Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance
Initial claimants for
Mass layoff events unemployment insurance
Industry
June April May June June April May June
2007 2008 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008
Seasonally adjusted
Total ..................................... 1,238 1,308 1,626 1,643 129,858 133,914 171,387 165,697
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,116 1,186 1,496 1,491 120,165 124,053 161,912 153,568
Manufacturing ............................... 351 483 528 541 40,670 60,552 72,058 76,514
Not seasonally adjusted
Total (1) ................................. 1,599 1,272 1,552 1,622 172,810 130,810 159,471 166,742
Total, private .................................. 1,372 1,234 1,467 1,363 152,740 127,631 152,510 144,732
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting .. 54 62 29 48 4,071 6,006 2,048 3,816
Total, private nonfarm ........................ 1,318 1,172 1,438 1,315 148,669 121,625 150,462 140,916
Mining ...................................... - (2) 5 (2) - (2) 458 (2)
Utilities ................................... (2) (2) 4 (2) (2) (2) 475 (2)
Construction ................................ 106 112 167 114 8,157 8,106 12,411 7,713
Manufacturing ............................... 313 394 388 309 36,571 48,188 51,698 42,097
Food .................................... 50 66 48 58 5,901 7,085 4,800 6,065
Beverage and tobacco products ........... (2) 4 5 (2) (2) 422 273 (2)
Textile mills ........................... 7 10 6 5 871 1,065 520 730
Textile product mills ................... (2) 5 8 (2) (2) 700 580 (2)
Apparel ................................. 9 10 14 7 770 872 1,171 534
Leather and allied products ............. 4 (2) (2) 3 435 (2) (2) 862
Wood products ........................... 22 33 24 22 2,063 3,973 2,455 2,314
Paper ................................... 8 7 11 6 592 419 1,091 411
Printing and related support activities . 11 11 9 10 1,033 1,136 833 1,116
Petroleum and coal products ............. - (2) (2) - - (2) (2) -
Chemicals ............................... 5 8 9 4 367 621 696 228
Plastics and rubber products ............ 10 28 21 8 971 2,522 1,793 960
Nonmetallic mineral products ............ 12 14 14 9 899 1,251 1,175 516
Primary metals .......................... 15 14 9 12 1,613 1,386 1,217 1,012
Fabricated metal products ............... 15 22 29 19 1,377 1,612 2,596 1,716
Machinery ............................... 24 19 25 22 4,268 2,393 3,758 2,611
Computer and electronic products ........ 20 15 14 13 1,668 1,544 1,250 1,091
Electrical equipment and appliances ..... 13 13 13 8 1,540 1,153 1,845 2,128
Transportation equipment ................ 59 89 101 74 9,438 17,617 21,667 17,597
Furniture and related products .......... 19 18 20 12 1,840 1,746 3,285 1,076
Miscellaneous manufacturing ............. 4 3 5 13 314 395 445 909
Wholesale trade ............................. 21 26 21 15 1,398 2,649 1,513 908
Retail trade ................................ 77 95 109 89 8,548 7,933 10,090 10,567
Transportation and warehousing .............. 173 108 99 160 24,861 12,228 11,176 20,647
Information ................................. 39 33 56 47 6,323 3,446 9,251 5,078
Finance and insurance ....................... 31 43 38 40 2,323 2,978 2,666 2,968
Real estate and rental and leasing .......... 8 7 6 7 570 864 407 798
Professional and technical services ......... 29 59 66 32 4,960 7,282 6,924 3,903
Management of companies and enterprises ..... (2) (2) 4 4 (2) (2) 383 257
Administrative and waste services ........... 146 168 192 164 14,846 16,831 16,175 15,635
Educational services ........................ 17 5 6 18 1,144 464 383 1,275
Health care and social assistance ........... 166 16 85 151 15,124 1,016 7,643 11,867
Arts, entertainment, and recreation ......... 30 28 32 26 1,620 2,078 1,993 1,462
Accommodation and food services ............. 109 68 122 102 17,231 6,743 13,212 12,931
Other services, except public administration 47 5 38 33 4,441 310 3,604 2,507
Unclassified ................................ - - - 1 - - - 57
Government ...................................... 227 38 85 259 20,070 3,179 6,961 22,010
Federal ..................................... 12 7 16 11 1,337 490 1,656 928
State ....................................... 20 10 14 12 1,438 748 867 953
Local ....................................... 195 21 55 236 17,295 1,941 4,438 20,129
1 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
2 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
