Figure 8c. Layoffs and discharges levels of establishment-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2016
Month and year	Size class 1 (1–49 employees)	Size class 2 (50–449 employees)	Size class 3 (500+ employees)
Dec 2000	692,048	768,272	279,000
Jan 2001	920,257	772,611	311,575
Feb 2001	679,618	791,972	271,403
Mar 2001	745,000	870,213	352,693
Apr 2001	796,572	728,302	346,623
May 2001	841,094	767,334	247,162
Jun 2001	674,696	855,335	261,481
Jul 2001	672,543	933,415	218,290
Aug 2001	638,866	773,681	366,900
Sep 2001	720,675	930,982	349,439
Oct 2001	819,794	950,997	338,105
Nov 2001	874,636	890,768	275,030
Dec 2001	713,077	818,882	271,381
Jan 2002	664,033	785,368	316,549
Feb 2002	837,663	811,692	240,973
Mar 2002	611,697	831,480	256,168
Apr 2002	662,067	872,248	263,818
May 2002	704,935	908,621	260,307
Jun 2002	751,620	718,781	223,358
Jul 2002	785,499	795,165	270,230
Aug 2002	706,501	760,586	239,083
Sep 2002	700,420	795,556	258,859
Oct 2002	675,669	795,293	257,368
Nov 2002	748,395	797,406	276,692
Dec 2002	754,590	824,446	302,254
Jan 2003	781,735	835,312	242,808
Feb 2003	779,320	834,634	256,432
Mar 2003	737,660	748,228	219,599
Apr 2003	761,106	907,844	254,968
May 2003	805,616	747,581	254,347
Jun 2003	754,673	849,031	288,021
Jul 2003	851,040	751,599	286,537
Aug 2003	842,078	768,826	236,560
Sep 2003	790,779	746,258	234,118
Oct 2003	740,071	786,888	268,135
Nov 2003	689,362	768,095	222,968
Dec 2003	804,447	759,520	238,162
Jan 2004	778,349	791,412	250,200
Feb 2004	766,673	737,772	234,151
Mar 2004	797,446	798,589	246,222
Apr 2004	792,464	771,930	203,805
May 2004	765,193	747,282	245,064
Jun 2004	758,940	670,620	277,410
Jul 2004	706,560	744,321	195,150
Aug 2004	799,410	811,175	229,369
Sep 2004	789,732	739,340	205,609
Oct 2004	814,129	653,870	185,675
Nov 2004	802,189	721,489	229,172
Dec 2004	791,191	781,980	268,608
Jan 2005	779,543	802,981	218,379
Feb 2005	876,049	697,498	245,694
Mar 2005	841,729	753,472	240,166
Apr 2005	807,863	689,594	227,471
May 2005	820,004	767,875	193,888
Jun 2005	815,262	789,843	210,751
Jul 2005	778,076	811,680	236,545
Aug 2005	789,874	746,422	266,572
Sep 2005	767,325	795,725	203,731
Oct 2005	751,670	640,629	171,150
Nov 2005	759,617	629,784	183,483
Dec 2005	654,809	729,047	175,538
Jan 2006	639,251	678,886	176,578
Feb 2006	706,742	663,255	158,030
Mar 2006	641,746	736,277	170,335
Apr 2006	755,919	753,794	154,497
May 2006	684,844	906,666	192,841
Jun 2006	650,976	711,185	170,344
Jul 2006	716,802	701,880	241,407
Aug 2006	666,175	696,209	184,487
Sep 2006	709,177	694,766	181,850
Oct 2006	764,208	782,695	175,706
Nov 2006	777,809	731,740	179,079
Dec 2006	693,154	712,735	195,764
Jan 2007	695,513	699,232	174,964
Feb 2007	688,249	697,994	218,629
Mar 2007	702,763	788,895	180,366
Apr 2007	807,505	713,668	199,627
May 2007	728,424	750,320	189,934
Jun 2007	736,349	777,418	211,007
Jul 2007	723,235	746,613	155,851
Aug 2007	766,262	761,912	190,392
Sep 2007	924,625	812,885	193,948
Oct 2007	861,475	788,943	181,517
Nov 2007	798,207	795,887	180,636
Dec 2007	701,770	720,749	169,608
Jan 2008	776,041	687,428	207,306
Feb 2008	763,731	809,624	213,596
Mar 2008	764,197	746,842	203,713
Apr 2008	679,351	824,198	216,995
May 2008	805,738	739,633	217,553
Jun 2008	876,931	749,278	210,373
Jul 2008	790,449	781,705	219,384
Aug 2008	961,512	766,832	228,486
Sep 2008	727,833	803,277	222,518
