Technical information: (202) 691-6392 USDL 05-873 http://www.bls.gov/mls/ For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT Media contact: 691-5902 Thursday, May 19, 2005 EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2005 In the first quarter of 2005, 989 mass layoff actions were taken by employers that resulted in the separation of 156,252 workers from their jobs for at least 31 days, according to preliminary figures released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both the total number of layoff events and the number of separations were sharply lower than in January-March 2004, with events and separations at their lowest levels for any first quarter since the program began in April 1995. (See table A.) The declines over the year were most notable in food and beve- rage stores, general merchandise stores, and administrative and support services. Extended mass layoffs that involve the movement of work within the same company or to a different company, domestically or outside the U.S., occurred in about 10 percent of the nonseasonal layoff events and accounted for about 13 percent of the worker separations in nonseasonal events. (See table B.) Forty-three percent of the employers anticipating a recall expected to extend the offer to all laid-off workers, the highest proportion for a first quarter since 1999. The completion of seasonal work accounted for 34 percent of all events and resulted in 50,804 separations during the period--the highest share of separations for any first quarter since the program began. Layoffs due to internal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, finan- cial difficulty, and reorganization) represented 22 percent of events and resulted in 42,768 separations, the lowest level for any first quarter. Permanent closure of worksites occurred in 14 percent of all events and affected 25,716 workers, the fewest number of workers for any first quarter. In the first quarter of 2005 the national unemployment rate was 5.6 per- cent, not seasonally adjusted; a year earlier it was 6.1 percent. Private nonfarm payroll employment, not seasonally adjusted, increased by 1.9 percent or about 2 million jobs from January-March 2004 to January-March 2005. Industry Distribution of Extended Layoffs Extended mass layoff separations occurred in 336 of the 1,105 detailed industries for which data are available for the first quarter 2005. This is the fewest number of industries to have at least one extended mass lay- off event in a first quarter. Manufacturing industries accounted for 30 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 28 percent of separations during January-March 2005. (See table 1.) The 44,229 worker separations in manufacturing were the fewest for manufacturing for any first quarter. In the first quarter of 2005, layoff activity in this sector was concentrated in food manufacturing (9,689), followed by transportation equipment manufacturing (6,916). - 2 - Table A. Selected measures of extended mass layoff activity --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Period | Layoff events| Separations | Initial claimants -------------------------|--------------|--------------|------------------- 2001 | | | January-March............| 1,546 | 304,171 | 306,535 April-June...............| 1,828 | 430,499 | 358,611 July-September...........| 1,629 | 330,391 | 336,298 October-December.........| 2,372 | 459,771 | 456,068 2002 | | | January-March............| 1,611 | 299,266 | 292,998 April-June...............| 1,624 | 344,606 | 299,598 July-September...........| 1,186 | 255,152 | 254,955 October-December.........| 1,916 | 373,307 | 370,592 2003 | | | January-March............| 1,502 | 286,947 | 297,608 April-June...............| 1,799 | 368,273 | 348,966 July-September...........| 1,190 | 236,333 | 227,909 October-December.........| 1,690 | 325,333 | 326,328 2004 | | | January-March(r).........| 1,339 | 276,503 | 238,392 April-June(r)............| 1,358 | 278,568 | 253,787 July-September(r)........| 886 | 164,477 | 148,180 October-December(r)......| 1,427 | 273,963 | 262,006 2005 | | | January-March(p).........| 989 | 156,252 | 127,950 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. The construction sector had 24 percent of events and 16 percent of separa- tions, mostly in heavy and civil engineering construction and specialty trade contractors. Layoffs in the retail trade sector comprised 10 percent of events and 16 percent of separations, mostly among general merchandise stores and non- store retailers. Administrative and waste services accounted for 11 percent of private nonfarm layoff events and 13 percent of separations, primarily in tem- porary help services. Cutbacks in transportation and warehousing accounted for 4 percent of events and 7 percent of separations, mainly in couriers and mes- sengers and in air transportation. Information technology-producing industries (communication equipment, com- munications services, computer hardware, and software and computer services) accounted for 4 percent of layoff events and 7,127 worker separations in the first quarter of 2005, the fewest number of separations in the industry group- ing for a first quarter since 1997. (See table 6.) A year earlier these in- dustries accounted for 6 percent of layoff events and 11,305 separations. Lay- offs in the information technology-producing industries in the first quarter of 2005 were most numerous in communications services with 3,494 separations, followed by software and computer services. - 3 - Table B. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, first quarter 2005p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Action | Layoff events | Separations | | ----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------- | | Total private nonfarm............| 989 | 156,252 | | Total, excluding seasonal | | and vacation events(1).......| 651 | 105,323 | | Total events with move- | | ment of work(2).............| 64 | 14,054 | | | | Movement of work actions....| 82 | (3) With separations reported..| 60 | 9,377 With separations unknown...| 22 | (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. 2 A layoff event can involve more than one movement of work action. 3 Data not available. p = preliminary. Reasons for Extended Layoff Layoffs due to the completion of seasonal work accounted for 34 percent of the extended layoff events and resulted in 50,804 separations in the first quarter, almost one-third of the total. (See table 2.) Seasonal layoffs were most numerous among workers in nonstore retailers, in heavy and civil engineering construction, and in food manufacturing. Internal company restructuring (due to bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 22 percent of layoff events and resulted in 42,768 separations. These layoffs were mostly among workers in air transportation, in credit intermediation and related activities, and in telecommunications. Over half of both the in- ternal company restructuring layoff events and separations were due to reorganization within the company. Movement of Work Between January and March of 2005, 64 extended mass layoff events involved the movement of work; this was about 10 percent of total extended mass layoff events, excluding those for seasonal and vacation reasons. (See table B.) These movements of work were to other U.S. locations or to locations outside of the U.S., and they occurred either within