Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
July May June July July May June July
2007 2008 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 1,247 1,626 1,643 1,512 127,687 171,387 165,697 151,171
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,140 1,496 1,491 1,368 119,614 161,912 153,568 140,116
Manufacturing ............................... 392 528 541 443 51,333 72,058 76,514 57,470
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 1,599 1,552 1,622 1,891 175,419 159,471 166,742 200,382
Total, private .................................. 1,503 1,467 1,363 1,765 168,280 152,510 144,732 191,309
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 53 29 48 78 3,341 2,048 3,816 5,291
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,450 1,438 1,315 1,687 164,939 150,462 140,916 186,018
Mining ...................................... (2) 5 (2) (2) (2) 458 (2) (2)
Utilities ................................... (2) 4 (2) (2) (2) 475 (2) (2)
Construction ................................ 88 167 114 72 5,844 12,411 7,713 4,941
Manufacturing ............................... 684 388 309 760 101,390 51,698 42,097 108,733
Food .................................... 46 48 58 49 4,927 4,800 6,065 4,844
Beverage and tobacco products ........... 5 5 (2) (2) 316 273 (2) (2)
Textile mills ........................... 19 6 5 15 2,272 520 730 1,286
Textile product mills (3) ............... 8 8 (2) 5 857 580 (2) 560
Apparel (3) ............................. 19 14 7 24 1,678 1,171 534 2,048
Leather and allied products ............. 7 (2) 3 3 1,212 (2) 862 184
Wood products ........................... 27 24 22 38 2,901 2,455 2,314 4,044
Paper ................................... 4 11 6 10 259 1,091 411 1,239
Printing and related support activities . 5 9 10 12 499 833 1,116 947
Petroleum and coal products ............. - (2) - (2) - (2) - (2)
Chemicals ............................... 8 9 4 13 826 696 228 999
Plastics and rubber products (3) ........ 65 21 8 62 7,487 1,793 960 6,804
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 10 14 9 16 1,373 1,175 516 1,412
Primary metals .......................... 36 9 12 41 6,318 1,217 1,012 4,606
Fabricated metal products ............... 63 29 19 71 6,364 2,596 1,716 7,007
Machinery (3) ........................... 49 25 22 45 6,994 3,758 2,611 5,042
Computer and electronic products ........ 20 14 13 30 2,549 1,250 1,091 2,498
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 20 13 8 21 3,271 1,845 2,128 3,052
Transportation equipment (3) ............ 249 101 74 269 48,795 21,667 17,597 57,761
Furniture and related products (3) ...... 14 20 12 18 1,394 3,285 1,076 2,397
Miscellaneous manufacturing (3) ......... 10 5 13 15 1,098 445 909 1,751
Wholesale trade ............................. 18 21 15 22 1,347 1,513 908 1,926
Retail trade ................................ 83 109 89 116 6,663 10,090 10,567 9,450
Transportation and warehousing .............. 90 99 160 107 9,132 11,176 20,647 11,182
Information ................................. 37 56 47 42 4,253 9,251 5,078 4,069
Finance and insurance (3) ................... 39 38 40 55 2,499 2,666 2,968 4,256
Real estate and rental and leasing (3) ...... 7 6 7 11 605 407 798 792
Professional and technical services (3) ..... 45 66 32 40 4,072 6,924 3,903 3,147
Management of companies and enterprises ..... 5 4 4 4 329 383 257 313
Administrative and waste services (3) ....... 216 192 164 259 18,257 16,175 15,635 22,921
Educational services ........................ 7 6 18 18 486 383 1,275 1,388
Health care and social assistance ........... 49 85 151 65 3,911 7,643 11,867 4,263
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 17 32 26 27 1,007 1,993 1,462 2,136
Accommodation and food services ............. 50 122 102 78 3,967 13,212 12,931 5,803
Other services, except public administration 7 38 33 7 578 3,604 2,507 419
Unclassified ................................ 3 - 1 - 218 - 57 -
Government ...................................... 96 85 259 126 7,139 6,961 22,010 9,073
Federal ..................................... 8 16 11 4 925 1,656 928 306
State ....................................... 10 14 12 26 901 867 953 2,179
Local ....................................... 78 55 236 96 5,313 4,438 20,129 6,588
1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
3 Data beginning in 2008 are not strictly comparable to prior years due to a change in NAICS versions.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
