Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 06-822 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT Media contact: 691-5902 Thursday, May 11, 2006 EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2006 In the first quarter of 2006, employers took 892 mass layoff actions in the private nonfarm sector that resulted in the separation of 161,686 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both the total number of layoff events and the number of separations were sharply lower than during January-March 2005, with both events and separations at their lowest levels for any first quarter since data collection began in 1995. (See table A.) The over-the-year declines were most notable in administrative and support services, nonstore retailers, and food manufacturing. Extended mass layoffs that involve the movement of work within the same company or to a different company, either domestically or outside the U.S., occurred in 8 percent of the nonseasonal layoff events and worker separations. (See table B.) Among employers who anticipated re- calling laid-off workers, 38 percent expected to extend the offer to all laid- off workers, a smaller proportion than a year ago. The completion of seasonal work accounted for 25 percent of all events and resulted in 37,772 separations during January-March 2006--the lowest level of private nonfarm seasonal separations for any first quarter. Lay- offs due to internal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) represented 22 percent of events and resulted in 47,412 separations, 29 percent of total separations. This was the highest share of separations from internal company restructur- ing since the first quarter of 2003. Permanent closure of worksites occurred in 17 percent of all events and affected 35,644 workers, higher than a year ago. In the first quarter of 2006, the national unemployment rate was 5.0 per- cent, not seasonally adjusted; a year earlier it was 5.6 percent. Private nonfarm payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted, increased by 1.9 mil- lion, or 1.7 percent from January-March 2005 to January-March 2006. - 2 - Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Period | Layoff events| Separations | Initial claimants -------------------------|--------------|--------------|------------------- 2002 | | | January-March............| 1,611 | 299,266 | 292,998 April-June...............| 1,624 | 344,606 | 299,598 July-September...........| 1,186 | 255,152 | 254,955 October-December.........| 1,916 | 373,307 | 370,592 2003 | | | January-March............| 1,502 | 286,947 | 297,608 April-June...............| 1,799 | 368,273 | 348,966 July-September...........| 1,190 | 236,333 | 227,909 October-December.........| 1,690 | 325,333 | 326,328 2004 | | | January-March............| 1,339 | 276,503 | 238,392 April-June...............| 1,358 | 278,831 | 254,063 July-September...........| 886 | 164,608 | 148,575 October-December.........| 1,427 | 273,967 | 262,049 2005 | | | January-March(r).........| 1,142 | 186,506 | 185,486 April-June(r)............| 1,203 | 245,878 | 212,452 July-September(r)........| 1,136 | 201,878 | 190,119 October-December(r)......| 1,400 | 250,094 | 244,943 2006 | | | January-March(p).........| 892 | 161,686 | 129,607 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs Extended mass layoff separations occurred in 318 of the 1,105 detailed industries for which data are available for the first quarter of 2006. This is the fewest number of industries to have at least one extended mass layoff event in a first quarter since data collection began in 1995. Manufacturing industries accounted for 32 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 35 percent of separations during January-March 2006. (See table 1.) The 55,977 worker separations in manufacturing were higher than in the first quarter of 2005. In the first quarter of 2006, separa- tions in this sector were highest in transportation equipment manufacturing (17,780), followed by food manufacturing (8,356). Retail trade accounted for 12 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 20 percent of separations, primarily in general merchandise stores. The construction sector had 21 percent of events and 13 percent of sepa- rations, mostly among specialty trade contractors and in heavy and civil engineering construction. Layoffs in the administrative and waste services sector comprised 11 percent of events and separations, mostly in temporary help services and in professional employer organizations. Cutbacks in trans- portation and warehousing accounted for 5 percent of events and separations, and were concentrated in air transportation and in couriers and messengers. Information technology-producing industries (communication equipment, communications services, computer hardware, and software and computer services) accounted for 3 percent of layoff events and 2 percent of work- er separations in the first quarter of 2006. In the first quarter of 2005, these industries accounted for 4 percent of both layoff events and sepa- rations. Layoffs in the information technology-producing industries in the first quarter of 2006 were most numerous in computer hardware, with 1,048 separations, followed by communications equipment. (See table 6.) - 3 - Table B. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, first quarter 2006p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Action | Layoff events | Separations | | ----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------- | | Total private nonfarm............| 892 | 161,686 | | Total, excluding seasonal | | and vacation events(1).......| 668 | 123,804 | | Total events with move- | | ment of work(2).............| 52 | 10,206 | | | | Movement-of-work actions....| 79 | (3) With separations reported..| 50 | 6,980 With separations unknown...| 29 | (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. 2 A layoff event can involve more than one movement-of-work action. 3 Data not available. p = preliminary. Reasons for Extended Layoff Layoffs due to the completion of seasonal work accounted for 25 percent of the extended layoff events and resulted in 37,772 separations in first quarter 2006. (See table 2.) Seasonal layoffs were most numerous among workers in general merchandise stores (department stores, except discount) and in food manufacturing (fruit and vegetable canning). Internal company restructuring (due to bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 22 per- cent of layoff events and resulted in 47,412 separations. These layoffs were mostly among workers in general merchandise stores, transportation equipment manufacturing, air transportation, and in administrative and support services. Reorganization within the company accounted for 12 percent of events and resulted in 27,706 separations during the first quarter. These layoffs were primarily in general merchandise stores, followed by transportation equipment manufacturing. Movement of Work Between January and March of 2006, 52 extended mass layoff events involved the movement of work, about 8 