the same company or to other companies. The extended mass layoff events involving movement of work were associated with the separation of 14,054 workers, about 13 percent of all separations resulting from nonseasonal/nonvacation mass layoff events. A year earlier, there were 113 layoff events and 19,978 separations associated with the movement of work. (See table 10.) Among the 64 extended mass layoff events with reported relocation of work, 53 percent were permanent closures of worksites, which affected 7,387 workers. In comparison, for the 989 total layoff events reported for the first quarter of 2005, only 14 percent involved the permanent closure of worksites. Of the layoffs involving the movement of work, 63 percent of the events and 61 percent of the laid-off workers were from manufacturing industries during the first quarter of 2005. (See table 7.) Among all private nonfarm extended layoffs, manufacturing accounted for 30 percent of the events and 28 percent of the separations. - 4 - Table C. Movement of work actions by type of separation where the number of separations is known by employers, first quarter 2005p -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Action | Layoff events (1) | Separations | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | With separations reported.| 60 | 9,377 | | By location | | | | Out of country..........| 19 | 3,592 Within company........| 15 | 3,134 Different company.....| 4 | 458 | | Domestic relocations....| 41 | 5,785 Within company .......| 34 | 4,870 Different company.....| 7 | 915 | | By company | | | | Within company..........| 49 | 8,004 Domestic..............| 34 | 4,870 Out of country........| 15 | 3,134 | | Different company.......| 11 | 1,373 Domestic..............| 7 | 915 Out of country........| 4 | 458 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were reported are shown. p = preliminary. Internal company restructuring (bankruptcy, business ownership change, financial difficulty, and reorganization) accounted for 70 percent of layoff events associated with work relocation and resulted in 10,461 separations dur- ing the first quarter. (See table 8.) Most of these were due to reorganiza- tion within the company. Only 22 percent of the layoff events in the total private nonfarm economy were because of internal company restructuring. Among the regions, the South accounted for the largest proportion of workers in extended mass layoffs associated with the movement of work (43 percent) in the first quarter of 2005, followed by the West (25 percent), the Midwest (18 percent), and the Northeast (14 percent). As noted in table B, the 64 extended layoff events for the first quarter of 2005 discussed above involve 82 identifiable relocations of work. (An identifiable relocation of work occurs when the employer provides sufficient information on the new location of work and/or the number of workers affected by the movement. Some extended mass layoff events involve more than one re- location of work action. For example, an extended mass layoff event at an establishment may involve job loss due to movement of work to both another domestic location of the company and a location out of the country. This would be counted as two movement of work actions.) Of the 82 relocations, employers were able to provide information on the specific separations (9,377 workers) associated with the movement of work component of the lay- off in 60 actions, or 73 percent of the total actions for the first quarter of 2005. Thus, a range of 9,377 (separations in movement of work actions where the employer was able to provide specific detail) to 14,054 (total separations in all layoff events that included movement of work) is esta- blished for separations due to the movement of work in the first quarter. (See table 10.) - 5 - Table D. Summary of employer expectations of a recall from extended layoff, first quarter 2004-first quarter 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------- | Percentage of events Nature of the recall|----------------------------------------- | I | II | III | IV | I | 2004 | 2004 | 2004r| 2004r | 2005p ---------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------- | | | | | Anticipate a recall..| 39.6 | 55.2 | 41.1 | 64.2 | 53.5 | | | | | Timeframe | | | | | | | | | | Within 6 months......| 82.5 | 84.6 | 84.1 | 84.8 | 85.6 Within 3 months....| 48.7 | 55.5 | 66.8 | 33.1 | 51.8 | | | | | Size | | | | | | | | | | At least half........| 86.4 | 91.3 | 86.0 | 92.9 | 93.8 All workers........| 35.3 | 52.3 | 46.7 | 49.8 | 43.3 --------------------------------------------------------------- r = revised. p = preliminary. In the 60 actions where employers were able to provide more complete separations information, 8 in 10 relocations (49 out of 60) occurred among establishments within the same company. (See table C.) In 69 percent of these relocations, the work activities were reassigned to places elsewhere in the U.S. Almost one-third of the movement-of-work situations involved out-of-country moves (19 out of 60). The separation of 3,592 workers was associated with out-of-country relocations and about 3 percent of all non- seasonal/nonvacation extended mass layoff separations. Domestic relocation of work--both within the company and to other companies--affected 5,785 workers. (See table 11.) Recall Expectations Fifty-three percent of employers reporting an extended layoff in the first quarter of 2005 indicated they anticipated some type of recall. This compares with 40 percent of the employers anticipating a recall a year earlier and is the highest such proportion for a first quarter since 1998. (See table D.) Most of the employers not expecting a recall were in administrative and sup- port services, transportation equipment manufacturing, and general merchandise stores. Among establishments expecting a recall, most employers expected to recall over one-half of the separated employees and to do so within 6 months. Forty- three percent of the employers expected to extend the offer to all laid-off workers, the highest proportion for a first quarter since 1999. Excluding layoff events due to seasonal work and vacation period (in which 90 percent of the employers expected a recall), employers expected to recall laid-off workers in 35 percent of the events. A year earlier 22 percent of employers expected a recall in nonseasonal and nonvacation events. In layoff events due to internal company restructuring, employers anticipated a recall in only 4 percent of the events. - 6 - Table E. Distribution of extended layoff events by size of layoff, January-March 2005p ------------------------------------------------------------------- | Layoff events | Separations Size |------------------------|------------------------ | Number | Percent | Number | Percent -----------------|-----------|------------|----------|------------- Total........| 989 | 100.0 | 156,252 | 100.0 | | | | 50-99............| 440 | 44.5 | 31,043 | 19.9 100-149..........| 249 | 25.2 | 29,443 | 18.8 150-199..........| 111 | 11.2 | 18,522 | 11.9 200-299..........| 93 | 9.4 | 21,675 | 13.9 300-499..........| 54 | 5.5 | 20,043 | 12.8 500-999..........| 34 | 3.4 | 22,169 | 14.2 1,000 or more....| 8 | .8 | 13,357 | 8.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. Size of Extended Layoff Layoff events during the first quarter continued to be concentrated at the lower end of the extended layoff-size spectrum, with 70 percent involving fewer than 150 workers. These events, however, accounted for only 39 percent of all separations. (See table E.) Separations involving 500 or more workers accounted for 23 percent of all separations, down from 37 percent a year ear- lier. The average size of layoffs (as measured by separations per layoff event) differed widely by industry, ranging from a low of 79 separations in electronic markets and agents and brokers to a high of 543 in nonstore retailers. Initial Claimant Characteristics A total of 127,950 initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass layoffs in the first quarter of 2005. Of these claimants, 14 percent were black, 14 percent were Hispanic, 38 per- cent were women, and 16 percent were 55 years of age or older. (See table 3.) Thirty-seven percent of claimants were 30 to 44 years of age. Among persons in the civilian labor force for the same period, 11 percent were black, 13 percent were Hispanic, 46 percent were women, and 16 percent were 55 years of age or older. Thirty-six percent of the civilian labor force was age 30 to 44. Geographic Distribution In the first quarter, the number of separations due to extended mass layoff events was highest in the Midwest (58,013), followed by the West (40,228), the South (33,247), and the Northeast (24,764). (See table 4.) Extended mass layoffs in the Midwest were mainly in administrative and support services, specialty trade contractors, and heavy and civil engineering construction. All four regions reported over-the-year decreases in separations, with the largest decrease occurring in the West (-70,924), followed by the Northeast (-21,101), the Midwest (-14,728), and the South (-13,498). Each of the nine geographic divisions reported over-the-year declines in laid- off workers, with the largest declines occurring in the Pacific (-67,012), Middle Atlantic (-17,992), and the East North Central (-12,297) divisions. - 7 - Table F. Mass layoff events and separations, selected metropolitan areas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Events | Separations Metropolitan area |---------------|------------------ | I | I | I | I | 2004 | 2005p | 2004 | 2005p -------------------------------------------|-------|------ |---------|-------- Total, nonmetropolitan areas...............| 154 | 124 | 25,766 | 21,336 | | | | Total, 367 metropolitan areas..............| 706 | 569 | 110,489 | 82,268 | | | | Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.- | | | | Wis. .................................| 59 | 51 | 11,765 | 9,194 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long | | | | Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. ................| 89 | 39 | 15,215 | 6,564 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, | | | | Calif. ...............................| 41 | 32 | 4,699 | 4,121 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. ..........| 19 | 35 | 2,428 | 3,609 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. ..| 10 | 11 | 919 | 2,809 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, | | | | Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. ....................| 18 | 18 | 2,648 | 2,298 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, | | | | Calif. ...............................| 6 | 7 | 937 | 2,177 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas......| 8 | 4 | 1,347 | 2,042 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif. ..| 5 | 12 | 646 | 1,898 St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. ....................| 4 | 7 | 613 | 1,859 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ p = preliminary. NOTE: The geographic boundaries of the metropolitan areas shown in this table are defined in Office of Management and Budget Bulletin 04-03, February 18, 2004. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the largest number of worker separations occurred in Illinois (23,230), followed by California (20,631), Florida (10,876), and Ohio (9,663). These four states accounted for 39 percent of total layoff events and 41 percent of the separations during the first quarter of 2005. They were followed by Michigan (9,048), Oregon (8,875), Pennsylvania (7,758), and Washington (6,277). (See table 5.) After excluding the substantial impact of seasonal work, California reported the most laid-off workers (17,099), largely due to layoffs in administrative and support services. Over the year, California reported the greatest decrease in workers laid off during the first quarter (-70,784), followed by New York (-14,304), Florida (-6,106), and Wisconsin (-5,881). The largest increases occurred in Oregon (+2,250) and Washington (+2,140). Fifty-eight percent of events and 53 percent of separations occurred in metropolitan areas in the first quarter of 2005, compared to 53 percent of events and 40 percent of separations during the first quarter of 2004. Among the 367 metropolitan areas, Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.- Wis., reported the highest number of separations, 9,194. Next were New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa., with 6,564 separations, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., with 4,121, and Detroit-Warren- Livonia, Mich., with 3,609. (See table F.) Employers located in nonmetro- politan areas separated 21,336 workers in mass layoffs, down from 25,766 workers in the first quarter of 2004. (Beginning with the first quarter 2005 data, the MLS program has implemented the new metropolitan area defini- tions as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. The mass layoff data series for metropolitan areas were revised historically back to the second quarter of 1995.) - 8 - Note The quarterly series on extended mass layoffs cover layoffs of at least 31-days duration that involve 50 or more individuals from a single establish- ment filing initial claims for unemployment insurance during a consecutive 5-week period. Approximately 30 days after a mass layoff is triggered at an establishment, the employer is contacted for additional information. Data for the first quarter are preliminary and subject to revision. This release also includes revised data for previous quarters. Data are not seasonally adjusted, but survey data suggest that there is a seasonal pattern to layoffs. Thus, comparisons between consecutive quarters should not be used as an indi- cator of trend. For additional information about the program, see the Technical Note. ______________________________ The report on Mass Layoffs in April 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, May 27, 2005. - 9 - Technical Note The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a federal-state program which identifies, describes, and tracks the effects of major job cutbacks, using data from each state's unemployment insurance database. Establish- ments which have at least 50 initial claims filed against them during a consecutive 5-week period are contacted by the state agency to determine whether these separations are of at least 31 days duration, and, if so, information is obtained on the total number of persons separated and the reasons for these separations. Establishments are identified according to industry classification and location, and unemployment insurance claimants are identified by such demographic factors as age, race, gender, ethnic group, and place of residence. The program yields information on an individual's entire spell of unemployment, to the point when regular unemployment insurance benefits are exhausted. Definitions Establishment. A unit at a single physical location at which predomi- nantly one type of economic activity is conducted. Extended layoff event. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment during a 5-week period, with at least 50 workers separated for more than 30 days. Initial claimant. A person who files any notice of unemployment to initiate a request either for a determination of entitlement to and eligibility for compensation, or for a subsequent period of unemployment within a benefit year or period of eligibility. Layoff. The separation of persons from an employer as part of a mass layoff event. (See below.) Such layoffs involve both persons subject to recall and those who are terminated by the establishment. Mass layoff. Fifty or more initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits from an establishment beginning in a given month, regardless of duration. Worksite closure. The complete closure of either multi-unit or single- unit establishments or the partial closure of a multi-unit establishment where entire worksites affected by layoffs are closed or planned to be closed. - 10 - Movement of work concepts and questions Because of the employer interview component, the BLS decided to use the MLS program as a vehicle for collecting additional information on offshoring and outsourcing associated with job loss, by adding questions that address movement of work. The term "moving work" means that the company experiencing the layoff has reassigned work activities that were performed at a worksite by the company's employees (1) to another work- site within the company; (2) to another company under formal arrangements at the same worksite; or (3) to another company under formal arrangements at another worksite. The type of work activities subject to movement can include accounting, customer service, cleaning, warehousing, etc. "Overseas relocation" is the movement of work from within the U.S. to locations outside of the U.S. "Overseas relocation" can occur within the same company and involve movement of work to a different location of that company outside of the U.S., or to a different company altogether. "Domestic relocation" is the movement of work to other locations inside the U.S., either within the same company or to a different company. "Overseas relocation" and "domestic relocation" are no longer used in the same way as they were in earlier extended mass layoff news releases. There- fore, the data presented in this news release are not comparable to those that were presented in earlier news releases. Questions on movement of work and location are asked for all identified layoff events when the reason for separation is other than "seasonal work" or "vacation period." Seasonal and vacation layoff events were excluded because movement of work appears unlikely. Questions on movement of work are asked after the analyst verifies that a layoff in fact occurred and lasted more than 30 days, and obtained the total number of workers separated from jobs, the date the layoff began, and the economic reason for the layoff. If the reason for layoff is other than seasonal or vacation, the employer was asked the following: (1) "Did this layoff include your company moving work from this lo- cation(s) to a different geographic location(s) within your company?" (2) "Did this layoff include your company moving work that was performed in-house by your employees to a different company, through contractual ar- rangements?" A "yes" response to either question is followed by: "Is the location inside or outside of the U.S.?" and "How many of the layoffs were a result of this relocation?" Layoff actions are classified as "overseas relocation" if the employer responds "yes" to questions 1 and/or 2, and indicates that the location(s) was outside of the U.S. Domestic relocation is determined if the employer responds "yes" to questions 1 and/or 2 and indicates that the location(s) was within the U.S. After asking the movement of work questions, the employer interview continues and responses are obtained for questions on recall expectations and open/closed status of the worksite. - 11 - Reliability of the data The identification of establishments and layoff events in the MLS program and associated characteristics of claimants is based on admin- istrative data on covered establishments an unemployment insurance claims, and, therefore, is not subject to issues associated with sampling error. Nonsampling errors such as typographical errors may occur but are not likely to be significant. While the MLS establishments and layoff events are not subject to sampling error, and all such employers are asked the employer interview questions, the employer responses are subject to non- sampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the inability to obtain information for all respondents, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For the first quarter of 2005, outright refusal to participate in the employer interview accounted for 2.8 percent of all private nonfarm events. Although included in the total number of instances involving the movement of work, for the first quarter, employers in 22 relocations were unable to provide the number of separations specifically associated with the movement of work, 4 of which involved out-of-country moves. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Industry I IV I I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ................. 1,339 1,427 989 276,503 273,963 156,252 238,392 262,006 127,950 Mining ....................................... 14 24 12 1,421 3,915 1,138 1,681 3,507 1,101 Utilities .................................... 5 6 ( 2 ) 620 2,153 ( 2 ) 664 1,730 ( 2 ) Construction ................................. 250 418 235 29,055 61,066 24,751 33,141 67,004 22,901 Manufacturing ................................ 422 439 298 65,945 84,532 44,229 67,916 88,530 40,826 Food .................................... 78 109 58 14,074 26,473 9,689 13,678 23,229 8,739 Beverage and tobacco products ........... 10 8 5 1,788 2,455 881 1,693 1,113 678 Textile mills ........................... 14 6 8 2,074 771 1,480 2,155 1,832 1,181 Textile product mills ................... 7 3 10 1,099 350 1,448 1,070 385 1,235 Apparel ................................. 19 16 11 2,514 3,940 1,610 2,133 2,698 1,248 Leather and allied products ............. 4 3 ( 2 ) 689 584 ( 2 ) 612 733 ( 2 ) Wood products ........................... 16 10 17 2,021 1,358 1,872 2,438 2,036 2,046 Paper ................................... 16 12 6 2,121 1,423 617 2,514 1,212 701 Printing and related support activities . 14 4 8 1,866 611 794 1,574 784 1,017 Petroleum and coal products ............. 5 16 ( 2 ) 392 2,389 ( 2 ) 455 2,666 ( 2 ) Chemicals .............................. 16 11 8 2,321 1,417 1,475 1,887 1,441 822 Plastics and rubber products ............ 20 20 18 2,690 2,087 2,671 2,364 2,436 2,223 Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 22 34 21 3,022 5,409 2,885 2,521 6,365 1,986 Primary metals .......................... 15 15 8 3,086 2,395 1,013 2,950 1,915 1,012 Fabricated metal products ............... 22 23 18 2,550 3,368 2,566 2,674 3,575 2,072 Machinery ............................... 21 17 16 2,264 2,528 2,068 3,200 3,084 2,972 Computer and electronic products ........ 