March 11, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Hires and separations by industry, 2009
Annual hires levels by industry, not seasonally adjusted, 2002–2009
| Industry |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Total |
59,797,000 |
57,787,000 |
61,624,000 |
64,498,000 |
64,906,000 |
63,404,000 |
56,204,000 |
48,696,000 |
Total private |
55,665,000 |
54,082,000 |
57,534,000 |
60,444,000 |
60,481,000 |
58,843,000 |
52,486,000 |
45,237,000 |
Mining and Logging |
238,000 |
261,000 |
284,000 |
303,000 |
311,000 |
346,000 |
364,000 |
214,000 |
Construction |
5,104,000 |
5,234,000 |
5,438,000 |
5,884,000 |
5,396,000 |
4,813,000 |
4,564,000 |
3,882,000 |
Manufacturing |
4,679,000 |
4,245,000 |
4,675,000 |
4,535,000 |
4,601,000 |
4,613,000 |
3,671,000 |
2,906,000 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
12,235,000 |
11,837,000 |
13,291,000 |
13,683,000 |
13,805,000 |
13,212,000 |
11,600,000 |
10,009,000 |
Information |
1,095,000 |
942,000 |
983,000 |
1,045,000 |
1,123,000 |
985,000 |
805,000 |
760,000 |
Financial activities |
2,679,000 |
2,598,000 |
2,866,000 |
2,868,000 |
3,099,000 |
3,160,000 |
2,629,000 |
2,136,000 |
Professional and business services |
11,352,000 |
10,631,000 |
11,035,000 |
12,152,000 |
11,955,000 |
11,474,000 |
9,983,000 |
8,428,000 |
Education and health services |
5,773,000 |
5,730,000 |
5,792,000 |
6,207,000 |
6,382,000 |
6,440,000 |
6,499,000 |
6,156,000 |
Leisure and hospitality |
9,993,000 |
9,979,000 |
10,558,000 |
10,953,000 |
11,258,000 |
11,208,000 |
9,981,000 |
8,313,000 |
Other services |
2,516,000 |
2,629,000 |
2,615,000 |
2,818,000 |
2,559,000 |
2,595,000 |
2,386,000 |
2,430,000 |
Government |
4,132,000 |
3,706,000 |
4,090,000 |
4,052,000 |
4,427,000 |
4,562,000 |
3,720,000 |
3,457,000 |
Federal |
593,000 |
530,000 |
503,000 |
511,000 |
714,000 |
853,000 |
333,000 |
452,000 |
State and local |
3,536,000 |
3,176,000 |
3,586,000 |
3,541,000 |
3,711,000 |
3,709,000 |
3,387,000 |
3,007,000 |
These data featured in the TED article, Hires and separations by industry, 2009.
Annual total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations levels, not seasonally adjusted, 2002–2009
|
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Total separations |
60,412,000 |
57,847,000 |
59,666,000 |
62,107,000 |
62,661,000 |
62,125,000 |
59,640,000 |
53,679,000 |
Quits |
32,375,000 |
29,351,000 |
31,852,000 |
34,964,000 |
36,327,000 |
35,108,000 |
31,074,000 |
21,964,000 |
Layoffs and discharges |
23,325,000 |
23,959,000 |
23,389,000 |
22,774,000 |
21,460,000 |
22,557,000 |
24,549,000 |
27,790,000 |
Other separations |
4,711,000 |
4,537,000 |
4,425,000 |
4,369,000 |
4,871,000 |
4,464,000 |
4,018,000 |
3,921,000 |
These data featured in the TED article, Hires and separations by industry, 2009.
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