November 16, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Extended mass layoff events and separations, third quarter 2011

Extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, by industry, third quarter 2011
Industry	Layoff events	Separations
Total, private nonfarm(1)	1,226	184,493
Manufacturing	231	36,271
Administrative and waste services	198	33,584
Construction	188	21,275
Information	83	19,276
Retail trade	55	13,624
Transportation and warehousing	94	12,044
Accommodation and food services	71	10,580
Professional and technical services	67	10,154
Health care and social assistance	87	8,247
Finance and insurance	36	6,181
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	42	5,184
Wholesale trade	24	2,684
Educational services	18	2,274
Other services, except public administration	19	1,907
Real estate and rental and leasing	6	686
Footnotes: (1) Data for the most recent quarter are preliminary. Data for mining, utilities, and management of companies and enterprises that do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards are not shown separately.

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