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 2026-09-01
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. 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 1.2332178636
1978-02-01 1.1892619073
1978-03-01 1.1011409504
1978-04-01 1.0644238092
1978-05-01 1.1784925768
1978-06-01 1.4258246709
1978-07-01 1.1757546591
1978-08-01 1.0966343605
1978-09-01 1.1580538328
1978-10-01 0.9957360093
1978-11-01 1.0551334149
1978-12-01 1.1014426814
1979-01-01 1.0993981631
1979-02-01 1.0561976156
1979-03-01 1.0676278919
1979-04-01 1.1580773827
1979-05-01 1.1203966551
1979-06-01 1.4226823488
1979-07-01 1.0755430090
1979-08-01 1.3002673721
1979-09-01 1.1569681087
1979-10-01 1.1447286562
1979-11-01 1.3642673691
1979-12-01 1.0034139585
1980-01-01 1.3185837151
1980-02-01 1.3532901996
1980-03-01 1.3064390697
1980-04-01 1.4847239286
1980-05-01 1.7008901753
1980-06-01 1.6452618326
1980-07-01 1.6112409773
1980-08-01 1.7538263815
1980-09-01 1.2891032644
1980-10-01 1.6028014606
1980-11-01 1.1576845685
1980-12-01 1.3203103489
1981-01-01 1.2953902148
1981-02-01 1.3607694967
1981-03-01 1.3345186798
1981-04-01 1.4887292320
1981-05-01 1.5219894447
1981-06-01 1.5285138020
1981-07-01 1.5674913223
1981-08-01 1.3438168694
1981-09-01 1.6728876885
1981-10-01 1.7760514744
1981-11-01 1.7882571622
1981-12-01 1.9452798750
1982-01-01 1.6998020103
1982-02-01 1.6490454330
1982-03-01 1.8595051864
1982-04-01 2.0054719500
1982-05-01 1.8309324569
1982-06-01 1.7993792216
1982-07-01 2.0943403804
1982-08-01 1.8427162443
1982-09-01 2.2397027483
1982-10-01 2.2322575911
1982-11-01 2.0500368904
1982-12-01 1.8846049171
1983-01-01 1.6346539008
1983-02-01 1.8059178696
1983-03-01 1.8549165249
1983-04-01 1.8530565785
1983-05-01 1.7969095176
1983-06-01 1.7477844372
1983-07-01 1.3921917983
1983-08-01 1.6677417392
1983-09-01 1.6025213702
1983-10-01 1.6986665737
1983-11-01 1.5564394644
1983-12-01 1.5284754642
1984-01-01 1.3984760314
1984-02-01 1.4256762194
1984-03-01 1.5841980068
1984-04-01 1.3654237973
1984-05-01 1.3826463948
1984-06-01 1.6287997444
1984-07-01 1.4297858963
1984-08-01 1.5530198199
1984-09-01 1.5719006071
1984-10-01 1.4533598630
1984-11-01 1.6141307264
1984-12-01 1.3267074172
1985-01-01 1.4807961789
1985-02-01 1.7085545518
1985-03-01 1.4164172067
1985-04-01 1.5913629019
1985-05-01 1.4632148408
1985-06-01 1.6226300853
1985-07-01 1.3998496909
1985-08-01 1.4056535048
1985-09-01 1.6369918732
1985-10-01 1.5926001198
1985-11-01 1.4954560736
1985-12-01 1.3078591233
1986-01-01 1.4215521273
1986-02-01 1.3485863247
1986-03-01 1.4354248754
1986-04-01 1.2616642467
1986-05-01 1.8412683561
1986-06-01 1.5085583590
1986-07-01 1.3665755489
1986-08-01 1.4986898333
1986-09-01 1.4310204868
1986-10-01 1.4939166878
1986-11-01 1.4410754543
1986-12-01 1.3233549730
1987-01-01 1.4188101810
1987-02-01 1.2465779582
1987-03-01 1.3468673005
1987-04-01 1.3382945125
