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EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS -- THIRD QUARTER 2010
Employers initiated 1,297 mass layoff events in the third quarter of 2010 that result-
ed in the separation of 187,091 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, accord-
ing to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the
year, both events and separations decreased sharply from program high third quarter
levels (with data available back to 1995). (See table A.) Third quarter 2010 layoff
data are preliminary and are subject to revision. (See the Technical Note.)
Manufacturing accounted for 19 percent of private nonfarm extended layoff events and
18 percent of related separations in the quarter, the lowest third quarter proportions
in program history. The average size of a layoff (as measured by separations per lay-
off event) was 144 during the quarter, the smallest average size in program history.
Forty-seven percent of employers expected to recall at least some laid-off workers,
up from 31 percent a year earlier.
The national unemployment rate averaged 9.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted, in the
third quarter, essentially unchanged from 9.6 percent a year earlier. Private nonfarm
payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted, increased by 0.3 percent (337,000) over
the year, the first over-the-year increase since the first quarter of 2008.
Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs
Fourteen of 18 major industry sectors in the private nonfarm economy registered de-
clines over the year in the number of extended mass layoff events. Eighteen of 21
manufacturing subsectors experienced over-the-year decreases in the number of layoff
events.
Manufacturing firms reported 249 events involving the separation of 34,221 workers.
This sector accounted for 19 percent of private nonfarm extended layoff events and
18 percent of related separations in the quarter, the lowest third quarter propor-
tions in program history. A year earlier, manufacturing made up 29 percent of events
and 28 percent of separations. (See table 1.) The largest numbers of separations in
the third quarter of 2010 were associated with food and transportation equipment
manufacturing.
Construction firms recorded 202 events and 19,005 separations, primarily in special-
ty trade contracting and in heavy and civil engineering construction. Construction
layoffs comprised 16 percent of events and 10 percent of separations. Both layoff
events and separations in this sector decreased over the year.
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 .......... 3,979 705,141 835,551
April-June ............. 3,395 651,318 731,049
July-September(r) ...... 2,034 345,531 406,823
October-December(r) .... 2,416 406,212 468,560
2010
January-March(r) ....... 1,870 314,296 367,930
April-June(r) .......... 2,011 382,007 393,435
July-September(p) ...... 1,297 187,091 177,807
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
Reasons for Extended Layoffs
Layoffs due to business demand factors accounted for 36 percent of events and 37
percent of related separations during the third quarter, down from 46 percent of
events and 39 percent of separations in the same period a year earlier. (See
table 2.) Within this category, the largest over-the-year decrease in separations
was due to slack work/insufficient demand.
Movement of Work
In the third quarter, 47 extended mass layoffs involved movement of work and were
associated with 6,840 separated workers. Over the year, the number of such events
decreased by 30, and the number of separations decreased by 6,014. Movement of
work layoffs accounted for 5 percent of the nonseasonal layoff events during the
third quarter. (See table 9.)
Fifty-seven percent of the extended mass layoff events related to movement of work
were from manufacturing industries. (See table 6.) Employers cited organizational
changes as an economic reason for layoff in 45 percent of the events involving
movement of work. (See table 7.) Among the regions, the largest proportions of work-
ers affected by the movement of work were in the South and the West. (See table 8.)
By state, California, New Jersey, and Iowa reported the highest numbers of separa-
tions associated with movement of work.
The 47 extended layoff events with movement of work for the third quarter involved
71 identifiable relocations of work actions. (See table 9.) Employers were able to
provide more complete separation information for 38 of these actions. Of these 38
actions, 79 percent involved work moving within the same company, and 84 percent were
domestic reassignments. (See table 10.)
Recall Expectations
Forty-seven percent of employers reporting an extended mass layoff in the third
quarter indicated they anticipated some type of recall, up from 31 percent a year
earlier. Of those employers expecting to recall workers, 39 percent indicated that
the offer would be extended to all displaced employees, and 68 percent of employers
anticipated extending the offer to at least half of the workers. Sixty-six percent
of employers expecting to recall laid-off employees intend to do so within 6 months.
Excluding extended mass layoff events due to seasonal work and vacation period, in
which 93 percent of the employers expected a recall, employers anticipated recalling
laid-off workers in just 29 percent of the events. (See table 11.)
Size of Extended Layoffs
The average size of a layoff (as measured by separations per layoff event) was 144
during the quarter, the smallest average size in program history. (See table 12.)
