Displaced workers by industry of lost job and employment status in January 2006, selected industries Percent Number Employed Unemployed Not in the labor force Manufacturing 1,085,000 64.5 15.3 20.2 Wholesale and retail trade 508,000 68.8 14.1 17.1 Professional and business services 406,000 71.5 14.8 13.7 Financial activities 368,000 77.0 12.9 10.1 Construction 270,000 78.7 7.4 13.9 Education and health services 264,000 72.3 8.2 19.5 Government 202,000 66.5 9.4 24.1 Transportation and utilities 189,000 77.1 18.7 4.2 Leisure and hospitality 174,000 71.6 11.3 17.0 Information 164,000 75.9 8.2 15.9 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2003 and December 2005 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts.