Three-fourths of long-tenured workers displaced from jobs in health care and social assistance reemployed in January 2026

From January 2023 through December 2025, there were 3.3 million workers displaced from jobs they had held for at least 3 years. In January 2026, 66.1 percent of these long-tenured workers were reemployed. Among long-tenured workers displaced from jobs in health care and social assistance, 77.1 percent were reemployed. For those displaced from jobs in information, 76.8 percent were reemployed. Reemployment rates were also above 70.0 percent for those workers displaced from jobs in wholesale and retail trade (72.2 percent) and construction (71.3 percent).

Reemployment rates were below 60.0 percent for long-tenured displaced workers who had previously worked in government, transportation and utilities, educational services, and leisure and hospitality.

For most major industries, reemployment rates in January 2026 were similar to those reported in January 2024. However, the reemployment rates for workers in leisure and hospitality and government declined from the prior period, while the rate for workers displaced from jobs in the information industry increased.

These data are from the Current Population Survey. For more information, see Worker Displacement: 2023–2025. Long-tenured displaced workers are wage and salary workers age 20 and over who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they lost or left because their plant or company closed down or moved, there was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift was abolished. Workers were not necessarily reemployed in the same industries from which they were displaced. People are classified as not in the labor force if they were not employed and they had not actively looked for work (or been on temporary layoff) in the last 4 weeks. In other words, people who are not in the labor force are those who do not meet the criteria to be classified as either employed or unemployed.