Events were primarily concentrated at the lower end of the extended layoff-size
spectrum, with an all-time program high 75 percent involving fewer than 150 work-
ers, up from 68 percent a year ago. Conversely, only 3 percent of events involved
500 or more workers, the lowest all-time proportion in program history. (See table 13.)
Initial Claimant Characteristics
A total of 177,807 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with
extended mass layoffs in the third quarter of 2010. Of these claimants, 16 percent
were black, 23 percent were Hispanic, 44 percent were women, and 21 percent were 55
years of age or older. (See table 3.) The percentage of Hispanic claimants reached
an all-time program high during the quarter. Among persons in the civilian labor
force for the same period, 12 percent were black, 15 percent were Hispanic, 47 per-
cent were women, and 20 percent were 55 years of age or older.
Geographic Distribution
Among the four census regions, the West and the Northeast recorded the highest num-
bers of separations due to extended mass layoff events in the third quarter. Among
the nine census divisions, the highest numbers of separations were in the Pacific
and the Middle Atlantic. All regions and divisions registered over-the-year de-
creases in the number of separations. (See table 4.)
Table B. Metropolitan areas with the largest number of initial claimants associated with
extended mass layoff events in the third quarter 2010, by residency of claimants
2009 III (r) 2010 III (p)
Metropolitan area Initial Initial
claimants Rank claimants Rank
Total, 372 metropolitan areas ........... 342,152 154,466
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. ....................... 22,830 2 31,273 1
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. ........ 46,081 1 25,749 2
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. ........ 16,226 4 7,431 3
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. ........... 16,830 3 5,754 4
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. ....... 11,579 5 5,113 5
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. ........... 10,174 6 4,289 6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla. ....... 4,992 12 2,965 7
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.
-N.J.-Del.-Md. .............................. 4,382 15 2,893 8
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, Calif. ..... 7,387 9 2,432 9
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. .......... 6,934 10 2,308 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 1, 2009.
California recorded the largest number of worker separations, followed by New York,
Florida, and Illinois. (See table 5.) Over the year, 43 states reported decreased
numbers of laid-off workers, led by California, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
Eighty-seven percent of the initial claimants associated with extended mass layoff
events in the third quarter resided within metropolitan areas, up from 84 percent
a year earlier. Among the 372 metropolitan areas, New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., reported the highest number of resident initial claim-
ants. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla., and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington,
Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md., moved into the top 10 metropolitan areas in terms of initial
claims by residency of claimant in the third quarter, replacing Detroit-Warren-
Livonia, Mich., and Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev., from the third quarter 2009. (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 October 2010 news release is scheduled to be released on
Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
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 inhouse 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 third quarter of 2010, outright refusal to participate in
the employer interview accounted for 5.2 percent of all private nonfarm events.
Although included in the total number of instances involving the movement of work,
for the third quarter, employers in 33 relocations were unable to provide the num-
ber of separations specifically associated with the movement of work, 10 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
III II III III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ................. 2,034 2,011 1,297 345,531 382,007 187,091 406,823 393,435 177,807
