Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
September July August September September July August September
2007 2008 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 1,307 1,512 1,772 2,269 128,487 151,171 173,955 235,681
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,204 1,368 1,622 2,092 121,294 140,116 163,800 221,538
Manufacturing ............................... 430 443 599 603 53,432 57,470 72,244 81,414
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 717 1,891 1,427 1,292 67,385 200,382 139,999 129,586
Total, private .................................. 688 1,765 1,373 1,227 65,205 191,309 134,871 124,096
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 21 78 30 25 1,179 5,291 1,725 1,591
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 667 1,687 1,343 1,202 64,026 186,018 133,146 122,505
Mining ...................................... (2) (2) 3 6 (2) (2) 207 728
Utilities ................................... - (2) (2) (2) - (2) (2) (2)
Construction ................................ 70 72 142 144 4,283 4,941 9,717 10,763
Manufacturing ............................... 246 760 414 361 29,381 108,733 51,912 46,391
Food .................................... 31 49 40 33 2,873 4,844 3,510 3,068
Beverage and tobacco products ........... (2) (2) 8 7 (2) (2) 630 648
Textile mills ........................... 4 15 10 13 448 1,286 1,013 1,422
Textile product mills (3) ............... 4 5 4 3 410 560 487 347
Apparel (3) ............................. 12 24 10 7 1,180 2,048 981 688
Leather and allied products ............. - 3 (2) (2) - 184 (2) (2)
Wood products ........................... 27 38 35 32 2,461 4,044 2,980 2,901
Paper ................................... 5 10 3 8 389 1,239 516 603
Printing and related support activities . (2) 12 10 5 (2) 947 938 341
Petroleum and coal products ............. - (2) (2) - - (2) (2) -
Chemicals ............................... 3 13 5 8 186 999 268 527
Plastics and rubber products (3) ........ 13 62 30 16 1,066 6,804 3,625 1,224
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 9 16 8 12 941 1,412 1,161 861
Primary metals .......................... 15 41 19 13 1,678 4,606 1,709 1,582
Fabricated metal products ............... 16 71 25 35 1,473 7,007 2,179 2,357
Machinery (3) ........................... 19 45 30 28 3,021 5,042 4,887 4,058
Computer and electronic products ........ 15 30 26 15 1,381 2,498 2,446 1,556
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 10 21 11 22 2,881 3,052 1,485 3,453
Transportation equipment (3) ............ 51 269 112 87 7,759 57,761 19,787 19,278
Furniture and related products (3) ...... 7 18 20 13 791 2,397 2,566 1,153
Miscellaneous manufacturing (3) ......... (2) 15 5 (2) (2) 1,751 520 (2)
Wholesale trade ............................. 17 22 27 20 1,053 1,926 1,765 1,642
Retail trade ................................ 67 116 142 112 5,657 9,450 12,674 10,345
Transportation and warehousing .............. 17 107 100 54 1,415 11,182 9,077 4,383
Information ................................. 32 42 48 45 5,420 4,069 6,640 6,021
Finance and insurance (3) ................... 40 55 45 38 2,649 4,256 3,192 3,104
Real estate and rental and leasing (3) ...... 3 11 13 7 285 792 742 396
Professional and technical services (3) ..... 23 40 45 35 2,683 3,147 4,458 5,623
Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) 4 (2) (2) (2) 313 (2) (2)
Administrative and waste services (3) ....... 85 259 214 181 6,325 22,921 19,682 18,557
Educational services ........................ (2) 18 9 5 (2) 1,388 1,462 346
Health care and social assistance ........... 13 65 35 54 998 4,263 2,584 4,021
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 11 27 18 30 716 2,136 1,320 2,043
Accommodation and food services ............. 37 78 74 99 2,681 5,803 6,221 7,552
Other services, except public administration (2) 7 9 6 (2) 419 1,185 297
Unclassified ................................ - - - 2 - - - 73
Government ...................................... 29 126 54 65 2,180 9,073 5,128 5,490
Federal ..................................... 5 4 8 9 408 306 800 764
State ....................................... 7 26 13 12 777 2,179 1,464 922
Local ....................................... 17 96 33 44 995 6,588 2,864 3,804
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