33 27 13 4,120 4,791 1,533 5,285 4,144 1,756 Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 14 17 11 2,414 5,148 1,130 2,752 7,090 1,563 Transportation equipment ................ 42 54 39 9,955 11,813 6,916 10,726 16,420 7,312 Furniture and related products .......... 21 23 12 3,273 3,540 1,981 3,820 3,498 1,438 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 13 11 6 1,612 1,682 1,140 1,415 1,874 446 Wholesale trade .............................. 31 17 24 4,281 4,019 2,121 3,846 2,519 2,282 Retail trade ................................. 148 53 99 91,990 21,377 24,419 45,821 14,925 16,892 Transportation and warehousing ............... 38 33 44 7,034 6,003 10,223 6,896 7,169 5,637 Information .................................. 50 46 26 10,491 8,416 6,133 11,411 9,144 4,771 Finance and insurance ........................ 51 31 35 8,942 6,045 5,341 10,700 5,341 4,432 Real estate and rental and leasing ........... ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,383 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 970 ( 2 ) Professional and technical services .......... 34 28 19 4,574 6,189 3,500 5,100 5,850 2,137 Management of companies and enterprises ...... 5 4 ( 2 ) 515 1,581 ( 2 ) 901 995 ( 2 ) Administrative and waste services ............ 147 153 112 29,139 28,401 20,460 29,391 25,923 16,707 Educational services ......................... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Health care and social assistance ............ 31 31 19 4,522 7,467 2,696 3,861 5,049 1,685 Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 20 46 19 2,547 8,875 3,301 2,426 5,916 1,677 Accommodation and food services .............. 69 83 36 11,228 19,781 6,180 11,890 15,661 5,194 Other services, except public administration . 15 10 ( 2 ) 2,973 2,357 ( 2 ) 1,557 1,641 ( 2 ) Unclassified ................................. 3 2 - 293 403 - 345 132 - 1 For the first quarter of 2005, data on layoffs were reported by employers in all states and the District of Columbia. Due to budget constraints in the MLS program, beginning with data for the first quarter of 2004, the scope of quarterly extended mass layoffs and plant closings has been redefined to cover only the private nonfarm economy. Quarterly information on layoff events in agriculture and government are no longer being collected. However, the monthly reporting of the MLS program in the release, Mass Layoffs, which is based only on administrative data, will be unaffected and will continue to cover the total economy. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 2. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Reason for layoff I IV I I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 1,339 1,427 989 276,503 273,963 156,252 238,392 262,006 127,950 Automation ....................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Bankruptcy ....................... 29 25 24 9,135 3,965 4,774 6,468 2,697 2,930 Business ownership change ........ 35 28 34 5,298 4,743 8,605 5,475 3,811 4,836 Contract cancellation ............ 29 23 15 4,762 4,164 3,019 3,569 2,977 2,734 Contract completed ............... 198 187 131 62,203 36,520 21,396 42,379 38,253 19,238 Environment-related .............. - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Financial difficulty ............. 87 48 34 16,301 10,373 5,790 14,897 7,519 3,767 Import competition ............... 16 13 13 1,509 1,709 2,186 1,892 1,661 1,565 Labor dispute .................... 4 13 4 21,271 5,824 829 3,042 4,814 392 Material shortage ................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Model changeover ................. ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Natural disaster ................. ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Non-natural disaster ............. - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Plant or machine repair .......... ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 600 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 588 ( 2 ) Product line discontinued ........ 10 6 5 2,060 1,496 619 1,845 1,384 541 Reorganization within company .... 171 116 126 29,088 23,945 23,599 33,877 22,320 17,151 Seasonal work .................... 356 667 337 63,045 129,859 50,804 56,899 111,611 39,982 Slack work ....................... 173 166 164 21,060 22,196 17,696 28,769 38,229 20,816 Vacation period .................. 3 - ( 2 ) 427 - ( 2 ) 526 - ( 2 ) Weather-related .................. 16 32 29 1,465 4,217 3,380 1,724 3,785 2,435 Other ............................ 65 38 20 12,757 8,491 4,242 10,902 7,045 2,889 Not reported ..................... 140 55 46 24,413 14,776 7,901 24,364 14,607 7,443 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 3. State and selected claimant characteristics: Extended mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, fourth quarter, 2004 and first quarter, 2005 Total Percent of total initial Hispanic Persons age 55 Layoff events claimants Black origin Women and over State IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I IV I 2004r 2005p 2004r 2005p 2004r 2005p 2004r 2005p 2004r 2005p 2004r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ... 1,427 989 262,006 127,950 11.2 14.1 15.9 13.9 33.9 38.5 16.1 15.7 Alabama ........................ 4 ( 2 ) 1,005 ( 2 ) 58.5 - 3.9 - 52.8 5.7 13.9 8.2 Alaska ......................... 10 ( 2 ) 1,451 ( 2 ) 3.4 - 22.2 2.9 28.2 31.7 14.3 8.6 Arizona ........................ 8 ( 2 ) 1,244 ( 2 ) 6.0 8.2 23.0 30.5 49.2 47.6 16.3 8.5 Arkansas ....................... 4 ( 2 ) 365 ( 2 ) 14.5 22.6 .3 16.5 33.4 33.9 18.1 .9 California ..................... 131 121 28,709 18,368 6.8 8.1 44.2 39.1 50.3 47.2 16.9 15.0 Colorado ....................... 22 8 2,866 905 4.5 3.6 34.1 40.8 23.1 42.1 16.1 12.2 Connecticut .................... 6 6 1,090 592 8.1 12.2 6.1 12.0 14.7 31.1 18.0 19.3 Delaware ....................... - ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) - 25.9 - 12.1 - 5.2 - 25.9 District of Columbia ........... - - - - - - - - - - - - Florida ........................ 106 64 16,200 8,982 14.1 14.9 30.6 31.2 49.9 46.1 16.7 18.1 Georgia ........................ 13 18 2,160 2,149 60.4 48.9 2.4 2.3 49.6 61.7 17.1 22.1 Hawaii ......................... 5 ( 2 ) 419 ( 2 ) 3.3 .9 26.5 12.1 20.0 22.5 12.4 12.6 Idaho .......................... 10 6 1,946 484 .6 .4 19.8 13.2 39.8 43.2 19.3 14.7 Illinois ....................... 155 111 29,159 13,290 16.1 20.5 20.4 11.8 25.3 34.0 13.1 13.6 Indiana ........................ 34 29 8,529 4,473 7.8 6.7 2.2 5.3 25.3 26.8 15.4 12.6 Iowa ........................... 35 8 6,533 1,101 1.3 1.0 3.7 .7 22.3 20.9 14.9 13.4 Kansas ......................... 11 9 1,816 831 11.4 11.4 7.4 1.6 27.0 49.1 13.3 10.7 Kentucky ....................... 24 18 2,676 2,564 8.9 13.0 .2 .2 23.3 36.0 15.8 14.0 Louisiana ...................... 19 15 2,207 1,590 57.8 53.5 2.0 3.0 34.7 30.4 13.5 13.3 Maine .......................... 7 7 1,943 751 1.7 3.6 .3 .5 35.8 36.9 14.6 14.5 Maryland ....................... ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) - 35.8 - 1.5 - 42.7 - 12.6 - Massachusetts .................. 22 29 3,191 3,375 5.5 9.3 2.7 1.5 39.6 37.5 17.5 15.4 Michigan ....................... 92 76 19,310 8,879 11.6 15.3 7.9 3.4 33.3 35.8 12.2 11.5 Minnesota ...................... 81 29 12,510 2,507 3.3 4.5 10.4 5.3 17.5 29.0 15.6 16.4 Mississippi .................... 