Figure 3c. Layoffs and discharges levels of firm-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2017
Month and year Size class 1 (1–49 employees) Size class 2 (49–449 employees) Size class 3 (500+ employees)

Dec 2000

503,597 471,858 782,523

Jan 2001

656,075 519,489 803,090

Feb 2001

460,099 533,671 765,427

Mar 2001

519,760 534,013 985,888

Apr 2001

504,324 492,570 805,083

May 2001

580,681 479,192 869,672

Jun 2001

505,825 569,134 764,146

Jul 2001

451,293 647,585 728,203

Aug 2001

462,776 542,638 743,860

Sep 2001

506,852 628,991 894,820

Oct 2001

638,808 628,732 867,401

Nov 2001

637,013 568,620 826,205

Dec 2001

497,138 565,959 729,525

Jan 2002

457,923 535,683 786,857

Feb 2002

613,598 518,912 768,533

Mar 2002

444,078 541,613 758,394

Apr 2002

463,126 522,430 790,130

May 2002

556,871 538,818 789,767

Jun 2002

593,401 533,928 602,258

Jul 2002

590,780 515,121 732,110

Aug 2002

453,843 557,635 742,663

Sep 2002

510,260 532,148 704,994

Oct 2002

486,382 519,038 742,351

Nov 2002

567,259 490,234 736,735

Dec 2002

552,238 531,575 812,555

Jan 2003

541,037 523,757 842,682

Feb 2003

584,410 542,356 775,743

Mar 2003

553,037 469,849 733,103

Apr 2003

568,172 575,698 738,108

May 2003

613,342 515,653 687,306

Jun 2003

571,607 577,301 779,018

Jul 2003

631,752 492,860 788,964

Aug 2003

671,736 474,293 721,583

Sep 2003

569,209 479,169 740,420

Oct 2003

540,187 502,330 742,724

Nov 2003

505,312 497,518 716,881

Dec 2003

607,710 467,569 711,335

Jan 2004

568,158 526,248 764,148

Feb 2004

565,501 496,756 723,944

Mar 2004

568,347 558,436 729,240

Apr 2004

568,627 506,205 711,488

May 2004

555,679 491,333 712,846

Jun 2004

557,833 452,516 746,240

Jul 2004

530,736 475,459 669,407

Aug 2004

591,138 553,904 718,893

Sep 2004

595,234 519,448 620,951

Oct 2004

614,170 459,386 587,719

Nov 2004

573,997 488,313 691,782

Dec 2004

549,552 517,619 787,678

Jan 2005

611,079 533,647 692,916

Feb 2005

640,128 480,797 747,676

Mar 2005

604,758 509,742 732,996

Apr 2005

579,071 454,141 704,807

May 2005

600,928 489,079 673,795

Jun 2005

562,264 533,234 757,191

Jul 2005

577,254 492,626 754,702

Aug 2005

589,750 493,141 696,296

Sep 2005

557,312 544,980 653,281

Oct 2005

551,519 443,375 584,775

Nov 2005

570,019 434,150 589,554

Dec 2005

481,637 496,785 595,998

Jan 2006

474,473 470,175 551,704

Feb 2006

518,009 473,986 569,718

Mar 2006

491,428 484,070 576,481

Apr 2006

558,422 521,520 567,018

May 2006

503,019 548,525 701,626

Jun 2006

494,576 454,528 626,494

Jul 2006

500,636 529,630 647,007

Aug 2006

486,782 473,708 584,415

Sep 2006

564,224 442,474 603,570

Oct 2006

509,725 532,593 671,147

Nov 2006

590,137 516,044 621,238

Dec 2006

510,660 466,228 638,022

Jan 2007

528,325 451,825 583,985

Feb 2007

535,587 457,418 675,102

Mar 2007

524,326 526,657 647,162

Apr 2007

596,589 491,458 635,960

May 2007

531,574 474,806 639,536

Jun 2007

523,156 564,258 642,134

Jul 2007

547,605 466,233 613,152

Aug 2007

562,437 508,632 641,187

Sep 2007

673,510 557,090 733,012

Oct 2007

643,707 511,361 614,722

Nov 2007

519,116 577,993 660,787

Dec 2007

500,749 515,943 572,947

Jan 2008

553,609 511,406 601,012

Feb 2008

545,219 537,431 695,141

Mar 2008

539,230 514,911 667,663

Apr 2008

459,199 509,565 776,744

May 2008

564,932 510,195 692,392

Jun 2008

623,508 487,806 742,122

Jul 2008

562,202 525,250 722,053

Aug 2008

700,314 546,454 695,431

Sep 2008

532,694 528,746 741,754

Oct 2008

617,802 613,076 744,879

Nov 2008

703,641 607,714 852,314

Dec 2008

773,266 695,027 769,042

Jan 2009

832,792 734,606 886,245

Feb 2009

811,232 662,213 845,435

Mar 2009

802,767 619,347 805,213

Apr 2009