1987-05-01 1.1364137471
1987-06-01 1.3110148353
1987-07-01 1.2562183880
1987-08-01 1.2665824074
1987-09-01 1.1603114421
1987-10-01 1.2673779099
1987-11-01 1.1578055140
1987-12-01 1.3236028487
1988-01-01 1.2983574070
1988-02-01 1.0976026137
1988-03-01 1.0699176417
1988-04-01 1.1369742052
1988-05-01 1.3433246490
1988-06-01 1.0881216818
1988-07-01 1.0016211955
1988-08-01 1.0326907124
1988-09-01 1.2674851868
1988-10-01 1.1693738493
1988-11-01 1.1458421656
1988-12-01 1.2766823142
1989-01-01 1.2392106234
1989-02-01 1.2155998651
1989-03-01 1.1070408379
1989-04-01 1.0363309305
1989-05-01 1.2189460950
1989-06-01 1.2074087644
1989-07-01 1.2275560810
1989-08-01 1.0819020113
1989-09-01 1.1709060803
1989-10-01 1.2157188825
1989-11-01 1.3574339148
1989-12-01 1.0672409249
1990-01-01 1.3405857575
1990-02-01 1.1798480708
1990-03-01 1.1072859165
1990-04-01 1.1448646285
1990-05-01 0.9649019788
1990-06-01 1.2821127984
1990-07-01 1.2788042093
1990-08-01 1.2648725211
1990-09-01 1.1802655140
1990-10-01 1.3163913695
1990-11-01 1.5654885554
1990-12-01 1.2163726976
1991-01-01 1.5161348366
1991-02-01 1.5977291193
1991-03-01 1.6474515066
1991-04-01 1.3619686757
1991-05-01 1.5177925577
1991-06-01 1.4104994010
1991-07-01 1.2269685347
1991-08-01 1.4591306182
1991-09-01 1.4070919835
1991-10-01 1.3708011293
1991-11-01 1.6302433140
1991-12-01 1.3794795856
1992-01-01 1.4574121500
1992-02-01 1.4162741400
1992-03-01 1.3263981588
1992-04-01 1.6358818265
1992-05-01 1.3582332700
1992-06-01 1.2467019628
1992-07-01 1.3552549464
1992-08-01 1.0560544225
1992-09-01 1.3763430270
1992-10-01 1.5318865899
1992-11-01 1.5307329486
1992-12-01 1.4081314925
1993-01-01 1.3856168946
1993-02-01 1.2806396622
1993-03-01 1.1857301315
1993-04-01 1.1921576312
1993-05-01 1.1613384768
1993-06-01 1.1427947732
1993-07-01 1.3795876780
1993-08-01 1.3498421846
1993-09-01 1.3360077403
1993-10-01 1.3002321285
1993-11-01 1.3133696200
1993-12-01 1.4718626969
1994-01-01 1.5777423550
1994-02-01 1.1265234787
1994-03-01 1.1707646511
1994-04-01 1.1768557447
1994-05-01 1.1589841344
1994-06-01 1.1965878271
1994-07-01 1.2845299159
1994-08-01 1.0771545436
1994-09-01 1.1759522183
1994-10-01 1.0038279691
1994-11-01 1.1522285782
1994-12-01 1.2072414070
1995-01-01 1.3566455768
1995-02-01 1.3408672913
1995-03-01 1.1294884730
1995-04-01 1.2483792793
1995-05-01 1.1419103075
1995-06-01 1.0340527334
1995-07-01 1.0701048397
1995-08-01 1.1180563694
1995-09-01 1.1952397233
1995-10-01 1.1442962726
1995-11-01 1.2983295342
1995-12-01 0.9755602613
1996-01-01 1.3066531263
1996-02-01 1.1529433463
1996-03-01 1.3454818853
1996-04-01 1.1793918482
1996-05-01 1.4148577545
1996-06-01 1.1167365709
1996-07-01 1.1379319999
1996-08-01 1.1531667762
1996-09-01 1.1595344682
1996-10-01 1.1483362701
1996-11-01 1.2501147871
1996-12-01 1.0670495461
1997-01-01 1.2504764201
1997-02-01 1.0347592559
1997-03-01 1.1757729971
