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Table 7. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) who lost full-time wage and salary jobs and were reemployed in January 2024 by industry of lost job and characteristics of new job

Table 7. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) who lost full-time wage and salary jobs and were reemployed in January 2024 by industry of lost job and characteristics of new job
(In thousands)
Industry and class of worker of lost job Reemployed in January 2024
Total Wage and salary workers Self-
employed
and unpaid
family
workers
Part time Full time
Total(2) Earnings relative to those of lost job
20 percent
or more
below		 Below, but
within 20
percent		 Equal or
above, but
within 20
percent		 20 percent
or more
above

Total who lost full-time wage and salary jobs(3)

 1,410 158 1,133 221 116 298 253 119

Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers

 14 - 14 2 - 1 11 -

Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers

 1,365 153 1,094 219 116 280 242 118

Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers

 1,272 145 1,013 202 111 253 234 115

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 6 - 6 4 1 2 - -

Construction

 79 12 57 9 22 12 2 10

Manufacturing

 215 22 193 29 18 57 64 1

Durable goods manufacturing

 144 11 134 20 12 46 41 -

Nondurable goods manufacturing

 70 11 59 9 6 11 23 1

Wholesale and retail trade

 203 22 171 41 26 23 24 9

Transportation and utilities

 85 - 85 27 2 22 6 -

Information

 47 11 34 12 5 13 5 2

Financial activities

 101 9 78 11 5 22 21 14

Professional and business services

 219 17 177 30 23 44 40 25

Education and health services

 152 23 111 17 5 31 43 19

Leisure and hospitality

 105 23 60 8 4 22 26 22

Other services

 61 6 42 14 - 6 3 13

Government wage and salary workers

 93 8 81 16 5 27 8 3

(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) Includes persons who did not report earnings on lost job.
(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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Last Modified Date: August 29, 2024