Mining ....................................... 25 8 (2) 4,137 879 (2) 3,086 883 (2)
Utilities .................................... 5 7 (2) 628 1,118 (2) 900 1,363 (2)
Construction ................................. 353 285 202 42,349 36,959 19,005 59,294 44,857 19,319
Manufacturing ................................ 584 325 249 98,243 57,850 34,221 127,174 60,617 30,887
Food .................................... 61 73 62 15,242 13,198 8,390 15,296 13,001 8,055
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 8 (2) 4 1,822 (2) 317 1,836 (2) 349
Textile mills ........................... 6 4 - 476 844 - 793 1,972 -
Textile product mills ................... 4 (2) (2) 841 (2) (2) 750 (2) (2)
Apparel ................................. 13 9 10 3,471 1,190 1,244 2,369 1,402 1,316
Leather and allied products ............. - - - - - - - - -
Wood products ........................... 20 13 12 1,706 1,602 1,124 2,253 1,639 1,255
Paper ................................... 15 11 (2) 1,667 1,390 (2) 1,623 1,134 (2)
Printing and related support activities . 12 11 6 2,029 1,067 484 2,059 1,507 558
Petroleum and coal products ............. 3 (2) (2) 240 (2) (2) 223 (2) (2)
Chemicals ............................... 14 12 15 1,515 1,655 1,795 1,506 1,337 1,792
Plastics and rubber products ............ 23 7 8 2,795 563 611 4,011 707 627
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 21 17 13 2,117 1,590 1,369 2,348 2,084 1,382
Primary metals .......................... 47 17 9 6,106 2,266 1,649 7,578 2,471 1,717
Fabricated metal products ............... 56 15 15 6,968 1,314 2,161 8,446 1,768 1,760
Machinery ............................... 64 35 14 10,819 6,400 2,553 21,353 7,737 3,311
Computer and electronic products ........ 46 29 22 7,391 4,105 2,399 7,295 4,835 2,337
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 26 6 9 3,798 819 1,005 4,541 752 1,009
Transportation equipment ................ 100 42 34 23,942 11,803 7,397 36,702 14,302 3,895
Furniture and related products .......... 29 8 7 3,870 2,237 714 4,726 1,782 690
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 16 11 5 1,428 1,848 698 1,466 1,577 583
Wholesale trade .............................. 63 30 31 7,229 3,555 3,486 7,786 3,568 2,888
Retail trade ................................. 96 111 69 21,208 25,855 15,567 27,803 35,191 15,009
Transportation and warehousing ............... 151 183 157 26,108 42,875 22,870 26,787 45,568 26,007
Information .................................. 63 51 52 10,372 13,050 13,130 16,301 17,371 14,533
Finance and insurance ........................ 101 71 48 17,582 13,684 7,840 20,887 13,241 7,226
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 9 26 14 1,019 3,476 2,175 1,600 3,588 1,189
Professional and technical services .......... 76 98 61 16,788 28,382 10,183 15,268 24,838 8,550
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 11 7 5 1,463 1,667 406 1,427 1,096 414
Administrative and waste services ............ 202 167 135 43,424 29,438 23,964 50,792 35,164 21,425
Educational services ......................... 30 39 31 5,018 4,303 3,627 4,805 5,892 4,289
Health care and social assistance ............ 89 218 82 11,845 28,200 7,790 10,013 27,946 7,965
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 52 78 50 13,854 20,591 5,747 9,062 9,472 4,734
Accommodation and food services .............. 102 223 81 20,983 58,901 13,178 21,101 52,211 10,124
Other services, except public administration . 22 84 24 3,281 11,224 2,610 2,737 10,569 2,428
Unclassified ................................. - - - - - - - - -
1 For the third 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
III II III III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ..... 2,034 2,011 1,297 345,531 382,007 187,091 406,823 393,435 177,807
Business demand ................... 941 631 468 134,654 95,147 69,244 182,021 124,552 63,767
Contract cancellation ........... 48 50 32 6,530 9,096 4,334 6,812 8,932 3,001
Contract completion ............. 283 276 235 48,226 41,441 38,573 65,116 55,241 33,943
Domestic competition ............ 4 3 - 258 266 - 380 448 -
Excess inventory/saturated
market ........................ 17 (2) 3 3,399 (2) 356 6,771 (2) 998
Import competition .............. 3 (2) - 310 (2) - 387 (2) -
Slack work/insufficient demand/
non-seasonal business slowdown 586 299 198 75,931 44,135 25,981 102,555 59,625 25,825