percent of total extended mass layoff events, excluding those for seasonal and vacation reasons. (See table B.) These movements of work were to other U.S. locations or to locations outside of the U.S., and they occurred either within the same company or to other companies. The extended mass layoff events involving movement of work were associated with the separation of 10,206 workers, about 8 percent of all separations resulting from nonseasonal/nonvacation mass layoff events. A year earlier, 71 layoff events and 13,980 separa- tions were associated with the movement of work. (See table 10.) Among the 52 extended mass layoff events with reported relocation of work, 62 percent were permanent closures of worksites, which affected 7,613 work- ers. In comparison, for the 892 total layoff events reported for the first quarter of 2006, only 17 percent involved the permanent closure of worksites. Of the layoffs involving the movement of work, 73 percent of the events and 72 percent of the laid-off workers were from manufacturing industries during the first quarter of 2006. (See table 7.) Among all private non- farm extended layoffs, manufacturing accounted for 32 percent of the events and 35 percent of separations. - 4 - Table C. Movement-of-work actions by type of separation where the number of separations is known by employers, first quarter 2006p -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Action | Layoff events (1) | Separations | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | With separations reported.| 50 | 6,980 | | By location | | | | Out of country..........| 22 | 2,682 Within company........| 17 | 2,408 Different company.....| 5 | 274 | | Domestic relocations....| 28 | 4,298 Within company........| 23 | 3,773 Different company.....| 5 | 525 | | By company | | | | Within company..........| 40 | 6,181 Domestic..............| 23 | 3,773 Out of country........| 17 | 2,408 | | Different company.......| 10 | 799 Domestic..............| 5 | 525 Out of country........| 5 | 274 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were reported are shown. p = preliminary. Internal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 71 percent of lay- off events associated with work relocation and resulted in 7,617 separations during the first quarter. (See table 8.) Most of these were due to reorga- nization within the company. Twenty-two percent of the layoff events in the total private nonfarm economy were because of internal company restructuring. Among the regions, the South and the Northeast accounted for the largest proportions of workers in extended mass layoffs associated with the movement of work, 39 and 28 percent, respectively. The Midwest had 23 percent of such layoffs and the West had 11 percent. Some extended mass layoff events involve more than one relocation of work action. For example, an extended mass layoff event at an establish- ment may involve job loss due to movement of work to both another domestic location of the company and a location out of the country. This would be counted as two movement of work actions. As shown in table B, the 52 ex- tended layoff events with movement of work for the first quarter of 2006 involved 79 identifiable relocations of work. An identifiable relocation of work occurs when the employer provides sufficient information on the new location of work and/or the number of workers affected by the movement. Of the 79 relocations, employers were able to provide information on the spe- cific separations (6,980 workers) associated with the movement of work com- ponent of the layoff in 50 actions, or 63 percent of the 79 actions for the first quarter of 2006. Thus, a range of 6,980 (separations in movement of work actions where the employer was able to provide specific detail) to 10,206 (total separations in all layoff events that included movement of work) was established for separations due to the movement of work in the first quarter. (See table 10.) - 5 - Table D. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended layoff, first quarter 2005-first quarter 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------- | Percentage of events Nature of the recall|----------------------------------------- | I | II | III | IV | I | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005r | 2006p ---------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------- | | | | | Anticipate a recall..| 51.5 | 61.8 | 39.5 | 68.9 | 43.0 | | | | | Timeframe | | | | | | | | | | Within 6 months......| 85.5 | 89.4 | 78.8 | 90.0 | 83.6 Within 3 months....| 53.4 | 59.5 | 57.9 | 37.1 | 56.5 | | | | | Size | | | | | | | | | | At least half........| 92.5 | 92.9 | 80.2 | 92.6 | 87.8 All workers........| 43.2 | 51.1 | 43.2 | 50.5 | 38.3 --------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. In the 50 actions where employers were able to provide more complete separations information, 80 percent of relocations (40 out of 50) occurred among establishments within the same company. (See table C.) In 56 percent of these relocations, the work activities were reassigned to places elsewhere in the U.S. Forty-four percent of the movement-of-work relocations involved out-of- country moves (22 out of 50). The separation of 2,682 workers was associated with out-of-country relocations, 2 percent of all nonseasonal/nonvacation ex- tended mass layoff separations. Domestic relocation of work--both within the company and to other companies--affected 4,298 workers. (See table 11.) Recall Expectations Forty-three percent of employers reporting an extended layoff in the first quarter of 2006 indicated they anticipated some type of recall. This compares with 51 percent of the employers anticipating a recall a year earlier. (See table D.) Most employers not expecting a recall during the first quarter were from administrative and support services and specialty trade contractors. Among establishments expecting a recall, most employers expected to recall over one-half of the separated employees and to do so within 6 months. Thir- ty-eight percent of the employers expected to extend the offer to all laid-off workers. Excluding layoff events due to seasonal work and vacation period (in which 79 percent of the employers expected a recall), employers expected to recall laid-off workers in 31 percent of the events. A year earlier 33 percent of employers expected a recall in nonseasonal and nonvacation events. In layoff events due to internal company restructuring, employers anticipated a recall in only 7 percent of the events. - 6 - Table E. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff, January-March 2006p ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Layoff events | Separations Size |------------------------|------------------------ | Number | Percent | Number | Percent -----------------|-----------|------------|----------|------------- Total........| 892 | 100.0 | 161,686 | 100.0 | | | | 50-99............| 414 | 46.4 | 29,189 | 18.1 100-149..........| 200 | 22.4 | 23,787 | 14.7 150-199..........| 86 | 9.6 | 14,335 | 8.9 200-299..........