1997-04-01 1.0579538098
1997-05-01 1.1088669483
1997-06-01 1.0919954662
1997-07-01 1.1840106428
1997-08-01 1.0531488437
1997-09-01 0.9111937912
1997-10-01 1.2145193424
1997-11-01 1.0226469222
1997-12-01 1.0759995114
1998-01-01 1.0155957041
1998-02-01 1.0643159017
1998-03-01 1.2554456740
1998-04-01 1.0685659147
1998-05-01 1.0089960627
1998-06-01 0.9140222084
1998-07-01 1.2053836000
1998-08-01 0.9548341098
1998-09-01 1.1220877294
1998-10-01 0.9632303482
1998-11-01 1.1301476363
1998-12-01 0.9625624182
1999-01-01 1.1322518945
1999-02-01 1.0214793137
1999-03-01 1.0641940414
1999-04-01 1.1548439138
1999-05-01 1.0937711123
1999-06-01 0.8392855700
1999-07-01 0.9317027949
1999-08-01 0.9750945530
1999-09-01 0.9342984973
1999-10-01 1.0095501763
1999-11-01 0.9769246036
1999-12-01 0.9577603909
2000-01-01 1.1350398951
2000-02-01 0.9279554762
2000-03-01 0.9280333706
2000-04-01 0.8948008476
2000-05-01 1.2964123071
2000-06-01 0.9792279494
2000-07-01 1.0031177639
2000-08-01 0.9995355907
2000-09-01 1.0455129929
2000-10-01 0.9732840750
2000-11-01 1.0201174958
2000-12-01 0.8791391957
2001-01-01 0.9995543434
2001-02-01 1.2439657134
2001-03-01 1.1245612823
2001-04-01 1.1616397726
2001-05-01 1.0375373000
2001-06-01 1.2125267815
2001-07-01 1.0592860396
2001-08-01 1.4064273976
2001-09-01 1.1228265378
2001-10-01 1.5314229716
2001-11-01 1.5162169767
2001-12-01 1.2987018982
2002-01-01 1.2567834752
2002-02-01 1.3447214096
2002-03-01 1.2007311248
2002-04-01 1.2973804979
2002-05-01 1.3629790897
2002-06-01 1.1603240145
2002-07-01 1.4427005711
2002-08-01 1.2959564846
2002-09-01 1.2570856452
2002-10-01 1.3744882227
2002-11-01 1.4386907218
2002-12-01 1.3191629840
2003-01-01 1.3193790343
2003-02-01 1.1845843264
2003-03-01 1.2539470846
2003-04-01 1.2897597698
2003-05-01 1.3140563554
2003-06-01 1.1866606489
2003-07-01 1.1458449681
2003-08-01 1.3878263378
2003-09-01 1.2203440374
2003-10-01 1.4910344058
2003-11-01 1.1758044166
2003-12-01 1.3512036971
2004-01-01 1.0806096558
2004-02-01 1.1632256453
2004-03-01 1.0828133972
2004-04-01 1.2139213343
2004-05-01 1.2885048412
2004-06-01 1.1537066733
2004-07-01 1.2189495132
2004-08-01 1.2853385973
2004-09-01 1.1775719349
2004-10-01 1.2099602023
2004-11-01 1.0979623914
2004-12-01 1.2565714128
2005-01-01 1.1391082896
2005-02-01 1.0379279122
2005-03-01 1.0500796091
2005-04-01 1.0214205065
2005-05-01 1.0460674803
2005-06-01 1.1225587862
2005-07-01 1.4117487515
2005-08-01 0.8378671365
2005-09-01 1.1834688591
2005-10-01 1.0561717009
2005-11-01 0.9535742445
2005-12-01 1.2295443998
2006-01-01 1.0644600791
2006-02-01 1.0475500478
2006-03-01 1.0496615629
2006-04-01 0.9478511936
2006-05-01 1.0580664634
2006-06-01 1.1942356337
2006-07-01 1.1245072813
2006-08-01 0.9578600753
2006-09-01 0.9897522425
2006-10-01 0.9132659798
2006-11-01 0.9929268147
2006-12-01 1.3146710236
2007-01-01 1.2509094116
2007-02-01 1.3120946850
