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EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS -- FIRST QUARTER 2010
Employers initiated 1,564 mass layoff events in the first quarter of 2010 that
resulted in the separation of 221,150 workers from their jobs for at least 31
days, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Both events and separations decreased by record amounts from the
same period a year earlier, when layoffs and associated separated workers
reached program highs (with data available back to 1995). (See table A.)
Seventeen of 18 major industry sectors in the private nonfarm economy regis-
tered sharp declines over the year in the number of extended mass layoff
events, with 12 industries registering record declines in the number of events.
Forty-two percent of employers expected to recall at least some laid-off work-
ers, up from 25 percent a year earlier. First quarter 2010 layoff data are
preliminary and are subject to revision. (See the Technical Note.)
The national unemployment rate averaged 10.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted,
in the first quarter of 2010, up from 8.8 percent a year earlier. Private non-
farm payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted, decreased by 2.8 percent
(-3,032,000) over the year.
Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs
Manufacturing firms reported 380 events involving the separation of 51,333
workers. Manufacturing accounted for 24 percent of private nonfarm extended
layoff events and 23 percent of related separations in the first quarter of
2010, the lowest proportions for any first quarter. A year earlier, manu-
facturing made up 40 percent of events and 39 percent of separations. (See
table 1.) The largest numbers of separations within the manufacturing sector
were associated with food (largely from fruit and vegetable canning) and
transportation equipment (largely from automobile manufacturing). All 21 manu-
facturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in the number of lay-
off events.
Construction firms recorded 400 events and 42,040 separations, primarily in
specialty trade contractors (largely from nonresidential electrical contrac-
tors) and heavy and civil engineering construction (largely from highway,
street, and bridge construction). In the first quarter of 2010, layoffs in
this sector comprised 26 percent of events and 19 percent of separations.
Seventeen of 18 major industry sectors in the private nonfarm economy regis-
tered sharp declines over the year in the number of extended mass layoff
events. Layoff events in 12 industries decreased by record levels--mining;
manufacturing; wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing;
information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; pro-
fessional and technical services; management of companies and enterprises;
administrative and waste services; and other services, except public adminis-
tration.
Reasons for Extended Layoffs
Among the seven categories of economic reasons for extended mass layoffs, busi-
ness demand factors accounted for 41 percent of events and 38 percent of re-
lated separations during the first quarter of 2010, down from 54 percent of
events and 48 percent of separations in the same period a year earlier. (See
table 2.) Separations related to business demand factors decreased over the
year by 250,749, or 75 percent. Within the business demand category, the larg-
est over-the-year decrease in separations was due to slack work/insufficient
demand (-205,424).
Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity
Period Layoff events Separations Initial claimants
2006
January-March .......... 963 183,089 193,510
April-June ............. 1,353 295,964 264,927
July-September ......... 929 160,254 161,764
October-December ....... 1,640 296,662 330,954
2007
January-March .......... 1,110 225,600 199,250
April-June ............. 1,421 278,719 259,234
July-September ......... 1,018 160,024 173,077
October-December ....... 1,814 301,592 347,151
2008
January-March .......... 1,340 230,098 259,292
April-June ............. 1,756 354,713 339,630
July-September ......... 1,581 290,453 304,340
October-December ....... 3,582 641,714 766,780
2009
January-March (r) ....... 3,979 705,141 835,551
April-June (r) .......... 3,395 651,318 731,035
July-September (r) ...... 2,034 345,529 406,715
October-December (r) ... 2,419 406,815 466,539
2010
January-March (p) ....... 1,564 221,150 214,204
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
Movement of Work
In the first quarter of 2010, 61 extended mass layoffs involved movement of
work and were associated with 8,499 separated workers. The number of events
decreased by 31 from the first quarter of 2009, and the number of separations
decreased by 7,002 over the year. Movement of work layoffs accounted for 5
percent of both nonseasonal layoff events and separations during the first
quarter of 2010. (See table 9.)
Nearly 6 out of 10 extended mass layoff events related to movement of work
were from manufacturing industries. In comparison, manufacturing accounted
for more than 2 out of 10 events in the total private nonfarm economy. (See
table 6.) Employers cited organizational changes in 44 percent of the ex-
tended mass layoff events involving the movement of work. (See table 7.) The
largest numbers of workers affected by the movement of work among the regions
were in the South and Midwest. (See table 8.) Among the states, California,
New Jersey, and Tennessee reported the highest numbers of separations associ-
ated with movement of work.
The 61 extended layoff events with movement of work for the first quarter of
2010 involved 82 identifiable relocations of work actions. Employers were
able to provide more complete separations information for 58 of the actions.
Of these, 86 percent involved work moving within the same company, and 78
percent were domestic reassignments. (See table 10.)
Recall Expectations
Forty-two percent of employers reporting an extended mass layoff in the first
quarter of 2010 indicated they anticipated some type of recall, up from 25 per-
cent a year earlier. Excluding extended mass layoff events due to seasonal
work and vacation period, in which 88 percent of the employers expected a re-
call, employers anticipated recalling laid-off workers in just 27 percent of
the events. Of those employers expecting to recall workers, 27 percent indi-
cated that the offer would be extended to all displaced employees, and 67
percent of employers anticipated extending the offer to at least half of the
workers. Sixty-seven percent of employers expecting to recall laid-off employ-
ees intend to do so within 6 months. (See table 11.)