| 83 | 9.3 | 19,191 | 11.9 300-499..........| 63 | 7.1 | 22,974 | 14.2 500-999..........| 28 | 3.1 | 18,492 | 11.4 1,000 or more....| 18 | 2.0 | 33,718 | 20.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. Size of Extended Layoff Layoff events during the first quarter continued to be concentrated at the lower end of the extended layoff-size spectrum, with 69 percent involving few- er than 150 workers. These events, however, accounted for only 33 percent of all separations. (See table E.) Separations involving 500 or more workers, while comprising 5 percent of the events, accounted for 32 percent of all sep- arations, up significantly from 25 percent during the January-March 2005 period. The average size of layoffs (as measured by separations per layoff event) dif- fered widely by industry, ranging from a low of 71 separations in textile pro- duct mills to a high of 494 in transportation equipment manufacturing. Initial Claimant Characteristics A total of 129,607 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass layoffs in the first quarter of 2006. Of these claimants, 15 percent were black, 12 percent were Hispanic, 38 per- cent were women, 33 percent were 30 to 44 years of age, and 18 percent were 55 years of age or older. (See table 3.) Among persons in the ci- vilian labor force for the same period, 11 percent were black, 14 percent were Hispanic, 46 percent were women, 35 percent were age 30 to 44, and 17 percent were 55 years of age or older. Geographic Distribution In the first quarter, the number of separations due to extended mass layoff events was highest in the Midwest (60,180), followed by the West (41,103), the South (33,214), and the Northeast (27,189). (See table 4.) Extended mass layoffs in the Midwest were mainly in transportation equip- ment manufacturing and in general merchandise stores. All four regions reported over-the-year decreases in separations, with the largest decrease occurring in the Northeast (-11,165), followed by the Midwest (-5,828), the South (-5,049), and the West (-2,778). Seven of the nine geographic divisions reported over-the-year declines in laid-off work- ers, with the largest declines occurring in the Middle Atlantic (-14,969) and South Atlantic (-7,325) divisions. The New England division reported the largest increase in separations (+3,804), followed by the East South Central division (+3,461). - 7 - Table F. Mass layoff events and separations, selected metropolitan areas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Events | Separations Metropolitan area |---------------|------------------ | I | I | I | I | 2005 | 2006p | 2005 | 2006p -------------------------------------------|-------|------ |---------|-------- Total, nonmetropolitan areas...............| 137 | 115 | 23,451 | 15,867 | | | | Total, 367 metropolitan areas..............| 650 | 526 | 92,443 | 86,755 | | | | Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. ..........| 35 | 31 | 3,609 | 8,078 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.- | | | | Wis. .................................| 52 | 37 | 9,251 | 7,565 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long | | | | Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. ................| 86 | 57 | 12,649 | 6,244 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.| 34 | 49 | 4,275 | 5,535 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. ..| 13 | 24 | 3,086 | 3,720 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn. .....| (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind. ...| 10 | 6 | 994 | 3,141 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, | | | | Va.-N.C. .............................| 5 | 3 | 965 | 2,511 Lansing-East Lansing, Mich. ............| (1) | 3 | (1) | 2,135 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. | 12 | 7 | 1,774 | 1,693 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. p = preliminary. NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table are defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 06-01, December 5, 2005. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the largest number of worker separations occurred in California (31,072), followed by Michigan (18,392), Illinois (17,245), and Ohio (13,471). These four states accounted for 42 percent of total layoff events and 50 percent of separations during the first quarter of 2006. They were followed by New York (8,336), Florida (7,850), Pennsylvania (6,436), and Connecticut (5,276). (See table 5.) Even after excluding the substantial impact of seasonal work, California still reported the most laid-off workers (23,180), largely due to layoffs in specialty trade contractors. Over the year, New York reported the greatest decrease in workers laid off for all reasons during the first quarter (-11,945), followed by Wisconsin (-9,133) and Oregon (-6,801). The largest increases occurred in Michigan (+8,842), California (+7,454), and Connecticut (+4,178). Fifty-nine percent of events and 54 percent of separations (86,755) occurred in metropolitan areas in the first quarter of 2006, compared with 57 percent of events and 50 percent of separations (92,443) during the first quarter of 2005. Among the 367 metropolitan areas, Detroit- Warren-Livonia, Mich., reported the highest number of separations, 8,078, in the first quarter of 2006. Next was Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.- Ind.-Wis., with 7,565 separations, and New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., with 6,244 separations. (See table F.) Employers located in nonmetropolitan areas separated 15,867 workers in mass layoffs, down from 23,451 workers in the first quarter of 2005. - 8 - Technical Note The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state program which identifies, describes, and tracks the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment insurance database. Establish- ments which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week period are contacted by the state agency to determine whether these separations are of at least 31 days duration, and, if so, information is obtained on the total number of persons separated and the reasons for these separations. Establishments are identified according to industry classification and location, and unemployment insurance claimants are identified by such demographic factors as age, race, gender, ethnic group, and place of residence. The program yields information on an individual's entire spell of unemployment, to the point when regular unemployment insurance benefits are exhausted. Definitions Establishment. A unit at a single physical location at which predomi- nantly one type of economic activity is conducted. Extended layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment during a 5-week period, with at least 50 workers separated for more than 30 days. Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or period of eligibility. Layoff. The separation of persons from an employer as part of a mass layoff event. (See below.) Such layoffs involve both persons subject to recall and those who are terminated by the establishment. Mass layoff. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment beginning in a given month, regardless of duration. Worksite closure. The complete closure of either multi-unit or single- unit establishments or the partial closure of a multi-unit establishment where entire worksites affected by layoffs are closed or planned to be closed. - 9 - Movement of work concepts and questions Because of the employer interview component, the BLS decided to use the MLS program as a vehicle for collecting additional information on offshoring and outsourcing associated with job loss, by adding questions that address movement of work. The term "moving work" means that the company experiencing the layoff has reassigned work activities that were performed at a worksite by the company's employees (1) to another work- site within the company; (2) to another company under formal arrangements at the same worksite; or (3) to another company under formal arrangements at another worksite. The type of work activities subject to movement can include accounting, customer service, cleaning, warehousing, etc. "Overseas relocation" is the movement of work from within the U.S. to locations outside of the U.S. "Overseas relocation" can occur within the same company and involve movement of work to a different location of that company outside of the U.S., or to a different company altogether. "Domestic relocation" is the movement of work to other locations inside the U.S., either within the same company or to a different company. "Overseas relocation" and "domestic relocation" are no longer used in the same way as they were in earlier extended mass layoff news releases. There- fore, the data presented in this news release are not comparable to those that were presented in earlier news releases. Questions on movement of work and location are asked for all identified layoff events when the reason for separation is other than "seasonal work" or "vacation period." Seasonal and vacation layoff events were excluded because movement of work appears unlikely. Questions on movement of work are asked after the analyst verifies that a layoff in fact occurred and lasted more than 30 days, and obtained the total number of workers separated from jobs, the date the layoff began, and the economic reason for the layoff. If the reason for layoff is other than seasonal or vacation, the employer was asked the following: (1) "Did this layoff include your company moving work from this lo- cation(s) to a different geographic location(s) within your company?" (2) "Did this layoff include your company moving work that was performed in-house by your employees to a different company, through contractual ar- rangements?" A "yes" response to either question is followed by: "Is the location inside or outside of the U.S.?" and "How many of the layoffs were a result of this relocation?" Layoff actions are classified as "overseas relocation" if the employer responds "yes" to questions 1 and/or 2, and indicates that the location(s) was outside of the U.S. Domestic relocation is determined if the employer responds "yes" to questions 1 and/or 2 and indicates that the location(s) was within the U.S. After asking the movement of work questions, the employer interview continues and responses are obtained for questions on recall expectations and open/closed status of the worksite. - 10 - Reliability of the data The identification of establishments and layoff events in the MLS program and associated characteristics of claimants is based on admin- istrative data on covered establishments and unemployment insurance claims, and, therefore, is not subject to issues associated with sampling error. Nonsampling errors such as typographical errors may occur but are not likely to be significant. While the MLS establishments and layoff events are not subject to sampling error, and all such employers are asked the employer interview questions, the employer responses are subject to non- sampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the inability to obtain information for all respondents, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For the first quarter of 2006, outright refusal to participate in the employer interview accounted for 4.3 percent of all private nonfarm events. Although included in the total number of instances involving the movement of work, for the first quarter, employers in 29 relocations were unable to provide the number of separations specifically associated with the movement of work, 9 of which involved out-of-country moves. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Industry I IV I I IV I I IV I 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) .................. 1,142 1,400 892 186,506 250,094 161,686 185,486 244,943 129,607 Mining ....................................... 12 28 ( 2 ) 1,138 3,456 ( 2 ) 1,108 3,361 ( 2 ) Utilities .................................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Construction ................................. 275 485 186 29,735 66,909 20,499 32,649 70,035 18,205 Manufacturing ................................ 334 397 283 50,832 71,702 55,977 56,012 81,546 51,794 Food .................................... 72 91 50 12,960 18,041 8,356 14,686 18,640 6,797 Beverage and tobacco products ........... 6 5 9 1,221 824 1,500 1,078 685 1,304 Textile mills ........................... 8 15 7 1,531 1,658 566 1,391 3,078 660 Textile product mills ................... 11 ( 2 ) 4 1,619 ( 2 ) 285 2,002 ( 2 ) 447 Apparel ................................. 11 10 15 1,610 2,296 1,845 1,409 1,272 1,784 Leather and allied products ............. 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 313 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 273 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Wood products ........................... 17 15 12 2,037 1,992 1,255 2,348 2,337 1,530 Paper ................................... 7 8 6 710 1,143 719 935 892 437 Printing and related support activities . 13 8 10 1,307 1,112 1,252 1,684 1,427 973 Petroleum and coal products ............. 3 16 ( 2 ) 228 2,285 ( 2 ) 255 2,647 ( 2 ) Chemicals .............................. 8 11 7 1,475 1,723 757 1,022 1,635 559 Plastics and rubber products ............ 19 26 17 2,756 3,044 2,061 2,618 3,577 1,406 Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 24 37 14 3,088 6,469 1,393 2,319 7,170 1,537 Primary metals .......................... 8 10 11 1,013 2,292 4,769 1,111 1,285 3,581 Fabricated metal products ............... 20 14 14 2,778 1,928 1,595 3,248 2,020 1,521 Machinery ............................... 17 10 18 2,157 1,746 2,988 3,362 1,598 1,465 Computer and electronic products ........ 14 20 17 1,892 4,401 2,430 2,500 3,465 2,866 Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 13 5 12 1,280 2,020 3,487 2,127 1,739 3,578 Transportation equipment ................ 41 64 36 7,643 14,309 17,780 9,328 23,074 18,740 Furniture and related products .......... 13 17 11 2,074 2,302 1,551 1,777 2,422 1,580 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 6 10 9 1,140 1,298 892 539 1,313 659 Wholesale trade .............................. 