Oct 2008	841,006	898,066	250,828
Nov 2008	944,397	899,229	282,763
Dec 2008	1,048,981	967,929	294,826
Jan 2009	1,068,755	1,020,284	308,140
Feb 2009	1,127,067	1,023,928	237,153
Mar 2009	1,057,941	960,928	246,521
Apr 2009	1,075,246	936,036	287,271
May 2009	935,194	811,366	241,705
Jun 2009	887,715	748,260	240,313
Jul 2009	1,004,650	758,403	218,661
Aug 2009	888,277	788,428	185,459
Sep 2009	954,368	763,824	177,002
Oct 2009	807,776	782,173	265,911
Nov 2009	759,452	766,890	180,763
Dec 2009	923,638	747,397	190,406
Jan 2010	760,589	723,033	216,566
Feb 2010	883,249	613,884	187,789
Mar 2010	815,415	665,421	181,423
Apr 2010	733,794	568,781	174,008
May 2010	808,058	653,484	152,381
Jun 2010	744,743	663,603	150,868
Jul 2010	837,331	724,708	158,856
Aug 2010	694,618	628,883	169,232
Sep 2010	706,610	623,540	180,170
Oct 2010	775,276	627,532	144,864
Nov 2010	741,243	685,682	179,991
Dec 2010	791,415	682,344	168,451
Jan 2011	813,208	642,984	169,055
Feb 2011	773,998	612,827	166,450
Mar 2011	739,656	681,870	168,209
Apr 2011	669,933	664,664	182,500
May 2011	701,963	676,620	227,779
Jun 2011	792,090	673,544	201,345
Jul 2011	756,321	675,784	183,855
Aug 2011	735,276	641,133	180,619
Sep 2011	723,807	700,893	179,730
Oct 2011	717,199	695,337	196,118
Nov 2011	756,676	667,249	208,073
Dec 2011	711,184	685,316	223,303
Jan 2012	760,699	665,893	171,164
Feb 2012	726,708	687,243	221,306
Mar 2012	645,333	678,925	199,269
Apr 2012	765,019	732,213	201,257
May 2012	754,974	749,546	213,767
Jun 2012	756,597	673,865	251,616
Jul 2012	664,845	663,352	206,123
Aug 2012	794,451	714,977	203,270
Sep 2012	710,260	727,496	211,438
Oct 2012	783,076	683,522	218,467
Nov 2012	779,870	688,139	208,951
Dec 2012	634,128	623,805	211,390
Jan 2013	624,852	667,094	225,904
Feb 2013	687,954	610,222	197,595
Mar 2013	740,488	633,692	199,743
Apr 2013	731,434	658,648	231,591
May 2013	755,308	668,470	220,299
Jun 2013	727,722	581,014	200,201
Jul 2013	629,565	632,139	233,478
Aug 2013	646,142	721,341	249,050
Sep 2013	766,151	620,643	252,718
Oct 2013	604,739	583,764	240,289
Nov 2013	589,957	620,081	204,969
Dec 2013	729,032	633,972	199,608
Jan 2014	686,179	674,015	238,216
Feb 2014	621,516	709,264	228,573
Mar 2014	592,718	675,654	219,678
Apr 2014	693,506	679,125	215,964
May 2014	625,911	709,620	208,018
Jun 2014	592,058	745,804	213,133
Jul 2014	704,202	753,665	210,156
Aug 2014	658,979	698,629	245,595
Sep 2014	625,877	706,747	228,798
Oct 2014	645,438	782,613	237,734
Nov 2014	652,662	702,855	223,894
Dec 2014	741,351	652,025	208,664
Jan 2015	646,776	727,792	213,555
Feb 2015	654,159	678,076	220,422
Mar 2015	745,021	763,040	234,930
Apr 2015	685,842	777,102	221,585
May 2015	672,447	695,082	215,364
Jun 2015	712,248	761,612	208,243
Jul 2015	562,770	774,672	209,665
Aug 2015	691,267	686,261	222,245
Sep 2015	766,098	745,794	239,540
Oct 2015	691,471	718,174	208,183
Nov 2015	653,805	638,270	246,204
Dec 2015	646,810	701,739	210,847
Jan 2016	657,758	660,985	290,911
Feb 2016	718,137	717,913	237,938
Mar 2016	642,009	706,286	254,290
Apr 2016	624,121	733,763	225,728
May 2016	701,185	692,374	241,373
Jun 2016	652,134	653,688	228,271
Jul 2016	648,718	679,575	200,331
Aug 2016	639,564	674,080	219,860
Sep 2016	512,055	648,178	209,609
Oct 2016	588,136	660,040	206,179
Nov 2016	605,799	681,847	189,769
Dec 2016	647,773	636,747	224,673
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.