Size of Extended Layoffs
In the first quarter of 2010, the average size of a layoff (as measured by
separations per layoff event) was 141, the smallest average size in pro-
gram history. (See table 12.) Events during the first quarter of 2010 were
concentrated at the lower end of the extended layoff-size spectrum, with 75
percent involving fewer than 150 workers, up from 64 percent a year ago.
The percentage distribution of extended mass layoff events involving 500 or
more workers registered program lows for both events (3 percent) and sepa-
rated workers (19 percent). (See table 13.)
Table B. Metropolitan areas with the largest number of initial claimants
associated with extended mass layoff events in the first quarter of 2010,
by residency of claimants
2009 I (r) 2010 I (p)
Metropolitan area Initial Initial
claimants Rank claimants Rank
Total, 372 metropolitan areas ...... 661,323 171,438
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. ... 50,412 1 15,005 1
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. .................. 34,215 3 14,600 2
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. .. 27,239 4 9,687 3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. ... 19,226 6 7,086 4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. ...... 21,131 5 6,376 5
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. ...... 11,016 9 3,586 6
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. ..... 10,245 10 3,334 7
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif. 8,759 14 3,311 8
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas .......... 8,864 13 3,094 9
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-
N.J.-Del.-Md. .......................... 7,556 19 3,056 10
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table are
defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 10-02, December 01, 2009.
Initial Claimant Characteristics
A total of 214,204 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were asso-
ciated with extended mass layoffs in the first quarter of 2010. Of these
claimants, 13 percent were black, 17 percent were Hispanic, 35 percent were
women, and 19 percent were 55 years of age or older. (See table 3.) Among
persons in the civilian labor force for the same period, 12 percent were
black, 15 percent were Hispanic, 47 percent were women, and 19 percent were
55 years of age or older.
Geographic Distribution
Among the four census regions, the Midwest and the West recorded the high-
est numbers of separations due to extended mass layoff events in the first
quarter of 2010. Among the nine census divisions, the highest numbers of
separations were in the East North Central and Pacific. All regions and
divisions registered record level over-the-year decreases in the number of
separations with the exception of the West South Central division. (See
table 4.)
California recorded the largest number of worker separations, followed by
Illinois, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. (See table 5.) After excluding
the impact of seasonal reasons, these five states still reported the highest
numbers of separated workers. Over the year, 49 states reported decreased num-
bers of laid-off workers, led by California, Florida, and Michigan. Of these
49 states, twenty registered record over-the-year decreases in the number of
separations--Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Mary-
land, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsyl-
vania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, and Wis-
consin.
Eighty percent of the initial claimants associated with extended mass layoff
events in the first quarter of 2010 resided within metropolitan areas, nearly
the same as a year earlier (79 percent). Among the 372 metropolitan areas,
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., reported the highest number of resi-
dent initial claimants. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, Philadelphia-Camden-
Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., and Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif.,
moved into the top 10 metropolitan areas in terms of initial claims by residency
of claimant in the first quarter of 2010, replacing Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.,
Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla., from
the previous year. (See table B.)
Note
The quarterly series on extended mass layoffs cover layoffs of at least 31-days
duration that involve 50 or more individuals from a single employer filing ini-
tial claims for unemployment insurance during a consecutive 5-week period. Ap-
proximately 30 days after a mass layoff is triggered, the employer is contacted
for additional information. Data for the current quarter are preliminary and
subject to revision. This release also includes revised data for previous quar-
ters. Data are not seasonally adjusted, but survey data suggest that there is a
seasonal pattern to layoffs. Thus, comparisons between consecutive quarters
should not be used as an indicator of trend. For additional information about
the program, see the Technical Note.
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The Mass Layoffs in April 2010 news release is scheduled to be released on
Friday, May 21, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
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. Employers which have
at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week per-
iod 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. Em-
ployers 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
Domestic relocation. A movement of work from an establishment within the
U.S. to a location also inside the U.S., either within the same company or to
a different company altogether (domestic outsourcing).
Employer. A firm covered by state unemployment insurance laws. Information
on employers is obtained from the Quarterly Census ofEmployment and Wages (QCEW)
program, which is administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Extended mass layoff event. A layoff defined by the filing of 50 or more
initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an employer during a
5-week period, with at least 50 workers separated for more than 30 days. Such
layoffs involve both persons subject to recall and those who are terminated.
Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of unemployment to initiate
a request either for a determination of entitlement to and eligibility for com-
pensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or
period of eligibility.
Movement of work. The reassignment of work activities previously performed
at the worksite by the company experiencing the layoff (1) to another worksite
within the company; (2) to another company under formal contractual arrange-
ments at the same worksite; or (3) to another company under formal contractual
arrangements at another worksite either within or outside of the U.S.
Outsourcing. A movement of work that was formerly conducted in-house by em-
ployees paid directly by a company to a different company under a contractual
arrangement.
Overseas relocation. A movement of work from an establishment within the
U.S. to a location outside of the U.S. (offshoring), either within the same
company or to a different company altogether (offshore outsourcing).
Relocation of work action. A movement-of-work action where the employer
provides information on the new location of work and/or the number of workers
affected by the movement. Events may involve more than one action per employer
if work is moved to more than one location.