4 - 261 - 53.3 - .8 - 62.1 - 11.1 - Missouri ....................... 22 20 4,562 2,991 6.9 14.9 .4 .4 46.3 37.9 28.4 19.4 Montana ........................ 5 ( 2 ) 444 ( 2 ) .2 .9 2.3 7.8 14.4 18.1 18.9 28.4 Nebraska ....................... 9 ( 2 ) 902 ( 2 ) 2.9 3.5 16.4 2.6 12.2 4.3 20.3 21.7 Nevada ......................... 4 ( 2 ) 326 ( 2 ) 20.6 14.7 18.7 11.9 39.9 46.9 14.7 22.0 New Hampshire .................. 7 ( 2 ) 804 ( 2 ) .6 1.5 1.7 2.1 23.6 46.9 25.7 9.3 New Jersey ..................... 44 36 7,732 4,253 12.6 16.1 9.5 8.8 31.6 42.5 20.8 18.6 New Mexico ..................... 3 3 655 191 1.7 1.0 66.6 72.8 39.5 37.7 18.8 11.0 New York ....................... 116 46 20,346 6,441 8.7 9.7 7.0 8.8 29.2 30.7 16.0 17.8 North Carolina ................. 17 22 2,087 2,415 40.9 46.1 8.5 4.5 51.2 52.3 18.7 19.8 North Dakota ................... 8 - 1,173 - .3 - 3.1 - 6.1 - 16.4 - Ohio ........................... 80 87 12,397 8,725 10.2 10.9 2.8 1.5 18.2 23.7 11.8 12.7 Oklahoma ....................... 4 5 642 457 8.4 11.2 40.2 9.4 33.0 12.9 12.6 14.7 Oregon ......................... 21 14 3,980 2,713 1.0 1.9 33.3 15.9 45.8 47.1 16.8 18.6 Pennsylvania ................... 87 69 21,855 9,873 9.6 9.1 1.9 3.6 40.3 37.5 22.0 22.2 Rhode Island ................... 6 ( 2 ) 712 ( 2 ) 3.4 2.2 8.8 7.9 35.7 2.2 19.1 15.1 South Carolina ................. 6 6 1,129 889 47.3 35.7 .1 2.1 70.3 55.2 1.2 9.3 South Dakota ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 2.2 2.3 3.7 2.3 43.3 11.4 8.2 22.0 Tennessee ...................... 8 11 1,527 1,396 27.9 38.1 - - 40.0 59.7 18.1 17.7 Texas .......................... 32 24 7,890 3,544 19.0 16.3 36.6 40.7 34.9 33.7 12.2 12.3 Utah ........................... 3 3 358 241 5.9 4.6 15.9 28.2 29.1 54.8 7.3 5.8 Vermont ........................ 3 ( 2 ) 369 ( 2 ) .5 - .5 - 20.9 39.8 18.2 19.5 Virginia ....................... 14 19 3,101 4,548 58.4 29.3 2.8 .8 60.9 45.5 17.8 16.5 Washington ..................... 32 23 5,246 2,346 4.4 6.0 35.9 14.9 37.3 42.4 14.4 12.1 West Virginia .................. 8 - 1,207 - .8 - - - 37.2 - 14.3 - Wisconsin ...................... 80 25 16,080 3,973 3.1 3.2 12.0 13.1 21.7 36.5 16.9 18.0 Wyoming ........................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) .7 - .3 14.2 40.7 26.9 41.4 19.4 Puerto Rico .................... 4 6 1,471 1,140 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 56.6 58.2 4.1 6.8 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 Data are not available. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 4. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance Census region and division I IV I I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p United States (1) ..... 1,339 1,427 989 276,503 273,963 156,252 238,392 262,006 127,950 Northeast ..................... 309 298 198 45,865 48,461 24,764 54,151 58,042 25,731 New England ............... 60 51 47 8,479 9,800 5,370 8,474 8,109 5,164 Middle Atlantic ........... 249 247 151 37,386 38,661 19,394 45,677 49,933 20,567 South ......................... 260 265 205 46,745 47,026 33,247 47,901 42,918 28,829 South Atlantic ............ 165 166 130 32,238 30,802 21,294 29,430 26,345 19,041 East South Central ........ 31 40 30 4,430 6,500 4,385 4,343 5,469 4,082 West South Central ........ 64 59 45 10,077 9,724 7,568 14,128 11,104 5,706 Midwest ....................... 437 608 398 72,741 110,691 58,013 71,953 113,105 47,017 East North Central ........ 365 441 328 62,030 82,683 49,733 63,403 85,475 39,340 West North Central ........ 72 167 70 10,711 28,008 8,280 8,550 27,630 7,677 West .......................... 333 256 188 111,152 67,785 40,228 64,387 47,941 26,373 Mountain .................. 42 57 27 7,987 14,495 4,075 7,374 8,136 2,576 Pacific ................... 291 199 161 103,165 53,290 36,153 57,013 39,805 23,797 1 See footnote 1, table 1. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas: East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Table 5. State distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Initial claimants for Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance State I IV I I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p 2004r 2004r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ... 1,339 1,427 989 276,503 273,963 156,252 238,392 262,006 127,950 Alabama ........................ 4 4 ( 2 ) 882 1,005 ( 2 ) 882 1,005 ( 2 ) Alaska ......................... 5 10 ( 2 ) 426 1,451 ( 2 ) 426 1,451 ( 2 ) Arizona ........................ 11 8 ( 2 ) 1,918 2,034 ( 2 ) 1,915 1,244 ( 2 ) Arkansas ....................... ( 2 ) 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 651 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 365 ( 2 ) California ..................... 234 131 121 91,415 40,882 20,631 47,892 28,709 18,368 Colorado ....................... 9 22 8 904 5,507 1,844 1,053 2,866 905 Connecticut .................... 13 6 6 2,664 1,498 1,098 2,334 1,090 592 Delaware ....................... 3 - ( 2 ) 1,127 - ( 2 ) 1,119 - ( 2 ) District of Columbia ........... - - - - - - - - - Florida ........................ 94 106 64 16,982 19,258 10,876 16,099 16,200 8,982 Georgia ........................ 27 13 18 7,354 1,239 2,269 5,896 2,160 2,149 Hawaii ......................... 5 5 ( 2 ) 562 487 ( 2 ) 661 419 ( 2 ) Idaho .......................... 5 10 6 672 1,435 782 474 1,946 484 Illinois ....................... 118 155 111 24,348 36,251 23,230 19,714 29,159 13,290 Indiana ........................ 28 34 29 5,125 5,021 3,815 5,410 8,529 4,473 Iowa ........................... 11 35 8 1,879 4,708 644 1,777 6,533 1,101 Kansas ......................... 9 11 9 1,688 2,160 914 832 1,816 831 Kentucky ....................... 13 24 18 1,919 3,091 2,510 1,692 2,676 2,564 Louisiana ...................... 9 19 15 1,333 3,665 3,017 823 2,207 1,590 Maine .......................... 11 7 7 1,849 3,558 1,468 1,706 1,943 751 Maryland ....................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Massachusetts .................. 23 22 29 2,552 2,886 2,360 3,026 3,191 3,375 Michigan ....................... 78 92 76 10,862 15,756 9,048 17,255 19,310 8,879 Minnesota ...................... 23 81 29 3,339 12,553 3,155 2,880 12,510 2,507 Mississippi .................... 3 4 - 369 265 - 254 261 - Missouri ....................... 18 22 20 2,468 5,384 3,179 1,822 4,562 2,991 Montana ........................ 4 5 ( 2 ) 335 647 ( 2 ) 346 444 ( 2 ) Nebraska ....................... 6 9 ( 2 ) 852 1,030 ( 2 ) 708 902 ( 2 ) Nevada ......................... 6 4 ( 2 ) 2,929 410 ( 2 ) 2,718 326 ( 2 ) New Hampshire .................. 3 7 ( 2 ) 672 804 ( 2 ) 679 804 ( 2 ) New Jersey ..................... 48 44 36 7,252 7,255 5,382 7,425 7,732 4,253 New Mexico ..................... ( 2 ) 3 3 ( 2 ) 655 241 ( 2 ) 655 191 New York ....................... 124 116 46 20,558 18,846 6,254 21,656 20,346 6,441 North Carolina ................. 16 17 22 2,457 3,030 3,523 2,055 2,087 2,415 North Dakota ................... 3 8 - 350 1,173 - 360 1,173 - Ohio ........................... 78 80 87 11,837 10,740 9,663 10,446 12,397 8,725 Oklahoma ....................... 9 4 5 1,072 407 397 1,234 642 457 Oregon ......................... 23 21 14 6,625 4,293 8,875 3,837 3,980 2,713 Pennsylvania ................... 77 87 69 9,576 12,560 7,758 16,596 21,855 9,873 Rhode Island ................... 7 6 ( 2 ) 552 685 ( 2 ) 562 712 ( 2 ) South Carolina ................. 8 6 6 1,069 1,094 764 1,109 1,129 889 South Dakota ................