Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2024

Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January 2024
(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)	2,578	100.0	65.7	16.1	18.2
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers	26	100.0	-	-	-
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers	2,482	100.0	65.8	16.3	18.0
Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers	2,358	100.0	64.5	17.0	18.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	6	100.0	-	-	-
Construction	157	100.0	58.2	14.3	27.5
Manufacturing	427	100.0	57.4	20.4	22.2
Durable goods manufacturing	265	100.0	61.4	20.6	18.0
Primary metals and fabricated metal products	54	100.0	-	-	-
Machinery manufacturing	26	100.0	-	-	-
Computers and electronic products	52	100.0	-	-	-
Electrical equipment and appliances	10	100.0	-	-	-
Transportation equipment	42	100.0	-	-	-
Miscellaneous manufacturing	50	100.0	-	-	-
Other durable goods industries	31	100.0	-	-	-
Nondurable goods manufacturing	163	100.0	51.0	20.1	28.9
Food manufacturing	26	100.0	-	-	-
Textiles, apparel, and leather	17	100.0	-	-	-
Paper and printing	31	100.0	-	-	-
Other nondurable goods industries	89	100.0	46.9	29.7	23.4
Wholesale and retail trade	348	100.0	68.8	17.2	14.0
Wholesale trade	82	100.0	69.0	14.0	17.0
Retail trade	267	100.0	68.7	18.2	13.1
Transportation and utilities(3)	124	100.0	74.3	16.5	9.2
Transportation and warehousing	98	100.0	74.9	17.2	7.9
Information(3)	111	100.0	47.1	16.3	36.6
Telecommunications	41	100.0	-	-	-
Financial activities	175	100.0	63.8	24.5	11.7
Finance and insurance	138	100.0	62.6	26.1	11.3
Finance	107	100.0	66.9	18.7	14.4
Insurance	30	100.0	-	-	-
Real estate and rental and leasing	37	100.0	-	-	-
Professional and business services	390	100.0	59.2	20.1	20.7
Professional and technical services	268	100.0	59.7	20.3	20.1
Management, administrative, and waste services	122	100.0	58.3	19.7	21.9
Education and health services	308	100.0	71.4	11.2	17.4
Educational services	60	100.0	-	-	-
Health care and social assistance(3)	248	100.0	69.2	13.9	16.9
Hospitals	71	100.0	-	-	-
Health services, except hospitals	141	100.0	79.3	5.2	15.6
Leisure and hospitality(3)	186	100.0	76.6	12.5	10.9
Accommodation and food services(3)	133	100.0	74.9	14.8	10.3
Food services and drinking places	94	100.0	78.0	12.1	9.9
Other services	126	100.0	70.7	10.7	18.6
Government wage and salary workers	124	100.0	89.8	2.8	7.4
(1) Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2021 and December 2023 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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