Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2010
Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2010
Percent distribution by employment status
Total
Occupation of lost job (thousands)
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
Total, 20 years and over (2)................. 6,938 100.0 48.8 36.1 15.2
Management, professional, and related occupations 2,113 100.0 58.0 30.4 11.5
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations................................... 1,149 100.0 56.7 31.1 12.2
Professional and related occupations........... 964 100.0 59.6 29.7 10.8
Service occupations.............................. 565 100.0 51.8 31.7 16.5
Sales and office occupations..................... 1,718 100.0 46.4 36.4 17.2
Sales and related occupations.................. 675 100.0 53.3 30.1 16.6
Office and administrative support occupations.. 1,043 100.0 41.9 40.5 17.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations..................................... 1,089 100.0 47.5 40.4 12.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..... 26 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction and extraction occupations........ 745 100.0 46.9 40.8 12.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations.................................... 317 100.0 50.2 39.3 10.5
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations..................................... 1,382 100.0 38.2 42.0 19.8
Production occupations......................... 873 100.0 37.3 43.3 19.4
Transportation and material moving occupations 508 100.0 39.7 39.7 20.5
1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January
2007 and December 2009 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of
their positions or shifts.
2 Total includes a small number who did not report occupation.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
Last Modified Date: August 26, 2010