Organizational changes ............ 113 119 72 20,251 24,945 11,630 28,812 23,048 9,808
Business-ownership change ....... 21 30 16 4,082 9,424 4,513 2,897 3,724 1,917
Reorganization or restructuring
of company .................... 92 89 56 16,169 15,521 7,117 25,915 19,324 7,891
Financial issues .................. 172 126 105 26,086 27,539 13,863 40,897 27,399 11,715
Bankruptcy ...................... 19 15 13 3,121 5,043 2,355 4,368 2,430 1,134
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase profitability ........ 99 65 60 15,120 10,850 7,437 26,820 15,382 6,935
Financial difficulty ............ 54 46 32 7,845 11,646 4,071 9,709 9,587 3,646
Production specific ............... 15 12 (2) 4,476 2,031 (2) 3,778 1,295 (2)
Automation/technological
advances ...................... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Energy related .................. - - - - - - - - -
Governmental regulations/
intervention .................. 4 5 6 2,637 1,199 724 1,409 404 681
Labor dispute/contract
negotiations/strike ........... 4 (2) (2) 422 (2) (2) 796 (2) (2)
Material or supply shortage ..... - (2) - - (2) - - (2) -
Model changeover ................ (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Plant or machine repair/
maintenance ................... (2) (2) 5 (2) (2) 411 (2) (2) 373
Product line discontinued ....... 3 - (2) 537 - (2) 551 - (2)
Disaster/safety ................... 4 11 (2) 1,951 1,681 (2) 494 1,507 (2)
Hazardous work environment ...... (2) - - (2) - - (2) - -
Natural disaster (not weather
related) ...................... - - - - - - - - -
Non-natural disaster ............ - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Extreme weather-related event ... (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Seasonal .......................... 286 801 364 56,311 171,128 49,078 48,798 156,294 49,742
Seasonal ........................ 171 484 204 39,695 115,288 29,587 33,813 96,266 25,955
Vacation period-school related
or otherwise .................. 115 317 160 16,616 55,840 19,491 14,985 60,028 23,787
Other/miscellaneous ............... 503 311 270 101,802 59,536 41,505 102,023 59,340 41,083
Other ........................... 31 10 14 3,878 1,403 1,526 4,085 1,225 1,332
Data not provided: refusal ...... 117 83 68 31,698 19,067 12,902 31,693 19,067 12,897
Data not provided: does not
know .......................... 355 218 188 66,226 39,066 27,077 66,245 39,048 26,854
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, second and third quarters, 2010
Total Percent of total
initial Hispanic Persons age 55
Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over
State
II III II III II III II III II III II III
2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 2,011 1,297 393,435 177,807 17.2 16.5 18.3 22.7 50.4 43.8 22.7 21.1
Alabama ........................ 19 9 4,052 1,772 55.9 53.7 2.1 1.4 65.8 50.3 19.2 16.4
Alaska ......................... 17 9 3,352 1,674 5.7 7.0 13.6 22.6 37.3 29.6 25.8 28.3
Arizona ........................ 33 5 5,642 813 5.5 14.4 46.9 27.4 55.9 61.3 18.6 18.6
Arkansas ....................... 14 4 2,294 486 21.6 20.2 5.6 5.3 58.1 38.9 18.7 7.2
California ..................... 541 425 116,028 62,460 9.7 8.4 35.1 35.2 43.1 40.6 17.0 16.4
Colorado ....................... 24 11 3,713 897 3.8 10.9 23.7 17.4 55.1 51.3 19.2 15.1
Connecticut .................... 23 9 3,233 1,218 14.5 20.8 13.5 15.9 61.9 51.1 28.8 21.4
Delaware ....................... 7 (2) 753 (2) 51.1 42.3 9.3 14.4 70.7 56.7 24.4 25.0
District of Columbia ........... 5 (2) 678 (2) 72.1 98.4 7.5 - 62.7 79.4 26.7 5.6
Florida ........................ 83 57 12,469 8,973 22.2 17.6 30.5 30.6 57.9 37.8 28.5 19.9
Georgia ........................ 22 12 4,730 1,841 49.1 56.8 5.7 1.9 52.9 52.5 20.1 14.1
Hawaii ......................... (2) 5 (2) 537 .9 1.5 10.0 7.4 34.4 40.4 15.0 27.7
Idaho .......................... 9 3 854 222 .1 - 4.6 31.1 51.4 51.8 28.9 25.7
Illinois ....................... 119 69 27,038 8,820 23.4 15.8 11.1 15.3 54.3 30.4 21.0 17.6
Indiana ........................ 32 11 6,052 1,070 13.5 12.8 2.8 3.6 41.4 29.8 20.8 27.2
Iowa ........................... 12 4 3,014 471 5.2 1.7 12.3 2.3 46.6 55.6 20.7 32.1
Kansas ......................... 17 8 3,198 960 13.4 11.9 3.0 5.2 52.8 60.4 25.2 17.6
Kentucky ....................... 26 14 3,061 2,050 14.6 10.1 .1 .1 40.3 42.5 20.1 14.0
Louisiana ...................... 35 12 5,552 978 66.5 74.9 3.4 1.8 65.5 69.0 19.2 19.6