Separations. The number of individuals who have become displaced during an
extended mass layoff event as provided by the employer, regardless of whether
they file for unemployment insurance or not.
Worksite closure. The complete closure of an employer or the partial closure
of an employer with multiple locations where entire worksites affected by layoffs
are closed.
Revisions to preliminary data
The latest quarterly data in this news release are considered preliminary.
After the initial publication of quarterly information, more data are collected
as remaining employer interviews for the quarter are completed and additional
initial claimant information associated with extended layoff events is received.
Movement of work concepts and questions
Beginning in 2004, the economic reasons "domestic relocation" and "overseas
relocation" were replaced by the movement of work concept. The movement of work
data are not collected in the same way as the relocation reasons in releases prior
to 2004; therefore, the movement of work data are not comparable to the data for
those discontinued reasons.
Questions on movement of work and location are asked for all layoff events when
the reason for separation is other than "seasonal work" or "vacation period," as
these are unlikely. Movement of work questions are asked after the analyst veri-
fies that a layoff in fact occurred and lasted more than 30 days. 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 location(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 arrangements?"
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 "domestic relocation" if the
employer responds "yes" to questions 1 and/or 2 and indicates the
location(s) was inside the U.S.; "overseas relocation" indicates that
the location(s) was outside the U.S.
Reliability of the data
The identification of employers and layoff events in the MLS program and asso-
ciated characteristics of claimants is based on administrative data on covered
employers 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 employers
and layoff events are not subject to sampling error, and all such employers are
asked the interview questions, the employer responses are subject to nonsampling
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 2010, outright refusal to participate in
the employer interview accounted for 4.2 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 24 relocations were unable to provide the num-
ber of separations specifically associated with the movement of work, 1 of which
involved out-of-country moves.
Additional information
Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired in-
dividuals upon request. Voice phone: (202)691-5200; Federal Relay Service:
(800) 877-8339.
Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
Industry
I IV I I IV I I IV I
2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ................. 3,979 2,419 1,564 705,141 406,815 221,150 835,551 466,539 214,204
Mining ....................................... 82 39 16 14,408 4,887 2,176 15,112 5,485 1,866
Utilities .................................... 3 9 3 480 1,637 282 799 1,585 282
Construction ................................. 526 762 400 63,121 95,945 42,040 76,236 120,423 45,052
Manufacturing ................................ 1,597 592 380 276,772 99,051 51,333 378,642 121,669 51,870
Food .................................... 85 93 69 13,925 19,961 9,151 16,348 21,480 9,511
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 14 (2) 6 2,141 (2) 845 3,032 (2) 1,229
Textile mills ........................... 27 11 (2) 3,137 2,055 (2) 6,268 6,980 (2)
Textile product mills ................... 9 - 7 1,315 - 937 2,356 - 1,068
Apparel ................................. 24 18 4 3,250 2,380 396 3,280 2,371 516
Leather and allied products ............. 5 (2) (2) 680 (2) (2) 679 (2) (2)
Wood products ........................... 91 35 16 11,039 4,680 1,347 14,625 6,834 1,803
Paper ................................... 41 14 7 5,309 1,604 1,215 6,104 1,726 918
Printing and related support activities . 43 10 18 5,580 2,400 2,015 6,237 1,934 1,952
Petroleum and coal products ............. 6 21 5 809 3,092 368 631 3,519 397
Chemicals ............................... 30 23 13 4,795 3,056 1,742 4,791 2,659 1,372
Plastics and rubber products ............ 82 19 13 8,958 1,880 1,179 10,357 1,966 1,349
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 82 60 29 8,485 7,822 2,861 11,254 9,511 3,186
Primary metals .......................... 106 34 19 16,205 4,202 2,758 21,466 6,914 2,045
Fabricated metal products ............... 159 44 22 18,187 5,894 2,191 27,176 7,064 2,020
Machinery ............................... 157 47 32 28,203 6,375 4,671 38,551 8,920 4,800
Computer and electronic products ........ 147 40 25 25,497 5,135 4,510 30,776 6,658 3,508
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 66 15 14 9,005 2,173 1,821 12,729 2,283 1,377
Transportation equipment ................ 322 72 49 95,247 21,400 9,141 142,759 24,465 9,888
Furniture and related products .......... 63 14 17 10,182 2,021 2,261 14,468 2,907 2,550
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 38 13 10 4,823 1,898 1,449 4,755 1,685 1,166
Wholesale trade .............................. 131 56 41 16,960 6,981 4,158 18,019 6,729 3,808
