August 10, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Extended mass layoffs, second quarter 2012

Industry distribution, extended mass layoff events, private nonfarm sector, second quarter 2011 and second quarter 2012
Industry	Q2 2011	Q2 2012
Total, private nonfarm	1,810	1,476
Manufacturing	263	180
Construction	237	194
Health care and social assistance	225	189
Accommodation and food services	202	146
Administrative and waste services	169	167
Transportation and warehousing	160	155
Professional and technical services	96	80
Retail trade	90	80
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	71	61
Other services, except public administration	75	53
Information	56	56
Finance and insurance	60	24
Wholesale trade	35	30
Educational services	37	27
Real estate and rental and leasing	18	9
Management of companies and enterprises	9	8
Mining	(1)	12
Utilities	(1)	(1)
Other	7	5
Footnotes: (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards

These data are featured in the TED article, Extended mass layoffs, second quarter 2012.

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