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Tennessee ...................... 11 8 11 1,260 2,139 1,815 1,515 1,527 1,396 Texas .......................... 44 32 24 6,842 5,001 3,939 11,707 7,890 3,544 Utah ........................... 5 3 3 900 457 370 622 358 241 Vermont ........................ 3 3 ( 2 ) 190 369 ( 2 ) 167 369 ( 2 ) Virginia ....................... 12 14 19 1,731 3,568 3,804 2,137 3,101 4,548 Washington ..................... 24 32 23 4,137 6,177 6,277 4,197 5,246 2,346 West Virginia .................. 4 8 - 1,410 1,848 - 877 1,207 - Wisconsin ...................... 63 80 25 9,858 14,915 3,977 10,578 16,080 3,973 Wyoming ........................ ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Puerto Rico .................... 8 4 6 1,229 284 414 1,474 1,471 1,140 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 6. Information technology-producing industries: Extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 1998-2005 Information technology-producing industries(1) Total extended Year mass layoffs Computer Software and Communications Communications hardware(2) computer services(3) equipment(4) services(5) Layoff Layoff Layoff Layoff Layoff events Separations events Separations events Separations events Separations events Separations 1998 First quarter .... 1,115 178,251 29 5,212 8 1,550 7 725 9 1,685 Second quarter ... 1,333 336,536 37 8,455 5 357 7 1,317 5 650 Third quarter .... 1,028 201,186 63 11,066 5 1,175 12 3,031 5 1,051 Fourth quarter ... 1,383 275,272 37 11,336 5 974 7 1,898 6 764 Total ........ 4,859 991,245 166 36,069 23 4,056 33 6,971 25 4,150 1999 First quarter .... 1,262 230,711 35 4,363 10 1,796 10 1,600 6 1,002 Second quarter ... 1,194 246,251 28 3,891 7 1,731 8 1,097 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) Third quarter .... 898 184,429 22 11,546 7 1,141 5 840 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) Fourth quarter ... 1,202 240,060 18 2,757 5 526 4 807 6 1,430 Total ........ 4,556 901,451 103 22,557 29 5,194 27 4,344 18 3,930 2000 First quarter .... 1,081 202,500 22 5,195 14 2,717 9 1,402 4 771 Second quarter ... 1,055 205,861 18 8,862 22 9,114 7 805 7 977 Third quarter .... 817 174,628 10 1,678 12 1,422 4 1,465 6 1,280 Fourth quarter ... 1,638 332,973 16 3,070 22 3,521 5 946 7 1,020 Total ........ 4,591 915,962 66 18,805 70 16,774 25 4,618 24 4,048 2001 First quarter .... 1,546 304,171 91 20,991 44 7,963 22 4,441 24 5,312 Second quarter ... 1,828 430,499 161 38,986 87 12,943 36 12,109 28 6,386 Third quarter .... 1,629 330,391 142 24,813 55 6,820 39 8,200 36 7,134 Fourth quarter ... 2,372 459,771 109 17,797 56 8,290 43 10,124 48 11,252 Total ........ 7,375 1,524,832 503 102,587 242 36,016 140 34,874 136 30,084 2002 First quarter .... 1,611 299,266 84 18,574 39 4,442 32 8,192 42 6,664 Second quarter ... 1,624 344,606 69 11,764 49 5,454 27 4,870 53 8,538 Third quarter .... 1,186 255,152 76 15,017 42 5,415 34 6,529 42 7,945 Fourth quarter ... 1,916 373,307 74 14,298 32 7,071 19 3,645 39 8,987 Total ........ 6,337 1,272,331 303 59,653 162 22,382 112 23,236 176 32,134 2003 First quarter .... 1,502 286,947 71 11,900 33 5,689 23 4,402 41 6,591 Second quarter ... 1,799 368,273 54 9,221 27 4,124 21 3,098 29 5,891 Third quarter .... 1,190 236,333 46 6,488 26 4,433 9 1,289 15 2,604 Fourth quarter ... 1,690 325,333 25 5,080 14 1,984 9 1,619 28 6,635 Total ........ 6,181 1,216,886 196 32,689 100 16,230 62 10,408 113 21,721 2004 First quarter .... 1,339 (r)276,503 27 3,222 16 2,992 8 894 23 4,197 Second quarter ... 1,358 (r)278,568 18 2,959 21 3,576 - - 22 5,295 Third quarter .... (r)886 (r)164,477 13 2,288 15 1,617 4 430 13 4,317 Fourth quarter ... (r)1,427 (r)273,963 18 (r)3,055 (r)10 (r)1,547 4 563 (r)23 (r)3,457 Total ........ (r)5,010 (r)993,511 76 (r)11,524 (r)62 (r)9,732 16 1,887 (r)81 (r)17,266 2005 First quarter(p) . 989 156,252 10 1,039 9 2,249 4 345 16 3,494 1 Information technology-producing industries are defined in Digital Economy 2003, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 2 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: semiconductor machinery manufacturing; office machinery manufacturing; electronic computer manufacturing; computer storage device manufacturing; computer terminal manufacturing; other computer peripheral equipment mfg.; electron tube manufacturing; bare printed circuit board manufacturing; semiconductors and related device mfg.; electronic capacitor manufacturing; electronic resistor manufacturing; electronic coils, transformers, and inductors; electronic connector manufacturing; printed circuit assembly manufacturing; other electronic component manufacturing; industrial process variable instruments; electricity and signal testing instruments; analytical laboratory instrument mfg.; computer and software merchant wholesalers; and computer and software stores. 3 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: software publishers; internet service providers; web search portals; data processing and related services; computer and software merchant wholesalers; computer and software stores; custom computer programming services; computer systems design services; computer facilities management services; other computer related services; office equipment rental and leasing; and computer and office machine repair. 4 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: telephone apparatus manufacturing; audio and video equipment manufacturing; broadcast and wireless communications equip.; fiber optic cable manufacturing; software reproducing; and magnetic and optical recording media mfg. 5 The industries included in this grouping, based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), are: wired telecommunications carriers; cellular and other wireless carriers; telecommunications resellers; cable and other program distribution; satellite telecommunications; other telecommunications; and communication equipment repair. 6 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. r = revised. p = preliminary. Table 7. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Industry I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004 2004r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ............. 113 83 64 19,978 19,599 14,054 Mining ........................................ - - - - - - Utilities ..................................... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Construction .................................. - - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) Manufacturing ................................. 75 56 40 12,827 12,782 8,632 Food ...................................... 8 5 4 1,478 1,401 1,122 Beverage and tobacco products ............. ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Textile mills ............................. 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 810 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Textile product mills ..................... ( 2 ) - 3 ( 2 ) - 581 Apparel ................................... 5 3 3 1,237 1,405 549 Leather and allied products ............... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Wood products ............................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Paper ..................................... 4 3 ( 2 ) 295 380 ( 2 ) Printing and related support activities ... 