Retail trade ................................. 382 91 152 90,459 19,464 34,133 83,333 23,695 35,506
Transportation and warehousing ............... 157 88 83 28,757 17,705 14,397 28,467 17,799 11,749
Information .................................. 98 62 44 14,688 12,264 6,290 21,329 17,082 6,099
Finance and insurance ........................ 175 75 54 36,533 15,114 8,338 37,680 16,697 7,753
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 39 20 9 4,332 2,454 804 4,526 2,775 937
Professional and technical services .......... 154 77 53 21,862 14,379 5,735 24,343 14,111 6,032
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 21 9 10 2,753 1,073 2,005 2,641 3,479 1,180
Administrative and waste services ............ 327 254 166 85,366 52,786 28,179 91,794 63,168 24,094
Educational services ......................... 10 8 4 1,288 959 837 1,195 1,050 470
Health care and social assistance ............ 44 42 29 6,937 6,216 3,599 7,530 6,507 2,764
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 45 68 34 7,147 18,959 5,920 7,435 11,724 3,857
Accommodation and food services .............. 158 143 73 29,871 33,136 9,441 32,584 29,105 9,787
Other services, except public administration . 29 23 13 3,338 3,609 1,483 3,817 3,260 1,098
Unclassified ................................. 1 1 - 69 196 - 69 196 -
1 For the first quarter of 2010, 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, 2009 and 2010
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
Reason for layoff
I IV I I IV I I IV I
2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ..... 3,979 2,419 1,564 705,141 406,815 221,150 835,551 466,539 214,204
Business demand ................... 2,160 846 636 334,973 126,983 84,224 460,308 177,743 79,530
Contract cancellation ........... 87 37 35 12,784 6,953 4,884 16,954 7,968 3,617
Contract completion ............. 327 290 218 64,033 49,017 30,452 78,458 66,047 30,096
Domestic competition ............ 6 (2) (2) 822 (2) (2) 1,085 (2) (2)
Excess inventory/saturated
market ........................ 32 10 8 4,096 1,184 722 6,889 1,656 887
Import competition .............. 6 (2) (2) 1,016 (2) (2) 1,023 (2) (2)
Slack work/insufficient demand/
non-seasonal business slowdown. 1,702 502 371 252,222 69,104 46,798 355,899 101,463 44,569
Organizational changes ............ 201 89 91 46,373 17,736 15,004 54,668 15,642 13,363
Business-ownership change ....... 31 29 23 9,313 9,000 3,586 6,070 4,544 2,384
Reorganization or restructuring
of company .................... 170 60 68 37,060 8,736 11,418 48,598 11,098 10,979
Financial issues .................. 428 180 139 98,770 29,580 19,681 92,377 34,170 24,129
Bankruptcy ...................... 87 21 13 28,675 5,262 1,983 16,874 4,857 1,451
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase profitability ........ 234 113 84 36,859 16,570 10,614 52,653 20,744 17,434
Financial difficulty ............ 107 46 42 33,236 7,748 7,084 22,850 8,569 5,244
Production specific ............... 17 16 12 4,394 1,982 2,236 3,022 1,833 1,797
Automation/technological
advances ...................... (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) 312 (2) (2) 277
Energy related .................. (2) - - (2) - - (2) - -
Governmental regulations/
intervention .................. 3 5 3 1,043 576 416 998 541 211
Labor dispute/contract
negotiations/strike ........... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Material or supply shortage ..... (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Model changeover ................ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Plant or machine repair/
maintenance ................... (2) 3 (2) (2) 540 (2) (2) 449 (2)
Product line discontinued ....... 6 (2) - 1,165 (2) - 810 (2) -
Disaster/safety ................... 6 6 6 686 840 712 646 1,060 564
Hazardous work environment ...... (2) - - (2) - - (2) - -
Natural disaster (not weather
related) ...................... - - - - - - - - -
Non-natural disaster ............ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Extreme weather-related event ... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Seasonal .......................... 340 828 398 56,225 137,206 60,438 61,618 143,641 56,771
Seasonal ........................ (2) 817 (2) (2) 134,910 (2) (2) 139,955 (2)
Vacation period-school related
or otherwise .................. (2) 11 (2) (2) 2,296 (2) (2) 3,686 (2)
Other/miscellaneous ............... 827 454 282 163,720 92,488 38,855 162,912 92,450 38,050
Other ........................... 35 22 20 6,207 3,501 3,467 5,332 3,680 2,763
Data not provided: refusal ...... 162 109 66 38,473 29,257 9,767 38,403 29,257 9,753
Data not provided: does not
know .......................... 630 323 196 119,040 59,730 25,621 119,177 59,513 25,534
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, 2009 and first quarter, 2010
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
2009r 2010p 2009r 2010p 2009r 2010p 2009r 2010p 2009r 2010p 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm(1) .. 2,419 1,564 466,539 214,204 12.0 13.5 18.5 17.1 30.5 34.8 18.2 19.3
Alabama ........................ 12 9 3,648 2,255 43.7 38.4 1.7 1.3 54.5 32.9 15.8 13.7
Alaska ......................... 14 6 3,050 944 4.5 4.8 9.7 14.8 30.1 33.5 20.4 25.5
Arizona ........................ 20 11 2,519 1,431 5.5 10.5 38.1 30.0 38.4 34.8 16.2 12.7