Maine .......................... 11 (2) 1,312 (2) 1.0 1.0 .3 - 50.6 40.1 23.7 10.7
Maryland ....................... 12 13 1,674 2,427 56.2 44.0 2.0 1.2 60.8 40.0 28.9 24.8
Massachusetts .................. 15 16 2,811 1,451 16.6 12.5 2.7 1.1 60.7 40.0 27.2 22.4
Michigan ....................... 42 13 6,826 1,003 20.7 31.9 3.2 2.2 72.8 44.3 25.2 19.6
Minnesota ...................... 19 9 2,909 817 9.4 8.0 5.0 3.1 37.9 26.3 22.0 20.7
Mississippi .................... 10 11 1,372 970 55.1 69.7 1.6 .5 42.9 62.6 17.5 13.2
Missouri ....................... 53 14 9,414 1,571 27.2 19.0 1.4 1.3 66.1 61.0 29.5 27.9
Montana ........................ 10 (2) 911 (2) .5 - 3.7 - 59.7 5.3 27.1 21.1
Nebraska ....................... 7 4 1,051 414 12.3 6.3 2.2 1.7 69.9 46.1 35.3 26.8
Nevada ......................... 16 4 3,155 653 10.1 11.3 21.1 27.0 35.8 25.4 23.0 17.0
New Hampshire .................. 11 - 1,766 - .6 - 1.4 - 67.0 - 28.8 -
New Jersey ..................... 71 48 18,777 4,800 20.2 27.6 6.9 7.8 67.7 61.9 35.3 28.3
New Mexico ..................... 17 7 2,154 674 2.5 3.7 41.8 35.5 50.1 22.1 19.4 24.0
New York ....................... 119 227 22,230 36,373 16.2 19.9 13.6 22.3 46.0 51.7 24.9 30.9
North Carolina ................. 25 20 6,363 1,902 44.6 43.8 6.0 5.4 46.1 50.4 15.9 13.2
North Dakota ................... 5 (2) 618 (2) 4.7 - 2.4 - 37.1 34.8 18.4 40.2
Ohio ........................... 91 31 15,988 3,429 13.3 14.8 3.4 2.5 42.0 28.5 25.0 20.4
Oklahoma ....................... 4 (2) 438 (2) 8.2 21.3 3.4 6.4 55.3 60.7 13.7 16.9
Oregon ......................... 30 19 7,088 2,830 2.2 1.5 13.3 22.6 57.0 47.5 29.1 19.1
Pennsylvania ................... 124 62 26,969 7,690 9.2 15.3 3.5 4.2 53.8 45.5 34.9 27.2
Rhode Island ................... 15 (2) 2,922 (2) 3.5 5.3 13.9 16.6 76.3 49.7 37.7 25.1
South Carolina ................. 27 12 6,054 1,525 66.9 67.7 1.2 2.2 52.5 55.7 12.3 13.1
South Dakota ................... - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tennessee ...................... 30 12 5,177 1,184 25.8 28.9 .1 - 52.2 42.1 29.1 18.8
Texas .......................... 64 29 15,580 3,722 18.7 17.5 44.5 45.8 42.6 28.6 15.8 15.6
Utah ........................... 10 4 1,366 651 .3 1.5 7.2 18.3 36.9 50.2 17.1 14.9
Vermont ........................ 12 (2) 1,785 (2) .7 - .3 .5 48.2 51.7 25.0 20.2
Virginia ....................... 32 11 5,923 1,083 46.1 54.6 7.0 3.9 62.0 54.8 21.1 18.5
Washington ..................... 29 28 4,899 3,582 6.4 5.5 17.7 15.1 31.5 48.0 17.3 16.0
West Virginia .................. 9 (2) 1,141 (2) .2 - .1 - 20.5 1.9 13.8 12.7
Wisconsin ...................... 48 21 8,453 2,280 14.8 11.1 3.9 13.9 63.7 31.2 33.8 23.1
Wyoming ........................ (2) (2) (2) (2) .7 1.0 5.4 6.7 20.7 81.7 10.5 16.3
Puerto Rico .................... 13 10 3,942 1,543 .1 - 99.7 99.7 60.2 50.9 8.4 9.7
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
III II III III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
United States (1) ..... 2,034 2,011 1,297 345,531 382,007 187,091 406,823 393,435 177,807
Northeast ..................... 402 401 368 67,260 73,724 47,823 69,473 81,805 52,119
New England ............... 49 87 31 6,636 16,396 4,885 6,836 13,829 3,256
Middle Atlantic ........... 353 314 337 60,624 57,328 42,938 62,637 67,976 48,863
South ......................... 322 424 222 60,335 71,057 36,571 65,300 77,311 29,568
South Atlantic ............ 195 222 129 37,840 35,650 19,068 44,141 39,785 18,139
East South Central ........ 61 85 46 12,305 14,641 9,153 11,417 13,662 5,976
West South Central ........ 66 117 47 10,190 20,766 8,350 9,742 23,864 5,453
Midwest ....................... 433 445 185 69,316 83,139 26,184 96,352 84,561 20,947
East North Central ........ 323 332 145 51,230 61,574 17,516 76,755 64,357 16,602
West North Central ........ 110 113 40 18,086 21,565 8,668 19,597 20,204 4,345
West .......................... 877 741 522 148,620 154,087 76,513 175,698 149,758 75,173
Mountain .................. 108 121 36 17,665 33,215 7,927 21,177 18,071 4,090
Pacific ................... 769 620 486 130,955 120,872 68,586 154,521 131,687 71,083
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
III II III III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) . 2,034 2,011 1,297 345,531 382,007 187,091 406,823 393,435 177,807
Alabama ........................ 11 19 9 2,817 3,799 1,720 3,607 4,052 1,772