26 21 9 2,357 2,699 1,737 2,745 3,608 716 Retail trade ................................. 114 68 105 28,226 20,852 32,843 24,747 17,702 18,978 Transportation and warehousing ............... 49 32 41 12,203 6,382 8,026 8,479 5,594 5,907 Information .................................. 36 20 23 8,899 4,023 3,442 8,573 3,932 4,019 Finance and insurance ........................ 43 15 25 6,463 2,340 3,339 6,652 2,502 3,081 Real estate and rental and leasing ........... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Professional and technical services .......... 25 33 26 4,233 5,285 3,288 3,658 6,515 3,035 Management of companies and enterprises ...... ( 2 ) 4 4 ( 2 ) 714 480 ( 2 ) 770 451 Administrative and waste services ............ 123 154 95 25,322 27,495 17,313 24,933 27,138 13,111 Educational services ......................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Health care and social assistance ............ 24 22 20 3,952 5,031 2,464 2,672 3,276 1,744 Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 24 45 22 3,796 13,800 3,372 2,342 6,330 2,073 Accommodation and food services .............. 42 59 39 7,127 14,294 6,755 8,273 9,730 5,168 Other services, except public administration . 5 10 4 843 1,728 766 928 1,448 483 Unclassified ................................. - - - - - - - - - 1 For the first quarter of 2006, data on layoffs were reported by employers in all states and the District of Columbia. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 2. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Reason for layoff I IV I I IV I I IV I 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) ..... 1,142 1,400 892 186,506 250,094 161,686 185,486 244,943 129,607 Automation ....................... - - 3 - - 552 - - 465 Bankruptcy ....................... 29 26 17 5,976 5,150 3,797 4,115 4,331 2,329 Business ownership change ........ 42 16 27 9,817 2,475 7,564 6,396 2,410 4,167 Contract cancellation ............ 17 17 15 3,247 2,639 2,098 3,094 1,951 1,980 Contract completed ............... 162 158 208 29,197 28,048 27,465 34,093 31,701 24,725 Energy-related ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Environment-related .............. - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Financial difficulty ............. 35 32 42 5,915 7,508 8,345 4,704 6,702 6,498 Import competition ............... 13 19 8 2,186 3,587 953 1,657 3,801 973 Labor dispute .................... 8 3 3 1,650 309 6,470 1,169 401 3,909 Material shortage ................ 3 ( 2 ) - 497 ( 2 ) - 433 ( 2 ) - Model changeover ................. - 3 ( 2 ) - 767 ( 2 ) - 491 ( 2 ) Natural disaster ................. ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Non-natural disaster ............. ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Plant or machine repair .......... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 269 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 691 ( 2 ) Product line discontinued ........ 8 14 11 874 2,366 1,728 1,015 1,923 1,963 Reorganization within company .... 133 101 110 23,797 18,044 27,706 23,569 20,946 19,226 Seasonal work .................... 372 778 223 57,120 137,885 37,772 51,497 122,832 28,815 Slack work ....................... 186 136 115 20,686 18,913 20,119 29,636 28,320 20,302 Vacation period .................. ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 475 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 337 ( 2 ) Weather-related .................. 29 24 35 3,417 7,705 3,567 2,576 4,033 3,014 Other ............................ 27 19 19 5,085 2,749 2,772 4,941 3,129 1,788 Not reported ..................... 72 44 49 15,865 10,235 9,953 15,535 10,235 8,860 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, fourth quarter, 2005 and first quarter, 2006 Total Percent of total initial Hispanic Persons age 55 Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over State IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I 2005r 2006p 2005r 2006p 2005r 2006p 2005r 2006p 2005r 2006p 2005r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) .. 1,400 892 244,943 129,607 12.2 15.2 14.1 12.3 31.9 38.0 16.5 17.9 Alabama ........................ 7 7 1,227 946 34.0 46.5 2.0 2.2 31.9 44.1 21.5 16.8 Alaska ......................... 8 ( 2 ) 1,413 ( 2 ) 3.9 1.3 22.7 2.6 26.0 35.5 12.9 10.5 Arizona ........................ 3 3 411 420 1.9 4.0 11.2 24.8 26.3 37.9 20.7 16.4 Arkansas ....................... ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) - 27.7 - 19.1 - 53.9 - 11.6 - California ..................... 77 184 15,045 21,706 6.6 8.5 46.0 34.0 54.1 38.5 17.8 15.1 Colorado ....................... 18 8 2,595 891 2.1 7.1 39.5 24.7 19.3 54.8 17.7 19.1 Connecticut .................... 8 9 1,531 2,093 11.4 12.7 8.6 11.7 32.1 29.4 18.5 22.5 Delaware ....................... - - - - - - - - - - - - District of Columbia ........... ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) - 41.2 - 13.4 - 65.5 - 25.2 - Florida ........................ 83 50 14,402 6,165 14.7 16.7 31.2 32.7 46.2 45.2 18.5 22.7 Georgia ........................ 15 17 2,164 2,288 64.0 56.5 .6 .8 58.7 42.9 15.0 16.2 Hawaii ......................... 3 4 350 387 .9 - 22.3 22.7 8.0 23.5 9.1 13.7 Idaho .......................... 18 4 2,616 261 .1 .8 21.8 14.9 39.0 36.4 18.5 22.6 Illinois ....................... 164 76 27,660 10,337 17.4 22.8 20.6 12.6 26.9 40.7 12.4 16.4 Indiana ........................ 44 25 7,709 3,652 8.8 12.7 4.0 5.5 20.2 25.9 11.8 15.1 Iowa ........................... 37 ( 2 ) 6,581 ( 2 ) 2.1 1.3 4.3 7.3 21.8 54.3 17.0 25.2 Kansas ......................... 4 3 686 418 4.1 9.3 8.2 2.2 12.5 40.4 16.9 25.6 Kentucky ....................... 24 25 2,700 2,685 8.7 8.4 .1 .3 30.1 44.8 16.6 16.9 Louisiana ...................... 19 12 3,327 1,343 63.4 63.0 4.0 2.7 63.7 54.4 4.6 3.7 Maine .......................... 5 3 1,092 583 1.3 2.9 .2 .3 29.7 53.5 20.4 21.6 Maryland ....................... ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) 544 7.7 52.2 - - 6.2 47.2 10.8 17.6 Massachusetts .................. 16 17 3,034 1,647 5.5 9.2 6.2 .8 32.8 40.5 25.1 16.2 Michigan ....................... 108 71 23,930 21,226 14.1 14.6 6.4 2.5 26.7 32.2 13.2 20.6 Minnesota ...................... 84 23 12,290 2,303 2.2 6.9 11.3 3.3 18.8 27.6 16.2 16.3 Mississippi .................... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) 278 28.0 33.8 3.0 6.1 66.1 50.4 16.7 14.7 Missouri ....................... 32 12 7,191 1,133 8.9 12.4 .5 .6 34.3 47.4 24.3 20.1 Montana ........................ 12 3 1,106 255 .3 - 3.3 4.3 12.0 11.4 17.4 26.3 Nebraska ....................... 11 3 1,064 445 4.6 13.0 16.5 19.8 20.0 47.9 19.7 16.4 Nevada ......................... 5 ( 2 ) 578 ( 2 ) 14.7 12.0 17.1 19.0 49.1 59.5 26.5 35.9 New Hampshire .................. 5 3 1,008 286 1.5 9.8 24.2 5.2 22.6 51.0 16.5 20.3 New Jersey ..................... 40 15 5,064 1,722 14.0 20.4 13.8 15.4 35.6 54.4 25.6 27.3 New Mexico ..................