Table 4. Displaced workers(1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2006
Table 4. Displaced workers (1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2006
Percent distribution by employment status
Total
Industry and class of worker of lost job (thousands)
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
Total, 20 years and over (2)........................ 3,815 100.0 69.9 13.4 16.7
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary
workers............................................... 14 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers....... 3,753 100.0 70.2 13.0 16.8
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers........ 3,551 100.0 70.4 13.2 16.4
Mining........................................... 17 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction..................................... 270 100.0 78.7 7.4 13.9
Manufacturing.................................... 1,085 100.0 64.5 15.3 20.2
Durable goods manufacturing ................ 688 100.0 62.1 15.2 22.7
Primary metals and fabricated metal
products.............................. 137 100.0 61.3 22.5 16.2
Machinery manufacturing................. 96 100.0 68.5 10.5 21.0
Computers and electronic products....... 145 100.0 77.2 4.4 18.4
Electrical equipment and appliances..... 47 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Transportation equipment................ 130 100.0 51.9 18.7 29.4
Miscellaneous manufacturing............. 69 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Other durable goods industries.......... 65 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Nondurable goods manufacturing ............. 397 100.0 68.6 15.5 16.0
Food manufacturing...................... 69 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Textiles, apparel, and leather.......... 135 100.0 62.7 18.8 18.5
Paper and printing...................... 70 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Other nondurable goods industries....... 123 100.0 68.0 15.8 16.2
Wholesale and retail trade....................... 508 100.0 68.8 14.1 17.1
Wholesale trade............................. 146 100.0 75.8 11.5 12.7
Retail trade................................ 362 100.0 66.0 15.1 18.9
Transportation and utilities (4)................. 189 100.0 77.1 18.7 4.2
Transportation and warehousing.............. 157 100.0 77.8 17.2 5.0
Information (4).................................. 164 100.0 75.9 8.2 15.9
Telecommunications.......................... 92 100.0 77.7 7.7 14.6
Financial activities............................. 368 100.0 77.0 12.9 10.1
Finance and insurance....................... 293 100.0 75.7 11.8 12.5
Finance................................. 188 100.0 80.4 13.6 6.0
Insurance............................... 105 100.0 67.3 8.6 24.1
Real estate and rental and leasing.......... 75 100.0 82.1 17.1 0.9
Professional and business services............... 406 100.0 71.5 14.8 13.7
Professional and technical services......... 251 100.0 80.7 11.8 7.5
Management, administrative, and waste
services.................................. 155 100.0 56.6 19.5 23.9
Education and health services.................... 264 100.0 72.3 8.2 19.5
Educational services........................ 39 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Health care and social assistance (4)....... 224 100.0 72.0 9.6 18.4
Hospitals............................... 60 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Health services, except hospitals....... 129 100.0 74.9 4.1 21.1
Leisure and hospitality (4)...................... 174 100.0 71.6 11.3 17.0
Accommodation and food services (4)......... 130 100.0 66.3 12.8 21.0
Food services and drinking places....... 104 100.0 64.7 14.7 20.6
Other services................................... 107 100.0 65.5 12.8 21.8
Government workers..................................... 202 100.0 66.5 9.4 24.1
1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2003 and
December 2005 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions
or shifts.
2 Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who did not report industry or class of
worker.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
4 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
Last Modified Date: September 15, 2006
Bureau of Labor Statistics