Alaska ......................... 10 17 9 4,124 4,246 2,629 3,162 3,352 1,674
Arizona ........................ 23 33 5 4,251 7,789 1,132 4,195 5,642 813
Arkansas ....................... 4 14 4 343 1,530 459 444 2,294 486
California ..................... 685 541 425 116,855 104,841 59,108 135,379 116,028 62,460
Colorado ....................... 21 24 11 3,967 10,400 1,453 2,897 3,713 897
Connecticut .................... 12 23 9 2,009 4,205 2,693 2,132 3,233 1,218
Delaware ....................... (2) 7 (2) (2) 929 (2) (2) 753 (2)
District of Columbia ........... - 5 (2) - 678 (2) - 678 (2)
Florida ........................ 96 83 57 24,697 13,380 9,819 23,949 12,469 8,973
Georgia ........................ 23 22 12 3,438 2,926 1,406 5,292 4,730 1,841
Hawaii ......................... 7 (2) 5 888 (2) 710 1,031 (2) 537
Idaho .......................... 7 9 3 826 1,920 226 1,304 854 222
Illinois ....................... 106 119 69 17,820 26,757 9,675 23,505 27,038 8,820
Indiana ........................ 35 32 11 4,011 4,242 870 6,546 6,052 1,070
Iowa ........................... 12 12 4 1,748 2,980 662 3,975 3,014 471
Kansas ......................... 21 17 8 2,633 3,062 975 2,738 3,198 960
Kentucky ....................... 22 26 14 4,874 3,579 4,709 2,750 3,061 2,050
Louisiana ...................... 20 35 12 3,331 8,575 2,534 2,439 5,552 978
Maine .......................... (2) 11 (2) (2) 1,995 (2) (2) 1,312 (2)
Maryland ....................... 7 12 13 672 1,701 3,445 725 1,674 2,427
Massachusetts .................. 21 15 16 2,815 2,583 1,540 3,013 2,811 1,451
Michigan ....................... 59 42 13 7,328 6,920 963 17,904 6,826 1,003
Minnesota ...................... 35 19 9 4,983 2,363 965 5,323 2,909 817
Mississippi .................... 7 10 11 552 1,939 1,337 663 1,372 970
Missouri ....................... 34 53 14 7,431 10,716 5,259 6,455 9,414 1,571
Montana ........................ (2) 10 (2) (2) 1,962 (2) (2) 911 (2)
Nebraska ....................... 4 7 4 740 1,937 697 368 1,051 414
Nevada ......................... 37 16 4 6,176 3,916 500 9,812 3,155 653
New Hampshire .................. 4 11 - 431 2,358 - 331 1,766 -
New Jersey ..................... 65 71 48 11,629 22,459 5,816 9,593 18,777 4,800
New Mexico ..................... 10 17 7 1,202 4,388 1,066 1,017 2,154 674
New York ....................... 154 119 227 28,216 18,768 30,833 26,172 22,230 36,373
North Carolina ................. 29 25 20 3,694 2,660 1,464 8,823 6,363 1,902
North Dakota ................... 3 5 (2) 476 507 (2) 634 618 (2)
Ohio ........................... 75 91 31 12,760 15,514 3,766 18,371 15,988 3,429
Oklahoma ....................... 8 4 (2) 872 558 (2) 616 438 (2)
Oregon ......................... 26 30 19 3,001 7,966 2,978 6,126 7,088 2,830
Pennsylvania ................... 134 124 62 20,779 16,101 6,289 26,872 26,969 7,690
Rhode Island ................... 5 15 (2) 396 2,989 (2) 403 2,922 (2)
South Carolina ................. 18 27 12 2,376 6,032 1,508 2,701 6,054 1,525
South Dakota ................... (2) - - (2) - - (2) - -
Tennessee ...................... 21 30 12 4,062 5,324 1,387 4,397 5,177 1,184
Texas .......................... 34 64 29 5,644 10,103 4,934 6,243 15,580 3,722
Utah ........................... 8 10 4 978 1,490 3,200 1,780 1,366 651
Vermont ........................ 5 12 (2) 628 2,266 (2) 668 1,785 (2)
Virginia ....................... 16 32 11 1,898 5,559 970 2,022 5,923 1,083
Washington ..................... 41 29 28 6,087 3,534 3,161 8,823 4,899 3,582
West Virginia .................. 5 9 (2) 665 1,785 (2) 481 1,141 (2)
Wisconsin ...................... 48 48 21 9,311 8,141 2,242 10,429 8,453 2,280
Wyoming ........................ - (2) (2) - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Puerto Rico .................... 16 13 10 1,529 1,967 692 3,287 3,942 1,543
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
III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ..... .......... 77 57 47 12,854 11,080 6,840
Mining ...................................... (2) - - (2) - -
Utilities ................................... - - - - - -
Construction ................................ - - - - - -
Manufacturing ............................... 46 26 27 7,324 5,843 3,349
Food ................................... 4 4 9 672 1,856 988
Beverage and tobacco products .......... (2) - - (2) - -
Textile mills .......................... (2) - - (2) - -
Textile product mills .................. (2) - - (2) - -