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) .3 - 90.0 100.0 42.9 89.1 22.1 17.4 New York ....................... 118 85 20,078 11,946 8.1 10.3 7.7 6.7 22.6 36.6 17.2 15.1 North Carolina ................. 25 15 4,021 1,321 42.6 40.1 4.2 7.1 52.3 43.1 23.6 17.3 North Dakota ................... 6 - 926 - .2 - 3.2 - 7.1 - 18.8 - Ohio ........................... 105 45 16,916 7,300 9.0 12.4 2.9 2.5 21.5 25.1 13.9 14.9 Oklahoma ....................... 3 4 678 301 7.4 14.6 14.7 7.0 40.6 46.8 31.0 12.3 Oregon ......................... 10 5 3,951 517 .6 2.3 32.9 5.2 54.4 35.6 18.7 14.5 Pennsylvania ................... 73 59 15,694 10,143 8.3 8.4 2.5 3.6 37.9 40.2 20.1 21.5 Rhode Island ................... 8 5 1,018 401 1.1 4.0 26.9 14.7 39.2 52.4 16.3 31.9 South Carolina ................. 11 7 2,543 937 54.9 62.9 .3 - 51.4 67.0 8.6 3.6 South Dakota ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1.7 .6 .8 9.9 5.8 28.6 18.2 18.0 Tennessee ...................... 11 14 1,445 1,581 23.9 16.0 - .1 36.4 57.0 27.8 27.5 Texas .......................... 22 17 4,337 2,395 19.9 19.8 32.9 34.4 32.8 53.3 15.2 15.2 Utah ........................... 9 3 1,301 207 1.4 .5 14.0 23.7 22.2 83.1 11.1 13.0 Vermont ........................ 5 ( 2 ) 486 ( 2 ) - - .4 - 18.5 15.1 20.2 14.5 Virginia ....................... 21 12 3,601 4,098 43.2 32.2 3.2 3.0 52.6 34.4 18.8 17.9 Washington ..................... 36 13 6,096 1,814 3.9 5.4 31.2 20.5 34.4 35.0 17.0 16.2 West Virginia .................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3.3 .3 - - 47.4 23.8 18.3 33.6 Wisconsin ...................... 74 10 13,334 1,269 3.4 2.2 11.9 16.5 22.8 31.1 15.7 22.8 Wyoming ........................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) .8 - - 6.8 40.3 30.1 51.7 20.5 Puerto Rico .................... 11 10 1,964 1,686 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 53.2 57.2 10.0 9.2 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 Data are not available. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Census region and division I IV I I IV I I IV I 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p United States(1) ...... 1,142 1,400 892 186,506 250,094 161,686 185,486 244,943 129,607 Northeast ..................... 289 278 198 38,354 40,981 27,189 45,749 49,005 28,973 New England ............... 47 47 39 5,390 9,229 9,194 6,142 8,169 5,162 Middle Atlantic ........... 242 231 159 32,964 31,752 17,995 39,607 40,836 23,811 South ......................... 222 248 190 38,263 47,891 33,214 39,421 41,450 25,260 South Atlantic ............ 141 158 108 26,254 28,407 18,929 26,401 27,128 15,731 East South Central ........ 35 44 49 4,949 6,902 8,410 5,167 5,540 5,490 West South Central ........ 46 46 33 7,060 12,582 5,875 7,853 8,782 4,039 Midwest ....................... 429 671 272 66,008 120,664 60,180 63,724 118,408 48,395 East North Central ........ 355 495 227 56,776 89,425 54,127 54,591 89,549 43,784 West North Central ........ 74 176 45 9,232 31,239 6,053 9,133 28,859 4,611 West .......................... 202 203 232 43,881 40,558 41,103 36,592 36,080 26,979 Mountain .................. 29 69 25 4,615 13,086 5,878 3,227 9,225 2,479 Pacific ................... 173 134 207 39,266 27,472 35,225 33,365 26,855 24,500 1 See footnote 1, table 1. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas: East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance State I IV I I IV I I IV I 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) .. 1,142 1,400 892 186,506 250,094 161,686 185,486 244,943 129,607 Alabama ........................ ( 2 ) 7 7 ( 2 ) 903 907 ( 2 ) 1,227 946 Alaska ......................... ( 2 ) 8 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2,217 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,413 ( 2 ) Arizona ........................ 3 3 3 605 407 1,096 585 411 420 Arkansas ....................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - California ..................... 132 77 184 23,618 14,280 31,072 26,756 15,045 21,706 Colorado ....................... 8 18 8 1,844 3,431 2,346 1,003 2,595 891 Connecticut .................... 6 8 9 1,098 1,780 5,276 858 1,531 2,093 Delaware ....................... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - District of Columbia ........... - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Florida ........................ 70 83 50 14,571 17,259 7,850 12,994 14,402 6,165 Georgia ........................ 18 15 17 2,269 1,893 2,348 3,387 2,164 2,288 Hawaii ......................... ( 2 ) 3 4 ( 2 ) 308 464 ( 2 ) 350 387 Idaho .......................... 6 18 4 782 2,645 330 572 2,616 261 Illinois ....................... 112 164 76 23,287 32,967 17,245 17,708 27,660 10,337 Indiana ........................ 29 44 25 3,815 6,525 3,691 4,896 7,709 3,652 Iowa ........................... 8 37 ( 2 ) 644 6,335 ( 2 ) 1,159 6,581 ( 2 ) Kansas ......................... 10 4 3 1,014 875 550 968 686 418 Kentucky ....................... 18 24 25 2,509 4,063 3,798 2,723 2,700 2,685 Louisiana ...................... 16 19 12 2,509 8,385 2,614 1,754 3,327 1,343 Maine .......................... 7 5 3 1,468 2,762 1,066 911 1,092 583 Maryland ....................... - ( 2 ) 5 - ( 2 ) 553 - ( 2 ) 544 Massachusetts .................. 29 16 17 2,360 2,077 1,833 3,904 3,034 1,647 Michigan ....................... 76 108 71 9,550 15,353 18,392 11,050 23,930 21,226 Minnesota ...................... 29 84 23 3,155 12,646 2,811 2,768 12,290 2,303 Mississippi .................... 5 ( 2 ) 3 512 ( 2 ) 324 509 ( 2 ) 278 Missouri ....................... 23 32 12 4,031 9,246 1,709 3,991 7,191 1,133 Montana ........................ ( 2 ) 12 3 ( 2 ) 1,256 255 ( 2 ) 1,106 255 Nebraska ....................... ( 2 ) 11 3 ( 2 ) 1,086 566 ( 2 ) 1,064 445 Nevada ......................... ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 624 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 578 ( 2 ) New Hampshire .................. ( 2 ) 5 3 ( 2 ) 981 286 ( 2 ) 1,008 286 New Jersey ..................... 35 40 15 4,911 5,261 3,223 4,383 5,064 1,722 New Mexico ..................... 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 242 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 232 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) New York ....................... 138 118 85 20,281 17,543 8,336 22,234 20,078 11,946 North Carolina ................. 22 25 15 3,680 2,932 1,323 3,073 4,021 1,321 North Dakota ................... - 6 - - 926 - - 926 - Ohio ........................... 87 105 45 9,663 21,402 13,471 9,952 16,916 7,300 Oklahoma ....................... 5 3 4 397 361 339 574 678 301 Oregon ......................... 14 10 5 8,875 5,785 2,074 2,713 3,951 517 Pennsylvania ................... 69 73 59 7,772 8,948 6,436 12,990 15,694 10,143 Rhode Island ................... ( 2 ) 8 5 ( 2 ) 1,143 472 ( 2 ) 1,018 401 South Carolina ................. 7 11 7 1,173 2,405 884 1,307 2,543 937 South Dakota ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Tennessee ...................... 11 11 14 1,868 1,761 3,381 1,812 1,445 1,581 Texas .......................... 