Figure 8c. Layoffs and discharges levels of establishment-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2016
Month and year Size class 1 (1–49 employees) Size class 2 (50–449 employees) Size class 3 (500+ employees)

Dec 2000

692,048 768,272 279,000

Jan 2001

920,257 772,611 311,575

Feb 2001

679,618 791,972 271,403

Mar 2001

745,000 870,213 352,693

Apr 2001

796,572 728,302 346,623

May 2001

841,094 767,334 247,162

Jun 2001

674,696 855,335 261,481

Jul 2001

672,543 933,415 218,290

Aug 2001

638,866 773,681 366,900

Sep 2001

720,675 930,982 349,439

Oct 2001

819,794 950,997 338,105

Nov 2001

874,636 890,768 275,030

Dec 2001

713,077 818,882 271,381

Jan 2002

664,033 785,368 316,549

Feb 2002

837,663 811,692 240,973

Mar 2002

611,697 831,480 256,168

Apr 2002

662,067 872,248 263,818

May 2002

704,935 908,621 260,307

Jun 2002

751,620 718,781 223,358

Jul 2002

785,499 795,165 270,230

Aug 2002

706,501 760,586 239,083

Sep 2002

700,420 795,556 258,859

Oct 2002

675,669 795,293 257,368

Nov 2002

748,395 797,406 276,692

Dec 2002

754,590 824,446 302,254

Jan 2003

781,735 835,312 242,808

Feb 2003

779,320 834,634 256,432

Mar 2003

737,660 748,228 219,599

Apr 2003

761,106 907,844 254,968

May 2003

805,616 747,581 254,347

Jun 2003

754,673 849,031 288,021

Jul 2003

851,040 751,599 286,537

Aug 2003

842,078 768,826 236,560

Sep 2003

790,779 746,258 234,118

Oct 2003

740,071 786,888 268,135

Nov 2003

689,362 768,095 222,968

Dec 2003

804,447 759,520 238,162

Jan 2004

778,349 791,412 250,200

Feb 2004

766,673 737,772 234,151

Mar 2004

797,446 798,589 246,222

Apr 2004

792,464 771,930 203,805

May 2004

765,193 747,282 245,064

Jun 2004

758,940 670,620 277,410

Jul 2004

706,560 744,321 195,150

Aug 2004

799,410 811,175 229,369

Sep 2004

789,732 739,340 205,609

Oct 2004

814,129 653,870 185,675

Nov 2004

802,189 721,489 229,172

Dec 2004

791,191 781,980 268,608

Jan 2005

779,543 802,981 218,379

Feb 2005

876,049 697,498 245,694

Mar 2005

841,729 753,472 240,166

Apr 2005

807,863 689,594 227,471

May 2005

820,004 767,875 193,888

Jun 2005

815,262 789,843 210,751

Jul 2005

778,076 811,680 236,545

Aug 2005

789,874 746,422 266,572

Sep 2005

767,325 795,725 203,731

Oct 2005

751,670 640,629 171,150

Nov 2005

759,617 629,784 183,483

Dec 2005

654,809 729,047 175,538

Jan 2006

639,251 678,886 176,578

Feb 2006

706,742 663,255 158,030

Mar 2006

641,746 736,277 170,335

Apr 2006

755,919 753,794 154,497

May 2006

684,844 906,666 192,841

Jun 2006

650,976 711,185 170,344

Jul 2006

716,802 701,880 241,407

Aug 2006

666,175 696,209 184,487

Sep 2006

709,177 694,766 181,850

Oct 2006

764,208 782,695 175,706

Nov 2006

777,809 731,740 179,079

Dec 2006

693,154 712,735 195,764

Jan 2007

695,513 699,232 174,964

Feb 2007

688,249 697,994 218,629

Mar 2007

702,763 788,895 180,366

Apr 2007

807,505 713,668 199,627

May 2007

728,424 750,320 189,934

Jun 2007

736,349 777,418 211,007

Jul 2007

723,235 746,613 155,851

Aug 2007

766,262 761,912 190,392

Sep 2007

924,625 812,885 193,948

Oct 2007

861,475 788,943 181,517

Nov 2007

798,207 795,887 180,636

Dec 2007

701,770 720,749 169,608

Jan 2008

776,041 687,428 207,306

Feb 2008

763,731 809,624 213,596

Mar 2008

764,197 746,842 203,713

Apr 2008

679,351 824,198 216,995

May 2008

805,738 739,633 217,553

Jun 2008

876,931 749,278 210,373

Jul 2008

790,449 781,705 219,384

Aug 2008

961,512 766,832 228,486

Sep 2008

727,833 803,277 222,518

Oct 2008