2007-03-01 1.1236919216
2007-04-01 1.0209281795
2007-05-01 0.9547200613
2007-06-01 1.0161571083
2007-07-01 1.0587725390
2007-08-01 0.8959601023
2007-09-01 0.9346250260
2007-10-01 1.1085949069
2007-11-01 1.0700434949
2007-12-01 1.2152598563
2008-01-01 1.0918889773
2008-02-01 1.0118942935
2008-03-01 1.2112052398
2008-04-01 1.0314295516
2008-05-01 1.2470586288
2008-06-01 1.0871329737
2008-07-01 1.2300232760
2008-08-01 1.4771206706
2008-09-01 1.2908069898
2008-10-01 1.5690358735
2008-11-01 1.6628258970
2008-12-01 1.8940600967
2009-01-01 1.8672785237
2009-02-01 2.2195112095
2009-03-01 2.3027447723
2009-04-01 1.7180518692
2009-05-01 1.6930100871
2009-06-01 1.7220151728
2009-07-01 1.7188460098
2009-08-01 1.6968239669
2009-09-01 2.1186376717
2009-10-01 2.0173778109
2009-11-01 1.5948307599
2009-12-01 2.0163648315
2010-01-01 1.5378479728
2010-02-01 1.8445283562
2010-03-01 1.8596902000
2010-04-01 1.5042774763
2010-05-01 1.2729750242
2010-06-01 1.3418598397
2010-07-01 1.6681190588
2010-08-01 1.7185479270
2010-09-01 1.6463512863
2010-10-01 1.6336120524
2010-11-01 1.5457946564
2010-12-01 1.6729110290
2011-01-01 1.5193265306
2011-02-01 1.4806538372
2011-03-01 1.6083727760
2011-04-01 1.3908415227
2011-05-01 1.6063854542
2011-06-01 1.4804516526
2011-07-01 1.4390221501
2011-08-01 1.2041269272
2011-09-01 1.6451490376
2011-10-01 1.5043009617
2011-11-01 1.5890248895
2011-12-01 1.4657509026
2012-01-01 1.3055177836
2012-02-01 1.4632311107
2012-03-01 1.4287360608
2012-04-01 1.2601383530
2012-05-01 1.4303007352
2012-06-01 1.5064723287
2012-07-01 1.2918540102
2012-08-01 1.5948047169
2012-09-01 1.2855293106
2012-10-01 1.2871549100
2012-11-01 1.4670973923
2012-12-01 1.4728096085
2013-01-01 1.4906188227
2013-02-01 1.3860309755
2013-03-01 1.3047797721
2013-04-01 1.3549338649
2013-05-01 1.3494832406
2013-06-01 1.2093529541
2013-07-01 1.2542869950
2013-08-01 1.6318154558
2013-09-01 1.2450373194
2013-10-01 1.6134890426
2013-11-01 1.2361075185
2013-12-01 1.2869984629
2014-01-01 1.1911336680
2014-02-01 1.1595269333
2014-03-01 1.2122210246
2014-04-01 1.1754221472
2014-05-01 1.2726734787
2014-06-01 1.0338466715
2014-07-01 1.2396096298
2014-08-01 1.2378153484
2014-09-01 1.2447144678
2014-10-01 1.2349914090
2014-11-01 1.3892843558
2014-12-01 1.1092419322
2015-01-01 1.1032758124
2015-02-01 1.2588271969
2015-03-01 1.2137673458
2015-04-01 1.0481893004
2015-05-01 1.0820373004
2015-06-01 1.1917465194
2015-07-01 1.2840892170
2015-08-01 1.2429109444
2015-09-01 1.1654691663
2015-10-01 1.1509782692
2015-11-01 1.1073926750
2015-12-01 1.2282137390
2016-01-01 1.1045219057
2016-02-01 1.3341778540
2016-03-01 0.9501054879
2016-04-01 1.0552346242
2016-05-01 0.9354731121
2016-06-01 1.2204186017
2016-07-01 1.2460417503
2016-08-01 1.1256147932
2016-09-01 1.4179756051
2016-10-01 0.8971528348
2016-11-01 1.0194198668
2016-12-01 1.1373216847
