567174468700
2010-08-01 1.7855780568229800
2010-09-01 1.5895266929024800
2010-10-01 1.6554898065924600
2010-11-01 1.5890925294637700
2010-12-01 1.5764345438425600
2011-01-01 1.5568293240260000
2011-02-01 1.4903541252923100
2011-03-01 1.5938155747492600
2011-04-01 1.3783834002736600
2011-05-01 1.6766472895200800
2011-06-01 1.4407669744068200
2011-07-01 1.4556046742069000
2011-08-01 1.2187117421593700
2011-09-01 1.5729726731522400
2011-10-01 1.5426659210595800
2011-11-01 1.6315737163935100
2011-12-01 1.4087027222544100
2012-01-01 1.3647821567410100
2012-02-01 1.4104965908529900
2012-03-01 1.3751120082147400
2012-04-01 1.2698750702200500
2012-05-01 1.4250208417657100
2012-06-01 1.5091863089404500
2012-07-01 1.3474340571924200
2012-08-01 1.5044320739078500
2012-09-01 1.3237389383047800
2012-10-01 1.3126883461676300
2012-11-01 1.4080130805584100
2012-12-01 1.4975606879048600
2013-01-01 1.4881532166225000
2013-02-01 1.3950603070106200
2013-03-01 1.3134659597998900
2013-04-01 1.3828885877833700
2013-05-01 1.2806606995476400
2013-06-01 1.2547517883630300
2013-07-01 1.2749870835099400
2013-08-01 1.5687893748068500
2013-09-01 1.2591425112643900
2013-10-01 1.6123376553617400
2013-11-01 1.2340434724217500
2013-12-01 1.3345693898911500
2014-01-01 1.1332231316444000
2014-02-01 1.1670519616475900
2014-03-01 1.2341084208332400
2014-04-01 1.1968114217096000
2014-05-01 1.2317381636064900
2014-06-01 1.0532691397774300
2014-07-01 1.2337281410386300
2014-08-01 1.2440072003079000
2014-09-01 1.2757608782568500
2014-10-01 1.1762256040286000
2014-11-01 1.4375764547973500
2014-12-01 1.1213482147754800
2015-01-01 1.0709226110017500
2015-02-01 1.2669235357981800
2015-03-01 1.2598934051390600
2015-04-01 1.0059688219875900
2015-05-01 1.0954010399481900
2015-06-01 1.2301215527282400
2015-07-01 1.2170009800088800
2015-08-01 1.2627295736854800
2015-09-01 1.1925062389497600
2015-10-01 1.1187177994185900
2015-11-01 1.1262142800579700
2015-12-01 1.2160682160344100
2016-01-01 1.1218523585742100
2016-02-01 1.2880687382534000
2016-03-01 0.9412719135967700
2016-04-01 1.0418741343374200
2016-05-01 0.9766204187737890
2016-06-01 1.1859085952357400
2016-07-01 1.2595048342541400
2016-08-01 1.1360426955894800
2016-09-01 1.3554284688556900
2016-10-01 0.9230863155234100
2016-11-01 1.0497325006499800
2016-12-01 1.0939387566093600
2017-01-01 1.1080743829302700
2017-02-01 1.2720847919142800
2017-03-01 1.0823607155221800
2017-04-01 0.9322724787577500
2017-05-01 0.9324850802489910
2017-06-01 1.1434993961234900
2017-07-01 1.0270220471266500
2017-08-01 1.0832220630524300
2017-09-01 1.1238494293093900
2017-10-01 1.0207605914616200
2017-11-01 1.0551777661921300
2017-12-01 1.0799409631083300
2018-01-01 0.9117171494137352
2018-02-01 0.8703462120392910
2018-03-01 1.0675080931644200
2018-04-01 0.7562997224949770
2018-05-01 0.7056819550783310
2018-06-01 1.3080714073691100
2018-07-01 0.9008267363504752
2018-08-01 0.9814181585716790
2018-09-01 0.9506068986600030
2018-10-01 0.8913235982714130
2018-11-01 0.8701245548786960
2018-12-01 0.9818482646403210
2019-01-01 1.0754612051334900
2019-02-01 1.1543498099772100
2019-03-01 1.1181713460890900
2019-04-01 0.7003002269954530
2019-05-01 0.8088249130313840
2019-06-01 1.1572591181423600
2019-07-01 0.9168653844515630
2019-08-01 1.1816818343014000
2019-09-01 0.9091375713301550
2019-10-01 0.9943176497931380
2019-11-01 0.8304154518438590
2019-12-01 0.7873292332244920
2020-01-01 0.6997116207870300
2020-02-01 0.7474325295667350
2020-03-01 1.9538130324320000
2020-04-01 10.5935714436557000
2020-05-01 2.5249502851697000
2020-06-01 1.6513638641309100
2020-07-01 1.6314552924050900
2020-08-01 1.1205371302229400
2020-09-01 1.5362605614019500
2020-10-01 1.3742503695149300
2020-11-01 1.1993074251401300
2020-12-01 1.4258463976308500
2021-01-01 1.1972100016544800
2021-02-01 1.2546307935113100
2021-03-01 0.9703116903929100
2021-04-01 1.2422092753888700
2021-05-01 1.0962725698152700
2021-06-01 0.9900334301171060
2021-07-01 1.1477113132764300
2021-08-01 1.2478605561200000
2021-09-01 1.0252458953499500
2021-10-01 0.7809107147150270
2021-11-01 0.7547620730357450
2021-12-01 0.7510044790059990
2022-01-01 1.0497009793940500
2022-02-01 0.8282137088222200
2022-03-01 0.9158574879328480
2022-04-01 0.8714413144144170
2022-05-01 0.9567018713711070
2022-06-01 0.9079627767003070
2022-07-01 0.8760473002056350
2022-08-01 0.8029709035903060
2022-09-01 0.7626346840859380
2022-10-01 1.0396574329821600
2022-11-01 0.7490344944916730
2022-12-01 0.8740090386514000
2023-01-01 0.8948185174722320
2023-02-01 1.0684128228353000
2023-03-01 0.6851039558184030
2023-04-01 0.5724159388558760
2023-05-01 1.0346127034501500
2023-06-01 0.7502606804516540
2023-07-01 0.7910354427116090
2023-08-01 1.0070869811996400
2023-09-01 0.6672591464753760
2023-10-01 0.5962810652852790
2023-11-01 1.0828585304570500
2023-12-01 0.7713421041861600
2024-01-01 0.8850628176788870
2024-02-01 0.7533020810495030
2024-03-01 0.9576111304275460
2024-04-01 0.9243255084169110
2024-05-01 0.9886148329055940
2024-06-01 0.9029715829925770
2024-07-01 0.9001503465779560
2024-08-01 1.1169322906039300
2024-09-01 0.8672911017509460
2024-10-01 0.7916341496491790
2024-11-01 0.7518786820352020
2024-12-01 1.1135372025310300
2025-01-01 0.9679258003381420
2025-02-01 1.1344593933352600
2025-03-01 0.9664609793612390
2025-04-01 1.1533846367170100
2025-05-01 0.8874382220245800
2025-06-01 0.8659302300992650
2025-07-01 1.0230243134552300
2025-08-01 0.9881966592287740
2025-09-01 1.1746772657252000
2025-10-01 0.9560916432972550
2025-11-01 0.9940319429945530
2025-12-01 1.0250935921902000
2026-01-01 0.8018558262396390
2026-02-01 0.9119467690409990
2026-03-01 0.7716693066510330
2026-04-01 0.8069344959743610
2026-05-01 0.7730747348420010

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