Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2024

Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2024
(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)	2,578	100.0	65.7	16.1	18.2
Management, professional, and related occupations	1,098	100.0	63.1	18.1	18.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	604	100.0	55.9	25.1	19.0
Professional and related occupations	494	100.0	71.9	9.4	18.6
Service occupations	323	100.0	73.5	11.4	15.1
Sales and office occupations	608	100.0	67.0	18.6	14.4
Sales and related occupations	278	100.0	65.4	20.5	14.1
Office and administrative support occupations	330	100.0	68.4	17.0	14.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	227	100.0	54.8	9.3	36.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	17	100.0	-	-	-
Construction and extraction occupations	115	100.0	54.2	10.3	35.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	95	100.0	55.1	9.7	35.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	293	100.0	73.7	14.0	12.4
Production occupations	149	100.0	68.8	13.1	18.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	144	100.0	78.7	14.9	6.4
(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 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 29, 2024