2017-01-01 1.0574650908
2017-02-01 1.2638638892
2017-03-01 1.1472495235
2017-04-01 0.9123652614
2017-05-01 0.9164802337
2017-06-01 1.1885721037
2017-07-01 1.0046578996
2017-08-01 1.0964584415
2017-09-01 1.1307134758
2017-10-01 0.9723939591
2017-11-01 1.0856422649
2017-12-01 1.0732171387
2018-01-01 0.8923018676
2018-02-01 0.8645722394
2018-03-01 1.1097161126
2018-04-01 0.7543622024
2018-05-01 0.7084415729
2018-06-01 1.3080114412
2018-07-01 0.8642685604
2018-08-01 1.0434164683
2018-09-01 0.9230586513
2018-10-01 0.8706311390
2018-11-01 0.9033719027
2018-12-01 0.9644984939
2019-01-01 1.0744647187
2019-02-01 1.1465091906
2019-03-01 1.1114091123
2019-04-01 0.6900500342
2019-05-01 0.8529176585
2019-06-01 1.1170787470
2019-07-01 0.9025511894
2019-08-01 1.2323534384
2019-09-01 0.8985917400
2019-10-01 0.9912778726
2019-11-01 0.8287663098
2019-12-01 0.7582910237
2020-01-01 0.7336771550
2020-02-01 0.7599398399
2020-03-01 1.8830420322
2020-04-01 11.0975735361
2020-05-01 2.4976482688
2020-06-01 1.6009949413
2020-07-01 1.7220801296
2020-08-01 1.1049973977
2020-09-01 1.5004174810
2020-10-01 1.4099527373
2020-11-01 1.1759631346
2020-12-01 1.4387429507
2021-01-01 1.1768922681
2021-02-01 1.2459740645
2021-03-01 0.9591573863
2021-04-01 1.3141153072
2021-05-01 1.0724228041
2021-06-01 0.9612153184
2021-07-01 1.1881023477
2021-08-01 1.2073541277
2021-09-01 1.0614221608
2021-10-01 0.7657301173
2021-11-01 0.7300630455
2021-12-01 0.7957012922
2022-01-01 1.0203554239
2022-02-01 0.8226868349
2022-03-01 0.9243450975
2022-04-01 0.8865791309
2022-05-01 0.9180137816
2022-06-01 0.9343571607
2022-07-01 0.8670568655
2022-08-01 0.7973386773
2022-09-01 0.7971218695
2022-10-01 1.0076955262
2022-11-01 0.7257239993
2022-12-01 0.9082004507
2023-01-01 0.8530554484
2023-02-01 1.0614948553
2023-03-01 0.7258856518
2023-04-01 0.5621001591
2023-05-01 1.0186130087
2023-06-01 0.7794321595
2023-07-01 0.7741140691
2023-08-01 1.0215351147
2023-09-01 0.6707815174
2023-10-01 0.5666341907
2023-11-01 1.1122464248
2023-12-01 0.7664421671
2024-01-01 0.8655743289
2024-02-01 0.7968066643
2024-03-01 0.9511556140
2024-04-01 0.9118263317
2024-05-01 1.0435317846
2024-06-01 0.8708545810
2024-07-01 0.8863438412
2024-08-01 1.1666851407
2024-09-01 0.8569541189
2024-10-01 0.7880141105
2024-11-01 0.7499967858
2024-12-01 1.0730920129
2025-01-01 1.0148567279
2025-02-01 1.1273459014
2025-03-01 0.9490665869
2025-04-01 1.1397264316
2025-05-01 0.9184292949
2025-06-01 0.8501396846
2025-07-01 1.0286863045
2025-08-01 0.9869324698
2025-09-01 1.1453223077
2025-10-01 0.9981028369
2025-11-01 0.9587827454
2025-12-01 1.0136076370
2026-01-01 0.8243475105
2026-02-01 0.9062670834
2026-03-01 0.7431089222
2026-04-01 0.8113533935
2026-05-01 0.7648563952
2026-06-01 1.1707329531
2026-07-01 1.0325780575
2026-08-01 0.8571858268
2026-09-01 1.0401674282

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