Arkansas ....................... 12 (2) 2,232 (2) 19.6 22.1 5.0 4.8 29.9 53.0 17.6 16.4
California ..................... 578 389 119,705 53,428 8.1 8.4 37.0 37.9 37.4 37.7 16.7 17.3
Colorado ....................... 38 14 4,891 1,487 4.0 7.4 29.8 19.0 22.0 37.4 20.2 18.2
Connecticut .................... 15 19 1,877 1,798 13.5 13.1 16.5 9.7 32.3 38.8 26.1 19.5
Delaware ....................... 7 - 957 - 21.4 - 4.4 - 18.6 - 21.1 -
District of Columbia ........... 6 3 816 248 59.6 56.5 15.9 3.6 46.3 48.4 20.1 25.8
Florida ........................ 100 14 21,276 4,164 13.8 15.4 27.3 26.7 39.3 34.4 19.9 17.8
Georgia ........................ 20 21 9,466 3,126 40.5 46.6 7.4 5.2 47.9 45.9 19.5 23.8
Hawaii ......................... 5 (2) 689 (2) .7 .7 6.7 3.3 20.9 34.0 12.5 17.6
Idaho .......................... 16 7 2,584 729 .2 .1 12.1 8.1 28.1 29.6 17.1 17.4
Illinois ....................... 203 119 36,333 15,748 13.1 18.6 19.7 14.7 23.8 37.9 15.2 17.4
Indiana ........................ 43 30 7,370 3,473 7.2 7.1 3.7 2.2 19.4 22.2 15.8 19.1
Iowa ........................... 13 4 1,860 483 3.1 1.7 7.5 5.6 16.5 19.7 20.2 21.5
Kansas ......................... 17 9 3,976 982 10.6 10.9 4.4 6.0 30.4 35.3 19.3 18.3
Kentucky ....................... 26 23 2,946 2,551 2.9 5.6 .1 - 10.1 13.6 17.8 19.0
Louisiana ...................... 27 19 3,556 1,866 43.5 55.8 4.2 3.2 19.3 40.2 21.0 13.0
Maine .......................... 7 6 1,255 1,098 2.3 3.1 .6 .4 24.4 48.8 22.2 26.5
Maryland ....................... 18 7 2,303 834 45.6 23.4 3.7 1.6 41.9 10.3 18.1 31.3
Massachusetts .................. 19 18 2,658 1,962 7.4 10.4 1.3 1.7 35.5 43.1 20.9 22.0
Michigan ....................... 79 40 11,428 4,115 10.6 8.7 8.0 4.3 23.4 32.7 16.2 19.9
Minnesota ...................... 93 34 15,214 3,667 3.0 3.8 8.4 5.0 17.5 25.2 18.0 20.8
Mississippi .................... 12 6 901 553 53.8 78.1 1.8 2.5 34.7 37.4 19.1 10.1
Missouri ....................... 58 48 9,198 4,372 12.3 10.3 1.5 1.4 30.7 40.4 22.1 22.0
Montana ........................ 12 4 1,404 663 .1 .6 3.1 2.0 22.5 17.2 23.7 34.8
Nebraska ....................... 6 4 565 251 1.4 4.0 6.7 6.0 15.2 13.9 30.4 33.5
Nevada ......................... 29 23 8,041 3,515 6.8 7.4 32.2 30.9 28.9 33.1 17.2 19.0
New Hampshire .................. 7 (2) 839 (2) .7 1.4 1.9 3.8 20.4 35.4 23.5 28.1
New Jersey ..................... 53 49 8,288 6,536 19.4 20.2 9.2 8.4 34.3 47.0 18.9 25.8
New Mexico ..................... 12 12 1,655 1,197 1.6 2.8 56.9 44.8 37.6 24.1 17.3 16.4
New York ....................... 166 124 31,394 17,027 12.6 12.9 12.6 12.3 32.5 26.6 21.3 20.2
North Carolina ................. 40 32 9,492 3,770 47.4 51.4 4.7 5.1 42.8 45.3 15.0 19.7
North Dakota ................... 9 5 1,138 697 1.8 .4 3.7 1.9 16.1 10.2 21.3 21.1
Ohio ........................... 97 90 21,284 14,263 9.2 12.5 3.5 3.0 20.7 30.4 20.2 22.4
Oklahoma ....................... 8 (2) 1,593 (2) 12.4 10.1 4.6 4.8 26.2 55.0 16.2 20.5
Oregon ......................... 33 22 8,435 3,867 1.2 2.2 21.2 15.1 37.1 36.0 19.9 17.4
Pennsylvania ................... 143 114 32,622 16,319 4.0 5.8 2.4 3.0 17.8 27.0 21.0 23.5
Rhode Island ................... 7 3 570 582 1.8 1.9 12.8 33.7 28.1 67.0 20.7 34.5
South Carolina ................. 34 8 4,691 747 53.2 40.3 .9 5.0 44.0 41.6 16.8 9.6
South Dakota ................... (2) (2) (2) (2) - 3.4 3.7 8.0 12.2 71.6 31.7 19.3
Tennessee ...................... 27 27 5,320 2,572 21.6 34.8 - .2 27.6 48.6 26.2 19.5
Texas .......................... 41 56 8,564 9,123 15.3 20.6 48.2 35.7 23.0 31.3 14.1 14.3
Utah ........................... 14 8 2,921 1,044 .8 .4 10.1 7.1 12.1 21.6 15.5 18.3
Vermont ........................ 8 - 1,343 - .9 - .6 - 34.0 - 23.8 -
Virginia ....................... 30 29 7,029 4,640 42.1 34.7 4.9 2.9 42.0 39.9 18.1 25.1
Washington ..................... 64 35 12,106 4,108 5.0 5.1 18.2 10.9 35.2 33.4 17.0 15.2
West Virginia .................. 7 7 857 892 - - .1 .1 2.9 18.2 13.4 15.0
Wisconsin ...................... 109 47 22,973 8,634 4.7 7.5 8.1 7.6 23.3 43.3 17.5 18.1
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) 1.6 2.3 8.0 18.0 35.8 19.5 22.7 19.5
Puerto Rico .................... 5 11 666 2,087 .3 .1 98.9 99.4 25.4 43.1 12.6 6.3
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 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
Census region and division
I IV I I IV I I IV I
2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p
United States (1) ..... 3,979 2,419 1,564 705,141 406,815 221,150 835,551 466,539 214,204
Northeast ..................... 702 425 335 121,317 64,075 44,844 131,372 80,846 45,610
New England ............... 135 63 48 22,137 9,334 8,050 23,202 8,542 5,728
Middle Atlantic ........... 567 362 287 99,180 54,741 36,794 108,170 72,304 39,882
South ......................... 941 427 264 176,984 72,226 37,889 196,280 85,647 39,122
South Atlantic ............ 515 262 121 88,267 45,032 17,054 106,089 56,887 18,421
East South Central ........ 214 77 65 38,461 13,158 8,104 41,748 12,815 7,931
West South Central ........ 212 88 78 50,256 14,036 12,731 48,443 15,945 12,770
Midwest ....................... 1,072 728 431 202,907 121,744 62,771 274,672 131,421 56,773
East North Central ........ 838 531 326 167,882 89,585 51,586 227,209 99,388 46,233
West North Central ........ 234 197 105 35,025 32,159 11,185 47,463 32,033 10,540
