Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
Industry Mass layoff totals Average weekly mass layoffs (1)
Events Initial claimants Events Initial claimants
April April April April April April April April
2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013
Total (2) .................................. 1,421 1,174 146,358 119,196 355 294 36,590 29,799
Total, private ................................... 1,378 1,125 140,376 114,638 345 281 35,094 28,660
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ... 85 57 7,679 5,533 21 14 1,920 1,383
Total, private nonfarm ......................... 1,293 1,068 132,697 109,105 323 267 33,174 27,276
Mining ....................................... 7 8 774 687 2 2 194 172
Utilities .................................... (3) - (3) - (3) - (3) -
Construction ................................. 138 97 9,720 7,185 35 24 2,430 1,796
Construction of buildings ................ 28 15 1,845 1,047 7 4 461 262
Heavy and civil engineering construction . 45 34 3,066 2,527 11 9 767 632
Specialty trade contractors .............. 65 48 4,809 3,611 16 12 1,202 903
Manufacturing ................................ 256 248 32,518 25,780 64 62 8,130 6,445
Food ..................................... 86 75 8,735 8,477 22 19 2,184 2,119
Beverage and tobacco products ............ 5 (3) 293 (3) 1 (3) 73 (3)
Textile mills ............................ 24 8 3,246 760 6 2 812 190
Textile product mills .................... 3 4 260 499 1 1 65 125
Apparel .................................. 12 9 1,329 845 3 2 332 211
Leather and allied products .............. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Wood products ............................ 10 8 780 721 3 2 195 180
Paper .................................... 3 3 335 213 1 1 84 53
Printing and related support activities .. 7 10 436 719 2 3 109 180
Petroleum and coal products .............. - 3 - 202 - 1 - 51
Chemicals ................................ 3 7 343 626 1 2 86 157
Plastics and rubber products ............. 9 4 2,645 330 2 1 661 83
Nonmetallic mineral products ............. 7 6 546 619 2 2 137 155
Primary metals ........................... 8 14 839 1,519 2 4 210 380
Fabricated metal products ................ 7 15 788 1,596 2 4 197 399
Machinery ................................ 17 18 1,649 2,113 4 5 412 528
Computer and electronic products ......... 14 17 1,366 1,184 4 4 342 296
Electrical equipment and appliances ...... 5 11 722 1,509 1 3 181 377
Transportation equipment ................. 26 17 7,093 1,432 7 4 1,773 358
Furniture and related products ........... 6 10 634 1,422 2 3 159 356
Miscellaneous manufacturing .............. (3) 6 (3) 640 (3) 2 (3) 160
Wholesale trade .............................. 29 19 2,498 1,364 7 5 625 341
Retail trade (4) ............................. 105 96 9,491 9,833 26 24 2,373 2,458
Building material and garden supply stores 9 8 640 884 2 2 160 221
Food and beverage stores ................. 14 16 1,259 1,462 4 4 315 366
Clothing and clothing accessories stores . 9 8 625 392 2 2 156 98
General merchandise stores ............... 45 42 5,018 5,568 11 11 1,255 1,392
Transportation and warehousing (4) ........... 171 116 23,008 12,688 43 29 5,752 3,172
Truck transportation ..................... 4 4 243 209 1 1 61 52
Transit and ground passenger
transportation ......................... 151 93 21,409 10,908 38 23 5,352 2,727
Support activities for transportation .... (3) 7 (3) 606 (3) 2 (3) 152
Information .................................. 35 38 4,024 9,107 9 10 1,006 2,277
Finance and insurance ........................ 33 27 2,095 1,960 8 7 524 490
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 8 4 601 201 2 1 150 50
Professional and technical services .......... 55 78 6,288 9,919 14 20 1,572 2,480
Management of companies and enterprises ...... (3) 5 (3) 434 (3) 1 (3) 109
Administrative and waste services ............ 220 155 17,166 13,493 55 39 4,292 3,373
Educational services ......................... 18 11 2,778 939 5 3 695 235
Health care and social assistance ............ 41 41 3,133 3,460 10 10 783 865
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 40 34 3,344 3,320 10 9 836 830
Accommodation and food services .............. 110 80 13,707 7,939 28 20 3,427 1,985
Accommodation ............................ 39 35 3,332 2,865 10 9 833 716
Food services and drinking places ........ 71 45 10,375 5,074 18 11 2,594 1,269
Other services, except public administration . 9 9 521 699 2 2 130 175
Unclassified ................................. 10 2 452 97 3 1 113 24
Government ....................................... 43 49 5,982 4,558 11 12 1,496 1,140
Federal ...................................... 5 9 395 1,074 1 2 99 269
State ........................................ 13 13 3,164 1,257 3 3 791 314
State government education .............. 5 2 406 109 1 1 102 27
Local ........................................ 25 27 2,423 2,227 6 7 606 557
Local government education .............. 7 8 1,032 877 2 2 258 219
1 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. There were 4 weeks in April 2012 and 4 weeks in April
2013. Average weekly events and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals due to rounding.
2 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
3 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
4 Includes other industries not shown.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