841,006 898,066 250,828

Nov 2008

944,397 899,229 282,763

Dec 2008

1,048,981 967,929 294,826

Jan 2009

1,068,755 1,020,284 308,140

Feb 2009

1,127,067 1,023,928 237,153

Mar 2009

1,057,941 960,928 246,521

Apr 2009

1,075,246 936,036 287,271

May 2009

935,194 811,366 241,705

Jun 2009

887,715 748,260 240,313

Jul 2009

1,004,650 758,403 218,661

Aug 2009

888,277 788,428 185,459

Sep 2009

954,368 763,824 177,002

Oct 2009

807,776 782,173 265,911

Nov 2009

759,452 766,890 180,763

Dec 2009

923,638 747,397 190,406

Jan 2010

760,589 723,033 216,566

Feb 2010

883,249 613,884 187,789

Mar 2010

815,415 665,421 181,423

Apr 2010

733,794 568,781 174,008

May 2010

808,058 653,484 152,381

Jun 2010

744,743 663,603 150,868

Jul 2010

837,331 724,708 158,856

Aug 2010

694,618 628,883 169,232

Sep 2010

706,610 623,540 180,170

Oct 2010

775,276 627,532 144,864

Nov 2010

741,243 685,682 179,991

Dec 2010

791,415 682,344 168,451

Jan 2011

813,208 642,984 169,055

Feb 2011

773,998 612,827 166,450

Mar 2011

739,656 681,870 168,209

Apr 2011

669,933 664,664 182,500

May 2011

701,963 676,620 227,779

Jun 2011

792,090 673,544 201,345

Jul 2011

756,321 675,784 183,855

Aug 2011

735,276 641,133 180,619

Sep 2011

723,807 700,893 179,730

Oct 2011

717,199 695,337 196,118

Nov 2011

756,676 667,249 208,073

Dec 2011

711,184 685,316 223,303

Jan 2012

760,699 665,893 171,164

Feb 2012

726,708 687,243 221,306

Mar 2012

645,333 678,925 199,269

Apr 2012

765,019 732,213 201,257

May 2012

754,974 749,546 213,767

Jun 2012

756,597 673,865 251,616

Jul 2012

664,845 663,352 206,123

Aug 2012

794,451 714,977 203,270

Sep 2012

710,260 727,496 211,438

Oct 2012

783,076 683,522 218,467

Nov 2012

779,870 688,139 208,951

Dec 2012

634,128 623,805 211,390

Jan 2013

624,852 667,094 225,904

Feb 2013

687,954 610,222 197,595

Mar 2013

740,488 633,692 199,743

Apr 2013

731,434 658,648 231,591

May 2013

755,308 668,470 220,299

Jun 2013

727,722 581,014 200,201

Jul 2013

629,565 632,139 233,478

Aug 2013

646,142 721,341 249,050

Sep 2013

766,151 620,643 252,718

Oct 2013

604,739 583,764 240,289

Nov 2013

589,957 620,081 204,969

Dec 2013

729,032 633,972 199,608

Jan 2014

686,179 674,015 238,216

Feb 2014

621,516 709,264 228,573

Mar 2014

592,718 675,654 219,678

Apr 2014

693,506 679,125 215,964

May 2014

625,911 709,620 208,018

Jun 2014

592,058 745,804 213,133

Jul 2014

704,202 753,665 210,156

Aug 2014

658,979 698,629 245,595

Sep 2014

625,877 706,747 228,798

Oct 2014

645,438 782,613 237,734

Nov 2014

652,662 702,855 223,894

Dec 2014

741,351 652,025 208,664

Jan 2015

646,776 727,792 213,555

Feb 2015

654,159 678,076 220,422

Mar 2015

745,021 763,040 234,930

Apr 2015

685,842 777,102 221,585

May 2015

672,447 695,082 215,364

Jun 2015

712,248 761,612 208,243

Jul 2015

562,770 774,672 209,665

Aug 2015

691,267 686,261 222,245

Sep 2015

766,098 745,794 239,540

Oct 2015

691,471 718,174 208,183

Nov 2015

653,805 638,270 246,204

Dec 2015

646,810 701,739 210,847

Jan 2016

657,758 660,985 290,911

Feb 2016

718,137 717,913 237,938

Mar 2016

642,009 706,286 254,290

Apr 2016

624,121 733,763 225,728

May 2016

701,185 692,374 241,373

Jun 2016

652,134 653,688 228,271

Jul 2016

648,718 679,575 200,331

Aug 2016

639,564 674,080 219,860

Sep 2016

512,055 648,178 209,609

Oct 2016

588,136 660,040 206,179

Nov 2016

605,799 681,847 189,769

Dec 2016

647,773 636,747 224,673

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.