West .......................... 1,264 839 534 203,933 148,770 75,646 233,227 168,625 72,699
Mountain .................. 233 145 81 39,469 24,024 11,976 40,167 24,640 10,199
Pacific ................... 1,031 694 453 164,464 124,746 63,670 193,060 143,985 62,500
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, 2009 and 2010
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
State
I IV I I IV I I IV I
2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm(1) .. 3,979 2,419 1,564 705,141 406,815 221,150 835,551 466,539 214,204
Alabama ........................ 21 12 9 5,822 3,118 1,249 6,135 3,648 2,255
Alaska ......................... 8 14 6 2,437 6,245 944 1,523 3,050 944
Arizona ........................ 45 20 11 7,287 2,208 1,450 7,250 2,519 1,431
Arkansas ....................... 12 12 (2) 3,153 1,670 (2) 3,536 2,232 (2)
California ..................... 879 578 389 134,681 102,696 55,912 158,451 119,705 53,428
Colorado ....................... 36 38 14 5,919 5,243 2,257 5,102 4,891 1,487
Connecticut .................... 30 15 19 4,878 2,830 3,448 5,083 1,877 1,798
Delaware ....................... 7 7 - 1,548 1,426 - 1,385 957 -
District of Columbia ........... (2) 6 3 (2) 816 248 (2) 816 248
Florida ........................ 243 100 14 49,572 22,005 4,502 49,348 21,276 4,164
Georgia ........................ 59 20 21 7,180 3,781 2,369 13,015 9,466 3,126
Hawaii ......................... 12 5 (2) 1,086 494 (2) 1,181 689 (2)
Idaho .......................... 24 16 7 3,378 2,686 804 4,115 2,584 729
Illinois ....................... 240 203 119 43,738 36,294 18,336 47,090 36,333 15,748
Indiana ........................ 112 43 30 14,323 4,335 3,132 21,057 7,370 3,473
Iowa ........................... 37 13 4 4,347 1,287 245 10,985 1,860 483
Kansas ......................... 26 17 9 5,773 3,863 928 8,691 3,976 982
Kentucky ....................... 88 26 23 19,234 3,597 2,988 19,789 2,946 2,551
Louisiana ...................... 29 27 19 5,789 4,469 2,473 4,626 3,556 1,866
Maine .......................... 13 7 6 3,630 1,110 1,375 2,146 1,255 1,098
Maryland ....................... 40 18 7 4,700 2,064 807 4,943 2,303 834
Massachusetts .................. 63 19 18 9,336 2,192 2,010 11,544 2,658 1,962
Michigan ....................... 183 79 40 47,872 11,487 4,560 78,694 11,428 4,115
Minnesota ...................... 73 93 34 10,220 14,483 3,731 11,243 15,214 3,667
Mississippi .................... 19 12 6 1,855 1,613 874 1,740 901 553
Missouri ....................... 78 58 48 12,607 10,611 5,068 14,065 9,198 4,372
Montana ........................ 9 12 4 1,241 1,320 736 1,300 1,404 663
Nebraska ....................... 5 6 4 362 829 359 844 565 251
Nevada ......................... 74 29 23 12,772 5,473 3,735 14,416 8,041 3,515
New Hampshire .................. 8 7 (2) 1,292 996 (2) 1,433 839 (2)
New Jersey ..................... 110 53 49 18,710 10,184 7,698 18,123 8,288 6,536
New Mexico ..................... 14 12 12 3,704 1,769 1,333 3,158 1,655 1,197
New York ....................... 213 166 124 41,333 24,798 15,461 39,321 31,394 17,027
North Carolina ................. 86 40 32 10,804 4,039 2,866 22,115 9,492 3,770
North Dakota ................... 9 9 5 1,010 1,013 704 1,010 1,138 697
Ohio ........................... 212 97 90 41,636 17,240 16,231 56,413 21,284 14,263
Oklahoma ....................... 31 8 (2) 6,192 2,102 (2) 6,768 1,593 (2)
Oregon ......................... 73 33 22 12,897 6,407 3,687 18,237 8,435 3,867
Pennsylvania ................... 244 143 114 39,137 19,759 13,635 50,726 32,622 16,319
Rhode Island ................... 11 7 3 1,068 684 699 1,090 570 582
South Carolina ................. 50 34 8 7,152 4,365 887 9,183 4,691 747
South Dakota ................... 6 (2) (2) 706 (2) (2) 625 (2) (2)
Tennessee ...................... 86 27 27 11,550 4,830 2,993 14,084 5,320 2,572
Texas .......................... 140 41 56 35,122 5,795 9,207 33,513 8,564 9,123
Utah ........................... 27 14 8 4,582 1,695 1,378 4,510 2,921 1,044
Vermont ........................ 10 8 - 1,933 1,522 - 1,906 1,343 -
Virginia ....................... 14 30 29 3,141 5,677 4,427 3,268 7,029 4,640
Washington ..................... 59 64 35 13,363 8,904 3,072 13,668 12,106 4,108
West Virginia .................. 14 7 7 3,927 859 948 2,589 857 892
Wisconsin ...................... 91 109 47 20,313 20,229 9,327 23,955 22,973 8,634
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Puerto Rico .................... 20 5 11 2,623 299 771 4,722 666 2,087
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. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Layoff events Separations
Industry
I IV I I IV I
2009 2009r 2010p 2009 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm(1) ................. 92 66 61 15,501 11,974 8,499
Mining ...................................... 3 - - 543 - -
Utilities ................................... - - - - - -
Construction ................................ - (2) - - (2) -
Manufacturing ............................... 65 38 34 11,138 7,226 4,859
Food ................................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Beverage and tobacco products .......... - - (2) - - (2)
Textile mills .......................... - - - - - -
Textile product mills .................. (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Apparel ................................ (2) - - (2) - -