Apparel ................................ (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Leather and allied products ............ - - - - - -
Wood products .......................... - - - - - -
Paper .................................. (2) - - (2) - -
Printing and related support activities (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Petroleum and coal products ............ (2) - - (2) - -
Chemicals ............................. (2) (2) 3 (2) (2) 564
Plastics and rubber products ........... 3 (2) (2) 384 (2) (2)
Nonmetallic mineral products ........... - - - - - -
Primary metals ......................... 3 - - 555 - -
Fabricated metal products .............. 3 (2) (2) 477 (2) (2)
Machinery .............................. 4 6 (2) 624 702 (2)
Computer and electronic products ....... 7 (2) 3 1,099 (2) 289
Electrical equipment and appliances .... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Transportation equipment ............... 6 4 (2) 1,107 793 (2)
Furniture and related products ......... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............ (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Wholesale trade ............................. 5 3 (2) 572 235 (2)
Retail trade ................................ 5 4 (2) 944 695 (2)
Transportation and warehousing ............. 4 (2) 4 552 (2) 509
Information ................................. 4 (2) (2) 745 (2) (2)
Finance and insurance ....................... 3 9 (2) 302 1,805 (2)
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... - - (2) - - (2)
Professional and technical services ......... 3 - (2) 1,152 - (2)
Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Administrative and waste services ........... - 4 (2) - 664 (2)
Educational services ........................ - - - - - -
Health care and social assistance ........... (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... (2) - (2) (2) - (2)
Accommodation and food services ............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Other services, except public administration - (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 III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 77 57 47 12,854 11,080 6,840
Business demand .................. 21 14 11 3,337 3,560 1,594
Contract cancellation .......... 3 (2) (2) 468 (2) (2)
Contract completion ............ - (2) (2) - (2) (2)
Domestic competition ........... (2) - - (2) - -
Excess inventory/saturated
market ....................... (2) - - (2) - -
Import competition ............. (2) (2) - (2) (2) -
Slack work/insufficient demand/
non-seasonal business slowdown 15 (2) 8 2,583 (2) 1,114
Organizational changes ........... 39 27 21 7,033 5,043 2,968
Business-ownership change ...... 6 4 4 1,329 845 630
Reorganization or restructuring
of company ................... 33 23 17 5,704 4,198 2,338
Financial issues ................. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) ( 2)
Bankruptcy ..................... (2) - - (2) - -
Cost control/cost cutting/
increase profitability ....... 12 (2) (2) 1,559 (2) (2)
Financial difficulty ........... (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Production specific .............. (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Automation/technological
advances ..................... - - - - - -
Energy related ................. - - - - - -
Governmental regulations/
intervention ................. - (2) - - (2) -
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 .................. - (2) - - (2) -
Hazardous work environment ..... - - - - - -
Natural disaster (not weather
related) ..................... - - - - - -
Non-natural disaster ........... - (2) - - (2) -
Extreme weather-related event .. - - - - - -
Other/miscellaneous .............. - - (2) - - (2)
Other .......................... - - (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
III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
United States (1) . 77 57 47 12,854 11,080 6,840
Northeast ................. 9 11 11 1,372 1,916 1,540
New England ........... 4 4 4 719 400 634
Middle Atlantic ....... 5 7 7 653 1,516 906
South ..................... 19 25 18 2,622 3,740 2,230
South Atlantic ........ (2) 14 7 (2) 2,001 777
East South Central .... 9 7 6 1,039 1,009 614
West South Central .... (2) 4 5 (2) 730 839
Midwest ................... 22 16 8 3,578 4,815 1,168
East North Central .... 15 9 4 2,260 2,117 426
