Table 5. Displaced workers (1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2008
Table 5. Displaced workers (1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2008
Percent distribution by employment status
Total
Occupation of lost job (thousands)
Total Employed Unemployed Not in the
labor force
Total, 20 years and over (2).................. 3,641 100.0 67.1 18.0 15.0
Management, professional, and related occupations. 1,147 100.0 68.6 19.1 12.2
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations.................................... 605 100.0 64.2 23.1 12.7
Professional and related occupations............ 542 100.0 73.5 14.7 11.7
Service occupations............................... 319 100.0 70.1 12.6 17.3
Sales and office occupations...................... 987 100.0 65.0 16.1 18.8
Sales and related occupations................... 413 100.0 68.6 13.8 17.6
Office and administrative support occupations... 574 100.0 62.5 17.8 19.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations...................................... 415 100.0 69.1 21.2 9.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...... 21 100.0 (3) (3) (3)
Construction and extraction occupations......... 218 100.0 63.3 31.7 5.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations.................................... 176 100.0 75.1 10.0 14.9
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations...................................... 746 100.0 65.1 18.8 16.1
Production occupations.......................... 536 100.0 64.5 20.0 15.4
Transportation and material moving occupations.. 210 100.0 66.5 15.6 17.8
1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January
2005 and December 2007 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of
their positions or shifts.
2 Total includes a small number who did not report occupation.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
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