3 ( 2 ) - 264 ( 2 ) - Petroleum and coal products ............... - - - - - - Chemicals ................................. 4 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 634 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Plastics and rubber products .............. 5 ( 2 ) 5 1,134 ( 2 ) 1,243 Nonmetallic mineral products .............. - - - - - - Primary metal ............................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Fabricated metal products ................. ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,330 Machinery ................................. 6 3 - 870 604 - Computer and electronic products .......... 7 7 ( 2 ) 785 2,390 ( 2 ) Electrical equipment and appliance ........ 6 4 ( 2 ) 1,079 960 ( 2 ) Transportation equipment .................. 8 8 4 1,977 1,440 639 Furniture and related products ............ 4 8 4 497 1,863 697 Miscellaneous manufacturing ............... 4 3 ( 2 ) 739 692 ( 2 ) Wholesale trade ............................... 3 3 6 675 307 503 Retail trade .................................. 4 3 4 540 1,429 672 Transportation and warehousing ................ 5 3 3 1,152 619 1,270 Information ................................... 8 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,780 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Finance and insurance ......................... 5 7 ( 2 ) 684 1,449 ( 2 ) Real estate and rental and leasing ............ - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Professional and technical services ........... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Management of companies and enterprises ....... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Administrative and waste services ............. 4 5 3 647 813 845 Educational services .......................... - - - - - - Health care and social assistance ............. ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) Arts, entertainment, and recreation ........... - - - - - - Accommodation and food services ............... - ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - Other services, except public administration .. 3 - - 311 - - Unclassified................................... - - - - - - 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 8. Reason for layoff: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Reason for layoff I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004 2004r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) .... 113 83 64 19,978 19,599 14,054 Automation ....................... ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - ( 2 ) ( 2 ) - Bankruptcy ....................... - - - - - - Business ownership change ........ 6 ( 2 ) 4 669 ( 2 ) 1,645 Contract cancellation ............ ( 2 ) 3 4 ( 2 ) 424 580 Contract completed ............... ( 2 ) - - ( 2 ) - - Energy-related ................... - - - - - - Environment-related .............. - - - - - - Financial difficulty ............. 13 5 ( 2 ) 3,492 2,025 ( 2 ) Import competition ............... ( 2 ) 5 7 ( 2 ) 586 1,187 Labor dispute .................... - - - - - - Material shortage ................ - - - - - - Model changeover ................. - - - - - - Natural disaster ................. - - - - - - Non-natural disaster ............. - - - - - - Plant or machine repair .......... - - - - - - Product line discontinued ........ ( 2 ) 3 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,033 ( 2 ) Reorganization within company .... 58 49 40 9,759 10,733 8,676 Seasonal work .................... ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Slack work ....................... 5 4 ( 2 ) 735 594 ( 2 ) Vacation period .................. ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Weather-related .................. - - - - - - Other ............................ 23 11 5 4,191 3,551 1,485 Not reported ..................... - - - - - - 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. 3 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero. Table 9. Census region and division: Extended mass layoff events and separations associated with the movement of work, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Census region and division I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004 2004r 2005p United States (1).. 113 83 64 19,978 19,599 14,054 Northeast ................. 14 15 7 2,691 3,526 1,950 New England ........... 3 5 4 508 1,211 1,124 Middle Atlantic ....... 11 10 3 2,183 2,315 826 South ..................... 30 26 28 5,889 7,901 5,998 South Atlantic ........ 18 19 15 3,172 4,647 2,671 East South Central .... 5 ( 2 ) 8 956 ( 2 ) 2,052 West South Central .... 7 ( 2 ) 5 1,761 ( 2 ) 1,275 Midwest ................... 37 21 14 6,442 4,679 2,537 East North Central .... 31 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 5,165 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) West North Central .... 6 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) 1,277 ( 2 ) ( 2 ) West ...................... 32 21 15 4,956 3,493 3,569 Mountain .............. ( 2 ) 5 - ( 2 ) 728 - Pacific ............... ( 2 ) 16 15 ( 2 ) 2,765 3,569 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Iliinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Dash represents zero. Table 10. Extended mass layoff events and separations, selected measures, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events Separations Action I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2005 2004r 2005p Total, private nonfarm (1) ......... 1,339 1,427 989 276,503 273,963 156,252 Total, excluding seasonal and vacation events (2) ........ 980 760 651 213,031 144,104 105,323 Total, movement of work (3)..... 113 83 64 19,978 19,599 14,054 Movement of work actions ..... 127 138 82 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) With separations reported .. 117 95 60 16,674 13,351 9,377 With separations unknown ... 10 43 22 ( 4 ) ( 4 ) ( 4 ) 1 See footnote 1, table 1. 2 The questions on movement of work were not asked of employers when the reason for layoff was either seasonal work or vacation period. 3 Movement of work can involve more than one action. 4 Data are not available. r = revised. p = preliminary. Table 11. Movement of work actions by type of separation where number of separations is known by employers, selected quarters, 2004 and 2005 Layoff events(1) Separations Actions I IV I I IV I 2004 2004r 2005p 2004 2004r 2005p With separations reported (2).. 117 95 60 16,674 13,351 9,377 By location Out-of-country relocations... 34 32 19 4,906 5,258 3,592 Within company............. 21 29 15 2,976 4,825 3,134 Different company ......... 13 3 4 1,930 433 458 Domestic relocations ........ 80 63 41 10,815 8,093 5,785 Within company............. 64 55 34 8,671 7,285 4,870 Different company ......... 16 8 7 2,144 808 915 Unable to assign place of ... relocation ................ 3 - - 953 - - By company Within company .............. 87 84 49 11,947 12,110 8,004 Domestic .................. 64 55 34 8,671 7,285 4,870 Out of country ............ 21 29 15 2,976 4,825 3,134 Unable to assign .......... 2 - - 300 - - Different company ........... 30 11 11 4,727 1,241 1,373 Domestic .................. 16 8 7 2,144 808 915 Out of country ............ 13 3 4 1,930 433 458 Unable to assign........... 1 - - 653 - - 1 Only actions for which separations associated with the movement of work were reported are shown. 2 See footnote 1, table 1. r = revised. p = preliminary. NOTE: Dash represents zero.