Monthly Transition Rate of All U.S. Workers From Employment to Non-Employment Due to a Layoff (EMELASA)

Dec 2025: 1.37798
Updated: Jan 16, 2026 1:18 PM CST
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Dec 2025:  1.37798  
Nov 2025:  1.38723  
Oct 2025:  1.29475  
Sep 2025:  1.33686  
Aug 2025:  1.18990  
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Units:

Percent,
Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

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Notes

Source: Ellieroth, Kathrin  

Source: Michaud, Amanda  

Release: Quits and Layoffs to Nonemployment Based on the Consumer Population Survey (CPS)  

Units:  Percent, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

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.

Suggested Citation:

Ellieroth, Kathrin and Michaud, Amanda, Monthly Transition Rate of All U.S. Workers From Employment to Non-Employment Due to a Layoff [EMELASA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/EMELASA, .

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