24 22 17 3,939 3,310 2,922 5,405 4,337 2,395 Utah ........................... 3 9 3 404 1,638 430 393 1,301 207 Vermont ........................ ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 486 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 486 ( 2 ) Virginia ....................... 23 21 12 4,499 3,488 5,018 5,578 3,601 4,098 Washington ..................... 24 36 13 6,403 4,882 1,539 3,526 6,096 1,814 West Virginia .................. - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Wisconsin ...................... 51 74 10 10,461 13,178 1,328 10,985 13,334 1,269 Wyoming ........................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Puerto Rico .................... 9 11 10 999 1,411 814 2,547 1,964 1,686 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 6. Information technology-producing industries: Extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 1999-2006 Information technology-producing industries(1) Year Total extended mass layoffs Computer Software and Communications Communications hardware(2) computer services(3) equipment(4) services(5) Layoff Layoff Layoff Layoff Layoff events Separations events Separations events Separations events Separations events Separations 1999 First quarter ..... 1,262 230,711 35 4,363 10 1,796 10 1,600 6 1,002 Second quarter .... 1,194 246,251 28 3,891 7 1,731 8 1,097 4 1,201 Third quarter ..... 898 184,429 22 11,546 7 1,141 5 840 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) Fourth quarter .... 1,202 240,060 18 2,757 5 526 4 807 6 1,430 Total ......... 4,556 901,451 103 22,557 29 5,194 27 4,344 18 3,930 2000 First quarter ..... 1,081 202,500 22 5,195 14 2,717 9 1,402 4 771 Second quarter .... 1,055 205,861 18 8,862 22 9,114 7 805 7 977 Third quarter ..... 817 174,628 10 1,678 12 1,422 4 1,465 6 1,280 Fourth quarter .... 1,638 332,973 16 3,070 22 3,521 5 946 7 1,020 Total ......... 4,591 915,962 66 18,805 70 16,774 25 4,618 24 4,048 2001 First quarter ..... 1,546 304,171 91 20,991 44 7,963 22 4,441 24 5,312 Second quarter .... 1,828 430,499 161 38,986 87 12,943 36 12,109 28 6,386 Third quarter ..... 1,629 330,391 142 24,813 55 6,820 39 8,200 36 7,134 Fourth quarter .... 2,372 459,771 109 17,797 56 8,290 43 10,124 48 11,252 Total ......... 7,375 1,524,832 503 102,587 242 36,016 140 34,874 136 30,084 2002 First quarter ..... 1,611 299,266 84 18,574 39 4,442 32 8,192 42 6,664 Second quarter .... 1,624 344,606 69 11,764 49 5,454 27 4,870 53 8,538 Third quarter ..... 1,186 255,152 76 15,017 42 5,415 34 6,529 42 7,945 Fourth quarter .... 1,916 373,307 74 14,298 32 7,071 19 3,645 39 8,987 Total ......... 6,337 1,272,331 303 59,653 162 22,382 112 23,236 176 32,134 2003 First quarter ..... 1,502 286,947 71 11,900 33 5,689 23 4,402 41 6,591 Second quarter .... 1,799 368,273 54 9,221 27 4,124 21 3,098 29 5,891 Third quarter ..... 1,190 236,333 46 6,488 26 4,433 9 1,289 15 2,604 Fourth quarter .... 1,690 325,333 25 5,080 14 1,984 9 1,619 28 6,635 Total ......... 6,181 1,216,886 196 32,689 100 16,230 62 10,408 113 21,721 2004 First quarter ..... 1,339 276,503 27 3,222 16 2,992 8 894 23 4,197 Second quarter .... 1,358 278,831 18 2,959 21 3,576 - - 22 5,295 Third quarter ..... 886 164,608 13 2,288 15 1,617 4 430 13 4,317 Fourth quarter .... 1,427 273,967 18 3,055 10 1,547 4 563 23 3,457 Total ......... 5,010 993,909 76 11,524 62 9,732 16 1,887 81 17,266 2005 First quarter ..... 1,142 (r)186,506 13 1,526 13 2,679 4 439 17 3,569 Second quarter .... 1,203 (r)245,878 20 2,973 17 2,106 4 842 11 1,904 Third quarter ..... 1,136 (r)201,878 23 (r)3,307 12 1,742 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) 11 1,127 Fourth quarter .... (r)1,400 (r)250,094 19 (r)4,122 7 1,331 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) (r)8 (r)1,125 Total ......... (r)4,881 (r)884,356 75 (r)11,928 49 7,858 13 3,000 (r)47 (r)7,725 2006 First quarter(p) .. 892 161,686 11 1,048 6 744 4 911 6 708 1 Information technology-producing industries are defined in Digital Economy 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 2 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: semiconductor machinery manufacturing; office machinery manufacturing; electronic computer manufacturing; computer storage device manufacturing; computer terminal manufacturing; other computer peripheral equipment mfg.; electron tube manufacturing; bare printed circuit board manufacturing; semiconductors and related device mfg.; electronic capacitor manufacturing; electronic resistor manufacturing; electronic coils, transformers, and inductors; electronic connector manufacturing; printed circuit assembly manufacturing; other electronic component manufacturing; industrial process variable instruments; electricity and signal testing instruments; analytical laboratory instrument mfg.; computer and software merchant wholesalers; and computer and software stores. 3 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: software publishers; internet service providers; web search portals; data processing and related services; computer and software merchant wholesalers; computer and software stores; custom computer programming services; computer systems design services; computer facilities management services; other computer related services; office equipment rental and leasing; and computer and office machine repair. 4 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: telephone apparatus manufacturing; audio and video equipment manufacturing; broadcast and wireless communications equip.; fiber optic cable manufacturing; software reproducing; and magnetic and optical recording media mfg. 5 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: wired telecommunications carriers; cellular and other wireless carriers; telecommunications resellers; cable and other program distribution; satellite telecommunications; other telecommunications; and communication equipment repair. 6 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. r = revised. p = preliminary. Table 7. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Industry I IV I I IV I 2005 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) ................. 71 65 52 13,980 12,046 10,206 Mining ...................................... - - - - - - Utilities ................................... - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Construction ................................ ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Manufacturing ............................... 44 47 38 9,070 9,549 7,333 Food ................................... 4 5 3 1,122 918 1,230 Beverage and tobacco products .......... - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Textile mills .......................... ( 2 ) 4 - ( 2 ) 442 - Textile product mills .................. 4 - - 745 - - Apparel ................................ 3 4 4 549 647 636 Leather and allied products ............ - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Wood products .......................... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Paper .................................. ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Printing and related support activities ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Petroleum and coal products ............ - - - - - - Chemicals ............................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Plastics and rubber products ........... 5 ( 2 ) 4 1,243 ( 2 ) 508 Nonmetallic mineral products ........... - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Primary metals ......................... - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Fabricated metal products .............. 5 ( 2 ) - 1,330 ( 2 ) - Machinery .............................. - 4 ( 2 ) - 1,112 ( 2 ) Computer and electronic products ....... ( 2 ) 7 5 ( 2 ) 1,478 511 Electrical equipment and appliances .... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 756 Transportation equipment ............... 5 6 3 789 2,028 417 Furniture and related products ......... 4 5 ( 2 ) 697 637 ( 2 ) Miscellaneous manufacturing ............ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 502 Wholesale trade ............................. 7 ( 2 ) 3 577 ( 2 ) 432 Retail trade ................................ 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 769 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Transportation and warehousing .............. ( 2 ) - 4 ( 2 ) - 581 Information ................................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Finance and insurance ....................... 4 4 ( 2 ) 613 746 ( 2 ) Real estate and rental and leasing .......... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Professional and technical services ......... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Management of companies and enterprises ..... - - - - - - Administrative and waste services ........... ( 2 ) 4 - ( 2 ) 440 - Educational services ........................ - - - - - - Health care and social assistance ........... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Accommodation and food services ............. - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Other services, except public administration - - - - - - Unclassified ................................ - - - - - - 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 8. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Reason for layoff I IV I I IV I 2005 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) ..... 71 65 52 13,980 12,046 10,206 Automation ....................... - - - - - - Bankruptcy ....................... - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Business ownership change ........ 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,719 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Contract cancellation ............ 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 580 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Contract completed ............... - - 3 - - 419 Energy-related ................... - - - - - - Environment-related .............. - - - - - - Financial difficulty ............. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 732 Import competition ............... 7 11 3 1,187 1,828 496 Labor dispute .................... - - - - - - Material shortage ................ - - - - - - Model changeover ................. - - - - - - Natural disaster ................. - - - - - - Non-natural disaster ............. - - - - - - Plant or machine repair .......... - - - - - - Product line discontinued ........ 4 - 3 470 - 450 Reorganization within company .... 40 43 29 7,696 8,674 6,480 Seasonal work .................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Slack work ....................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 809 Vacation period .................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Weather-related .................. - - - - - - Other ............................ 7 6 ( 2 ) 1,718 848 ( 2 ) Not reported ..................... - - - - - - 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 9. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Census region and division I IV I I IV I 2005 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p United States(1) .. 71 65 52 13,980 12,046 10,206 Northeast ................. 7 15 12 1,751 2,927 2,821 New England ........... 4 3 5 1,124 610 1,259 Middle Atlantic ....... 3 12 7 627 2,317 1,562 South ..................... 29 23 19 5,540 3,733 3,965 South Atlantic ........ 15 17 ( 2 ) 2,671 2,388 ( 2 ) East South Central .... 9 3 12 2,216 282 2,821 West South Central .... 5 3 ( 2 ) 653 1,063 ( 2 ) Midwest ................... 16 15 13 2,742 3,594 2,299 East North Central .... ( 2 ) 12 9 ( 2 ) 2,651 1,539 West North Central .... ( 2 ) 3 4 ( 2 ) 943 760 West ...................... 19 12 8 3,947 1,792 1,121 Mountain .............. - ( 2 ) 3 - ( 2 ) 356 Pacific ............... 19 ( 2 ) 5 3,947 ( 2 ) 765 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massa chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas: East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Dash represents zero. Table 10. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events Separations Action I IV I I IV I 2005r 2005r 2006p 2005r 2005r 2006p Total, private nonfarm(1) .......... 1,142 1,400 892 186,506 250,094 161,686 Total, excluding seasonal and vacation events(2) ......... 769 619 668 129,261 111,734 123,804 Total, movement of work(3) ..... 71 65 52 13,980 12,046 10,206 Movement of work action ...... 90 92 79 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) With separations reported .. 66 57 50 9,422 7,210 6,980 With separations unknown ... 24 35 29 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 The question on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. 3 Movement of work can involve more than one action. 4 Data are not available. r = revised. p = preliminary. Table 11. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers, selected quarters, 2005 and 2006 Layoff events(1) Separations Actions I IV I I IV I 2005 2005r 2006p 2005 2005r 2006p With separations reported(2) .. 66 57 50 9,422 7,210 6,980 By location Out-of-country relocations .. 21 22 22 3,811 2,702 2,682 Within company .......... 17 17 17 3,353 2,010 2,408 Different company ....... 4 5 5 458 692 274 Domestic relocations ........ 45 35 28 5,611 4,508 4,298 Within company .......... 37 28 23 4,626 4,104 3,773 Different company ....... 8 7 5 985 404 525 Unable to assign place of relocation ............... - - - - - - By company Within company .............. 54 45 40 7,979 6,114 6,181 Domestic ................ 37 28 23 4,626 4,104 3,773 Out of country .......... 17 17 17 3,353 2,010 2,408 Unable to assign ........ - - - - - - Different company ........... 12 12 10 1,443 1,096 799 Domestic ................ 8 7 5 985 404 525 Out of country .......... 4 5 5 458 692 274 Unable to assign ........ - - - - - - 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were reported are shown. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. r = revised. p = preliminary. Note: Dash represents zero.