West North Central .... 7 7 4 1,318 2,698 742
West ...................... 27 5 10 5,282 609 1,902
Mountain .............. 5 (2) (2) 1,832 (2) (2)
Pacific ............... 22 (2) (2) 3,450 (2) (2)
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
III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ......... 2,034 2,011 1,297 345,531 382,007 187,091
Total, excluding seasonal
and vacation events (2) .... 1,748 1,210 933 289,220 210,879 138,013
Total, movement of work (3) 77 57 47 12,854 11,080 6,840
Movement of work
actions ............. 109 75 71 (4) (4) (4)
With separations
reported ....... 73 48 38 7,088 4,797 3,074
With separations
unknown ........ 36 27 33 (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
III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
With separations reported (2) .. 73 48 38 7,088 4,797 3,074
By location
Out-of-country relocations ... 19 11 6 2,006 1,200 737
Within company ........... 16 10 3 1,786 1,160 279
Different company ........ 3 1 3 220 40 458
Domestic relocations ......... 54 37 32 5,082 3,597 2,337
Within company ........... 42 35 27 3,642 3,138 1,785
Different company ........ 12 2 5 1,440 459 552
Unable to assign place of
relocation ................ - - - - - -
By company
Within company ............... 58 45 30 5,428 4,298 2,064
Domestic ................. 42 35 27 3,642 3,138 1,785
Out of country ........... 16 10 3 1,786 1,160 279
Unable to assign.......... - - - - - -
Different company ............ 15 3 8 1,660 499 1,010
Domestic ................. 12 2 5 1,440 459 552
Out of country ........... 3 1 3 220 40 458
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
III II III III II III III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p 2009r 2010r 2010p
Anticipate a recall ..... 31.1 54.2 46.7 93.7 95.6 92.9 20.9 26.7 28.7
Timeframe
Within 6 months ......... 64.8 74.6 65.5 89.2 90.2 86.7 46.8 37.5 38.8
Within 3 months ... 48.2 51.1 55.4 65.3 60.4 75.7 35.6 28.8 29.9
Size of recall
At least half ........... 63.3 78.6 68.2 91.4 95.2 92.0 42.7 39.3 38.1
All workers ....... 31.9 43.7 39.3 58.6 56.7 61.2 12.3 13.0 11.6
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
III II III
2009r 2010r 2010p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ..... 170 190 144
Industry
Mining ............................... 165 110 390
Utilities ............................ 126 160 128
Construction ......................... 120 130 94
Manufacturing ........................ 168 178 137
Wholesale trade ...................... 115 119 112
Retail trade ......................... 221 233 226
Transportation and warehousing ....... 173 234 146
Information .......................... 165 256 253
Finance and insurance ................ 174 193 163
Real estate and rental and leasing ... 113 134 155
Professional and
technical services ................. 221 290 167
Management of companies
and enterprises .................... 133 238 81
Administrative and waste services .... 215 176 178
Educational services ................. 167 110 117
Health care and social assistance .... 133 129 95
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .. 266 264 115
Accommodation and food services ...... 206 264 163
Other services, except
public administration .............. 149 134 109
Unclassified establishments .......... - - -
Reason for layoff groupings
Business demand ...................... 143 151 148
Organizational changes ............... 179 210 162
Financial issues ..................... 152 219 132
Production specific .................. 298 169 101
Disaster/Safety ...................... 488 153 60
Seasonal ............................. 197 214 135
Other/miscellaneous .................. 202 191 154
1 See footnote 1, table 1.
p = preliminary.
r = revised.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Table 13. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff, private nonfarm sector,
third quarter 2010 (p)
Layoff events Separations
Size
Number Percent Number Percent
Total ..................... 1,297 100.0 187,091 100.0
50-99 ................... 715 55.1 49,339 26.4
100-149 ................. 263 20.3 30,586 16.3
150-199 ................. 111 8.6 18,417 9.8
200-299 ................. 101 7.8 23,731 12.7
300-499 ................. 62 4.8 22,372 12.0
500-999 ................. 30 2.3 20,782 11.1
1,000 or more ........... 15 1.2 21,864 11.7
p = preliminary.
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