769,354 650,284 862,375

May 2009

709,403 529,085 757,935

Jun 2009

689,119 526,455 658,199

Jul 2009

732,777 562,332 711,563

Aug 2009

675,120 534,801 671,729

Sep 2009

717,604 541,234 615,089

Oct 2009

589,202 541,771 703,708

Nov 2009

603,280 502,200 595,721

Dec 2009

705,789 500,581 628,543

Jan 2010

552,812 486,498 661,002

Feb 2010

586,340 484,402 590,237

Mar 2010

564,878 447,004 594,511

Apr 2010

571,981 396,143 506,158

May 2010

628,567 442,438 552,045

Jun 2010

570,724 443,257 574,693

Jul 2010

626,839 491,550 612,200

Aug 2010

525,189 404,023 575,915

Sep 2010

537,645 409,848 572,657

Oct 2010

563,622 453,112 504,910

Nov 2010

517,082 478,996 590,753

Dec 2010

540,028 504,626 606,498

Jan 2011

561,286 429,944 616,107

Feb 2011

527,723 419,261 575,342

Mar 2011

539,953 483,017 544,758

Apr 2011

485,839 422,665 612,527

May 2011

513,182 450,619 651,328

Jun 2011

569,578 470,176 638,849

Jul 2011

555,906 453,266 593,829

Aug 2011

520,098 431,493 571,181

Sep 2011

536,392 460,336 599,944

Oct 2011

516,303 436,869 645,720

Nov 2011

536,290 433,089 648,015

Dec 2011

494,554 469,497 665,612

Jan 2012

500,064 446,846 624,449

Feb 2012

533,081 422,663 678,459

Mar 2012

453,846 399,889 689,368

Apr 2012

563,265 464,442 668,485

May 2012

532,969 568,015 588,762

Jun 2012

538,368 509,854 630,204

Jul 2012

411,416 469,619 600,518

Aug 2012

476,757 494,747 706,816

Sep 2012

456,992 506,836 677,985

Oct 2012

516,515 452,364 681,796

Nov 2012

510,759 462,214 718,803

Dec 2012

445,148 396,958 678,867

Jan 2013

425,230 473,956 614,391

Feb 2013

457,748 442,811 590,547

Mar 2013

441,291 475,463 632,907

Apr 2013

473,522 473,784 660,780

May 2013

486,925 459,612 687,488

Jun 2013

469,446 407,570 679,937

Jul 2013

409,187 431,993 631,526

Aug 2013

456,783 470,227 702,168

Sep 2013

501,321 450,178 692,767

Oct 2013

391,565 369,369 676,855

Nov 2013

427,860 391,952 607,093

Dec 2013

547,923 408,482 651,253

Jan 2014

467,121 448,263 659,008

Feb 2014

414,115 460,490 715,358

Mar 2014

416,277 442,906 646,874

Apr 2014

432,194 420,871 677,278

May 2014

428,616 423,165 679,857

Jun 2014

356,143 471,185 731,339

Jul 2014

485,227 486,566 674,691

Aug 2014

461,289 421,244 714,083

Sep 2014

423,157 410,402 714,334

Oct 2014

449,200 443,399 782,386

Nov 2014

463,227 450,571 698,525

Dec 2014

538,728 424,509 651,002

Jan 2015

431,706 464,153 669,001

Feb 2015

437,198 454,619 675,134

Mar 2015

491,315 467,089 775,377

Apr 2015

475,616 467,800 736,239

May 2015

442,386 395,889 792,242

Jun 2015

483,796 495,264 712,855

Jul 2015

350,483 415,420 758,553

Aug 2015

444,658 453,310 685,189

Sep 2015

505,352 485,158 711,867

Oct 2015

471,013 446,750 689,769

Nov 2015

401,331 416,390 740,278

Dec 2015

419,921 490,583 693,983

Jan 2016

426,358 426,358 736,754

Feb 2016

502,640 476,668 729,548

Mar 2016

426,913 459,174 720,995

Apr 2016

378,057 492,048 712,360

May 2016

470,492 458,549 732,090

Jun 2016

428,507 419,276 681,096

Jul 2016

430,470 416,508 663,315

Aug 2016

437,749 439,916 651,058

Sep 2016

312,543 403,476 663,991

Oct 2016

358,910 426,436 692,476

Nov 2016

417,066 430,734 671,908

Dec 2016

462,994 462,447 708,198

Jan 2017

403,813 391,938 716,427

Feb 2017

450,610 381,283 692,446

Mar 2017

414,949 438,176 701,942

Apr 2017

470,798 395,784 694,784

May 2017

419,723 427,617 692,542

Jun 2017

524,503 461,892 710,285

Jul 2017

368,212 503,277 742,855

Aug 2017

434,720 446,137 796,153

Sep 2017

416,025 451,679 764,605

Oct 2017

412,044 453,951 711,473

Nov 2017

403,184 426,338 759,157

Dec 2017

395,778 463,579 687,381

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.