Table 23. Annual layoffs and discharges levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 23. Annual layoffs and discharges levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	21,878	40,847	17,082	17,622	19,759
INDUSTRY
Total private	20,622	38,957	16,189	16,644	18,743
Mining and logging	151	207	73	59	82
Construction	2,591	3,232	1,867	1,737	2,075
Manufacturing	1,312	2,754	1,205	1,247	1,480
Durable goods	749	1,720	650	644	786
Nondurable goods	564	1,031	555	603	696
Trade, transportation, and utilities	4,050	7,169	3,258	3,235	3,826
Wholesale trade	609	1,030	477	570	575
Retail trade	2,419	4,373	1,781	1,618	1,874
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	1,022	1,763	999	1,048	1,375
Information	465	660	358	450	390
Financial activities	637	1,109	525	589	599
Finance and insurance	321	493	316	372	333
Real estate and rental and leasing	317	615	209	216	266
Professional and business services	5,049	6,464	4,251	4,374	4,662
Private education and health services	2,039	4,479	1,621	1,796	2,065
Private educational services	403	927	247	316	331
Health care and social assistance	1,637	3,551	1,373	1,481	1,731
Leisure and hospitality	3,564	10,439	2,270	2,458	2,799
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	983	1,694	684	835	844
Accommodation and food services	2,577	8,746	1,587	1,624	1,954
Other services	763	2,442	765	696	764
Government	1,256	1,890	892	975	1,012
Federal	121	438	121	94	86
State and local	1,135	1,455	772	883	925
State and local education	554	821	377	400	466
State and local, excluding education	583	631	394	483	460

REGION(2)
Northeast	3,973	8,053	3,011	2,913	3,353
South	8,256	13,485	6,587	6,776	7,481
Midwest	4,423	9,100	3,620	3,813	4,341
West	5,226	10,207	3,859	4,120	4,582
Footnotes (1) The annual layoffs and discharges level is the sum of the 12 monthly layoffs and discharges levels. (2) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

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