Table 1. Industry distribution: Extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
private nonfarm sector, selected quarters, 2012 and 2013
Initial claimants for
Layoff events Separations unemployment insurance
Industry
I IV I I IV I I IV I
2012 2012r 2013p 2012 2012r 2013p 2012 2012r 2013p
Total, private nonfarm (1) ................. 1,294 2,123 914 246,956 424,492 154,374 291,174 432,792 133,294
Mining ....................................... 16 42 11 1,760 5,073 1,575 1,523 5,384 1,064
Utilities .................................... 3 9 - 421 1,785 - 879 1,898 -
Construction ................................. 261 632 178 33,701 86,884 20,071 42,014 98,712 20,537
Manufacturing ................................ 233 368 184 33,099 73,283 30,870 36,610 71,159 25,730
Food .................................... 56 104 41 8,731 31,742 11,015 10,406 29,407 6,640
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 3 12 4 485 1,449 965 320 1,489 1,134
Textile mills ........................... 4 3 (2) 382 592 (2) 374 708 (2)
Textile product mills ................... 3 3 (2) 435 443 (2) 964 868 (2)
Apparel ................................. 4 7 5 1,182 731 723 1,184 801 915
Leather and allied products ............. - - 3 - - 258 - - 256
Wood products ........................... 13 11 5 1,686 1,066 370 1,314 1,335 1,129
Paper ................................... 6 (2) 7 645 (2) 784 663 (2) 467
Printing and related support activities . 7 11 3 1,202 1,100 614 1,001 1,201 525
Petroleum and coal products ............. 4 22 3 810 3,218 376 327 2,935 247
Chemicals ............................... 9 9 7 1,222 3,448 1,175 1,087 1,044 812
Plastics and rubber products ............ 11 10 5 1,119 839 1,727 890 1,077 1,579
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 21 34 13 2,143 5,202 1,132 2,295 6,030 1,323
Primary metals .......................... (2) 14 6 (2) 2,446 730 (2) 2,151 1,008
Fabricated metal products ............... 12 24 9 1,093 2,711 967 1,126 3,356 777
Machinery ............................... 11 30 11 1,030 6,253 1,194 1,731 6,531 1,126
Computer and electronic products ........ 19 21 9 2,256 3,116 971 2,049 2,704 999
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... (2) 4 7 (2) 371 1,215 (2) 375 918
Transportation equipment ................ 27 39 30 5,464 6,553 4,953 8,172 7,403 4,194
Furniture and related products .......... 10 (2) 6 1,454 (2) 618 1,292 (2) 623
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 8 6 7 1,160 1,388 873 954 1,187 799
Wholesale trade .............................. 27 51 16 3,032 8,339 2,529 2,765 7,171 2,214
Retail trade ................................. 139 124 86 35,434 32,448 16,694 37,343 32,534 12,372
Transportation and warehousing ............... 50 61 39 8,622 18,621 9,823 7,060 11,864 4,700
Information .................................. 74 75 49 31,454 36,187 14,111 45,997 41,928 15,009
Finance and insurance ........................ 36 25 24 7,143 4,119 4,323 6,209 5,493 2,952
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 6 15 4 3,341 2,381 648 1,621 2,579 645
Professional and technical services .......... 63 86 52 12,879 13,734 12,952 18,608 14,723 12,757
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 12 4 7 1,871 697 724 1,824 493 607
Administrative and waste services ............ 189 317 143 46,583 67,275 23,284 60,760 85,265 21,198
Educational services ......................... 6 15 6 496 2,031 544 619 2,073 503
Health care and social assistance ............ 30 50 16 4,575 12,309 1,882 4,636 7,271 1,546
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 46 72 34 5,979 18,551 5,267 7,282 11,363 3,720
Accommodation and food services .............. 89 143 57 15,045 35,167 7,904 13,814 28,014 6,668
Other services, except public administration . 10 29 6 1,156 4,901 719 1,276 4,078 605
Unclassified ................................. 4 5 2 365 707 454 334 790 467
1 For the first quarter of 2013, data on layoffs were reported by employers in all states and the District of Columbia.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
r = revised.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
United States Department of Labor
