Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2026

Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2026
(Numbers in thousands)
Occupation of lost job	Total	Percent distribution by employment status
Occupation of lost job	Total	Total	Employed	Unemployed	Not in labor force
Total, 20 years and over(2)	3,324	100.0	66.1	18.3	15.7
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,545	100.0	65.3	20.7	14.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	916	100.0	65.4	20.9	13.7
Professional and related occupations	629	100.0	65.1	20.4	14.5
Service occupations	302	100.0	65.2	14.0	20.8
Sales and office occupations	528	100.0	69.2	21.3	9.5
Sales and related occupations	211	100.0	77.3	9.0	13.7
Office and administrative support occupations	316	100.0	63.9	29.5	6.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	341	100.0	67.4	15.2	17.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	19	100.0	-	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	188	100.0	59.6	27.1	13.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	134	100.0	78.5	-	21.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	565	100.0	65.3	12.9	21.9
Production occupations	352	100.0	65.2	13.0	21.9
Transportation and material moving occupations	213	100.0	65.4	12.7	22.0
(1) Data refer to people who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2023 and December 2025 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts. (2) Total includes a small number who did not report occupation or class of worker of lost job.
NOTE: Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

Last Modified Date: August 27, 2026