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Table 5. Displaced workers(1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2006

     Table 5.  Displaced workers (1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2006
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                       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).................     3,815      100.0        69.9        13.4        16.7   
                                                                                                                   
      Management, professional, and related                                                                        
       occupations.....................................     1,307      100.0        74.1        11.9        14.0   
        Management, business, and financial operations                                                             
         occupations...................................       709      100.0        71.8        13.6        14.6   
        Professional and related occupations...........       598      100.0        76.8         9.9        13.2   
                                                                                                                   
      Service occupations..............................       339      100.0        66.5        14.0        19.6   
                                                                                                                   
      Sales and office occupations.....................       949      100.0        70.2        11.3        18.6   
        Sales and related occupations..................       360      100.0        73.9        13.6        12.6   
        Office and administrative support                                                                          
         occupations...................................       589      100.0        67.9         9.9        22.2   
                                                                                                                   
      Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                             
       occupations.....................................       421      100.0        72.2        13.0        14.8   
        Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....         5      100.0        (3)         (3)         (3)    
        Construction and extraction occupations........       240      100.0        70.2        13.7        16.0   
        Installation, maintenance, and repair                                                                      
         occupations...................................       176      100.0        76.9        11.2        11.9   
                                                                                                                   
      Production, transportation, and material moving                                                              
       occupations.....................................       765      100.0        63.3        17.6        19.2   
        Production occupations.........................       524      100.0        59.4        18.8        21.8   
        Transportation and material moving                                                                         
         occupations...................................       241      100.0        71.7        14.8        13.4   

       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 who did not report occupation.
       3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

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