Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2022

Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2022
(Numbers in thousands)
Industry and class of worker of lost job	Total	Percent distribution by employment status
Industry and class of worker of lost job	Total	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labor force
Total, 20 years and over(2)	3,596	100.0	65.2	12.4	22.3
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	10	100.0	-	-	-
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	3,507	100.0	65.3	12.7	22.1
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	3,403	100.0	65.1	12.9	22.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	50	100.0	-	-	-
Construction	213	100.0	65.7	23.4	10.9
Manufacturing	465	100.0	64.3	12.2	23.4
Durable goods manufacturing	297	100.0	65.0	10.2	24.8
Primary metals and fabricated metal products	50	100.0	-	-	-
Machinery manufacturing	41	100.0	-	-	-
Computers and electronic products	27	100.0	-	-	-
Electrical equipment and appliances	5	100.0	-	-	-
Transportation equipment	97	100.0	88.1	6.0	5.9
Miscellaneous manufacturing	40	100.0	-	-	-
Other durable goods industries	37	100.0	-	-	-
Nondurable goods manufacturing	168	100.0	63.2	15.8	21.0
Food manufacturing	33	100.0	-	-	-
Textiles, apparel, and leather	18	100.0	-	-	-
Paper and printing	33	100.0	-	-	-
Other nondurable goods industries	84	100.0	46.1	23.8	30.0
Wholesale and retail trade	429	100.0	63.3	12.0	24.6
Wholesale trade	72	100.0	-	-	-
Retail trade	357	100.0	60.9	13.0	26.1
Transportation and utilities(3)	172	100.0	73.4	6.8	19.8
Transportation and warehousing	149	100.0	72.3	7.9	19.8
Information(3)	120	100.0	65.4	23.5	11.1
Telecommunications	36	100.0	-	-	-
Financial activities	253	100.0	70.2	13.8	16.0
Finance and insurance	192	100.0	75.1	10.3	14.6
Finance	135	100.0	77.8	9.3	12.9
Insurance	57	100.0	-	-	-
Real estate and rental and leasing	62	100.0	-	-	-
Professional and business services	506	100.0	62.8	15.9	21.3
Professional and technical services	308	100.0	64.9	19.8	15.3
Management, administrative, and waste services	198	100.0	59.5	9.9	30.6
Education and health services	433	100.0	71.6	7.2	21.2
Educational services	140	100.0	70.6	4.4	25.0
Health care and social assistance(3)	292	100.0	72.1	8.5	19.4
Hospitals	73	100.0	-	-	-
Health services, except hospitals	179	100.0	69.9	11.0	19.1
Leisure and hospitality(3)	574	100.0	64.2	13.4	22.4
Accommodation and food services(3)	424	100.0	62.9	16.2	20.9
Food services and drinking places	367	100.0	65.4	13.5	21.1
Other services	187	100.0	50.1	8.9	41.0
Government wage and salary workers	104	100.0	70.8	5.4	23.8
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2019 and December 2021 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts. (2) Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who did not report industry or class of worker of lost job, not shown separately. (3) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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