Leather and allied products ............ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Wood products .......................... 3 - - 577 - -
Paper .................................. 3 (2) (2) 312 (2) (2)
Printing and related support activities (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Petroleum and coal products ............ - (2) - - (2) -
Chemicals ............................. (2) 4 (2) (2) 760 (2)
Plastics and rubber products ........... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Nonmetallic mineral products ........... (2) - - (2) - -
Primary metals ......................... 4 (2) 3 603 (2) 431
Fabricated metal products .............. 6 (2) 3 629 (2) 373
Machinery .............................. 4 4 6 464 890 908
Computer and electronic products ....... 12 9 5 2,930 930 380
Electrical equipment and appliances .... 6 3 3 987 807 670
Transportation equipment ............... 11 6 (2) 2,036 2,103 (2)
Furniture and related products ......... 3 (2) (2) 647 (2) (2)
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............ 3 (2) (2) 460 (2) (2)
Wholesale trade ............................. (2) 7 3 (2) 905 408
Retail trade ................................ 4 (2) 8 828 (2) 883
Transportation and warehousing .............. 5 (2) (2) 761 (2) (2)
Information ................................. 5 5 4 906 696 507
Finance and insurance ....................... (2) 3 4 (2) 939 588
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... - (2) - - (2) -
Professional and technical services ......... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Administrative and waste services ........... (2) 3 (2) (2) 650 (2)
Educational services ........................ - - - - - -
Health care and social assistance ........... - - - - - -
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Accommodation and food services ............. (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Other services, except public administration (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
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 7. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work,
selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Layoff events Separations
Reason for layoff I IV I I IV I
2009 2009r 2010p 2009 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm(1) ..... 92 66 61 15,501 11,974 8,499
Business demand .................. 44 18 (2) 6,374 3,071 (2)
Contract cancellation .......... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Contract completion ............ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Domestic competition ........... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Excess inventory/saturated
market ....................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Import competition ............. 5 (2) (2) 868 (2) (2)
Slack work/insufficient demand/
non-seasonal business slowdown 33 11 9 4,385 2,451 1,038
Organizational changes ........... 24 21 27 3,564 3,190 4,656
Business-ownership change ...... (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) 590
Reorganization or restructuring
of company ................... (2) (2) 24 (2) (2) 4,066
Financial issues ................. 18 23 18 4,514 4,953 2,134
Bankruptcy ..................... - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase profitability ....... (2) 18 15 (2) 3,964 1,729
Financial difficulty ........... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Production specific .............. (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Automation/technological
advances ..................... - - - - - -
Energy related ................. - - - - - -
Governmental regulations/
intervention ................. - - - - - -
Labor dispute/contract
negotiations/strike .......... - - - - - -
Material or supply shortage .... - - - - - -
Model changeover ............... - - - - - -
Plant or machine repair/
maintenance .................. - - - - - -
Product line discontinued ...... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Disaster/safety .................. - - - - - -
Hazardous work environment ..... - - - - - -
Natural disaster (not weather
related) ..................... - - - - - -
Non-natural disaster ........... - - - - - -
Extreme weather-related event .. - - - - - -
Other/miscellaneous .............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Other .......................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Data not provided: refusal ..... - - - - - -
Data not provided: does not
know ......................... - - - - - -
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. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the
movement of work, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Layoff events Separations
Census region and division
I IV I I IV I
2009 2009r 2010p 2009 2009r 2010p
United States(1) .. 92 66 61 15,501 11,974 8,499
Northeast ................. 9 13 12 1,729 2,420 1,772
New England ........... 4 6 7 721 1,280 883
Middle Atlantic ....... 5 7 5 1,008 1,140 889
South ..................... 25 22 22 4,786 4,129 2,773
South Atlantic ........ 10 13 11 1,667 2,010 1,216
East South Central .... 9 6 8 1,276 1,419 1,107
West South Central .... 6 3 3 1,843 700 450
Midwest ................... 40 16 13 6,009 2,413 2,369
East North Central .... 30 13 9 4,708 1,853 1,870
West North Central .... 10 3 4 1,301 560 499
West ...................... 18 15 14 2,977 3,012 1,585
Mountain .............. 3 (2) 3 669 (2) 484
Pacific ............... 15 (2) 11 2,308 (2) 1,101
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, 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 9. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Layoff events Separations
Action
I IV I I IV I
2009 2009r 2010p 2009r 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ......... 3,979 2,419 1,564 705,141 406,815 221,150
Total, excluding seasonal
and vacation events(2) ..... 3,639 1,591 1,166 648,916 269,609 160,712
Total, movement of work(3) 92 66 61 15,501 11,974 8,499
Movement of work
actions ............. 124 100 82 (4) (4) (4)
With separations
reported ....... 87 55 58 9,089 4,573 5,453
With separations
unknown ........ 37 45 24 (4) (4) (4)
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
2 The questions 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 10. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers,
selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Actions (1) Separations
Activities
I IV I I IV I
2009 2009r 2010p 2009 2009r 2010p
With separations reported(2) .. 87 55 58 9,089 4,573 5,453
By location
Out-of-country relocations .. 25 15 13 3,967 1,556 998
Within company .......... 23 12 11 3,794 1,291 933
Different company ....... 2 3 2 173 265 65
Domestic relocations ........ 62 38 45 5,122 2,722 4,455
Within company .......... 57 34 39 4,776 2,360 3,521
Different company ....... 5 4 6 346 362 934
Unable to assign place of
relocation ............... - 2 - - 295 -
By company
Within company .............. 80 48 50 8,570 3,946 4,454
Domestic ................ 57 34 39 4,776 2,360 3,521
Out of country .......... 23 12 11 3,794 1,291 933
Unable to assign ........ - 2 - - 295 -
Different company ........... 7 7 8 519 627 999
Domestic ................ 5 4 6 346 362 934
Out of country .......... 2 3 2 173 265 65
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.
Table 11. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended mass layoffs, private nonfarm sector,
selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Percent of total layoff events(1) Percent of layoff events Percent of layoff events,
due to seasonal work excluding those due to
Nature of recall and vacation period seasonal and vacation period
I IV I I IV I I IV I
2009 2009r 2010p 2009 2009r 2010p 2009 2009r 2010p
Anticipate a recall ..... 25.2 47.5 42.1 87.6 95.8 87.7 19.3 22.4 26.6
Timeframe
Within 6 months ......... 61.5 79.2 66.8 77.9 89.7 79.4 54.6 55.9 52.6
Within 3 months ... 39.2 32.6 44.0 43.6 29.6 48.4 37.3 39.0 39.0
Size of recall
At least half ........... 62.6 81.3 66.9 80.2 91.7 81.9 55.2 58.1 50.0
All workers ....... 19.8 38.6 26.9 30.5 46.8 39.0 15.2 20.5 13.2
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
Table 12. Average number of separations in extended mass layoff events by selected
measures, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2009 and 2010
Average number of separations
Measure
I IV I
2009r 2009r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ..... 177 168 141
Industry
Mining ............................... 176 125 136
Utilities ............................ 160 182 94
Construction ......................... 120 126 105
Manufacturing ........................ 173 167 135
Wholesale trade ...................... 129 125 101
Retail trade ......................... 237 214 225
Transportation and warehousing ....... 183 201 173
Information .......................... 150 198 143
Finance and insurance ................ 209 202 154
Real estate and rental and leasing ... 111 123 89
Professional and
technical services ................. 142 187 108
Management of companies
and enterprises .................... 131 119 201
Administrative and waste services .... 261 208 170
Educational services ................. 129 120 209
Health care and social assistance .... 158 148 124
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .. 159 279 174
Accommodation and food services ...... 189 232 129
Other services, except
public administration .............. 115 157 114
Unclassified establishments .......... 69 196 -
Reason for layoff groupings
Business demand ...................... 155 150 132
Organizational changes ............... 231 199 165
Financial issues ..................... 231 164 142
Production specific .................. 258 124 186
Disaster/Safety ...................... 114 140 119
Seasonal ............................. 165 166 152
Other/miscellaneous .................. 198 204 138
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Table 13. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff, private nonfarm sector,
first quarter 2010(p)
Layoff events Separations
Size
Number Percent Number Percent
Total ..................... 1,564 100.0 221,150 100.0
50-99 ................... 824 52.7 57,164 25.8
100-149 ................. 346 22.1 40,404 18.3
150-199 ................. 154 9.8 25,945 11.7
200-299 ................. 136 8.7 30,926 14.0
300-499 ................. 62 4.0 23,613 10.7
500-999 ................. 27 1.7 17,764 8.0
1,000 or more ........... 15 1.0 25,334 11.5
p = preliminary.
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