Chart 6. Percent shares in total gross job losses, by establishment wage class, third quarter 1992 to first quarter 2020
Quarter High-paying establishments Medium-paying establishments Low-paying establishments

Q3 1992

29.2 48.6 22.2

Q4 1992

28.8 47.9 23.3

Q1 1993

29.2 48.2 22.7

Q2 1993

28.3 48.2 23.5

Q3 1993

28.2 48.6 23.2

Q4 1993

28.0 47.8 24.2

Q1 1994

28.4 48.7 23.0

Q2 1994

27.1 48.9 24.0

Q3 1994

27.2 48.8 24.0

Q4 1994

27.1 48.5 24.4

Q1 1995

27.6 49.6 22.8

Q2 1995

26.5 49.5 24.1

Q3 1995

26.9 49.3 23.8

Q4 1995

26.7 48.8 24.5

Q1 1996

27.0 50.1 22.8

Q2 1996

26.5 49.7 23.7

Q3 1996

27.3 49.4 23.4

Q4 1996

26.7 48.6 24.7

Q1 1997

26.7 50.2 23.0

Q2 1997

26.4 50.0 23.6

Q3 1997

26.9 50.0 23.1

Q4 1997

27.1 49.2 23.7

Q1 1998

26.6 50.7 22.7

Q2 1998

27.1 50.4 22.4

Q3 1998

26.5 51.3 22.2

Q4 1998

27.0 49.6 23.4

Q1 1999

27.6 49.5 22.8

Q2 1999

26.9 50.5 22.6

Q3 1999

27.0 50.3 22.7

Q4 1999

26.7 50.0 23.4

Q1 2000

25.9 51.0 23.1

Q2 2000

25.8 51.4 22.8

Q3 2000

25.8 51.4 22.7

Q4 2000

25.7 50.7 23.6

Q1 2001

26.2 51.7 22.1

Q2 2001

28.4 50.8 20.8

Q3 2001

28.4 50.2 21.5

Q4 2001

28.4 49.9 21.7

Q1 2002

28.9 49.6 21.5

Q2 2002

28.9 49.4 21.7

Q3 2002

27.3 50.6 22.1

Q4 2002

26.6 50.2 23.1

Q1 2003

26.5 51.6 21.9

Q2 2003

27.1 50.4 22.5

Q3 2003

25.9 51.1 23.0

Q4 2003

26.0 50.4 23.5

Q1 2004

25.7 51.7 22.6

Q2 2004

25.7 50.6 23.7

Q3 2004

24.6 52.3 23.1

Q4 2004

24.4 51.0 24.6

Q1 2005

24.6 51.9 23.5

Q2 2005

24.3 52.1 23.7

Q3 2005

23.6 52.5 23.9

Q4 2005

23.6 52.3 24.0

Q1 2006

24.2 52.2 23.6

Q2 2006

23.4 52.5 24.1

Q3 2006

23.8 52.5 23.7

Q4 2006

23.8 52.8 23.4

Q1 2007

24.1 52.3 23.5

Q2 2007

23.5 52.5 24.0

Q3 2007

23.8 52.7 23.6

Q4 2007

24.0 52.9 23.1

Q1 2008

24.0 53.0 23.0

Q2 2008

23.8 53.1 23.1

Q3 2008

24.5 52.9 22.6

Q4 2008

25.4 53.5 21.0

Q1 2009

26.6 53.1 20.3

Q2 2009

28.8 50.6 20.6

Q3 2009

26.7 51.1 22.2

Q4 2009

25.7 51.9 22.4

Q1 2010

25.3 51.4 23.3

Q2 2010

24.7 52.0 23.3

Q3 2010

23.8 52.9 23.3

Q4 2010

24.0 53.0 23.0

Q1 2011

23.4 52.3 24.2

Q2 2011

23.5 52.9 23.5

Q3 2011

23.2 53.2 23.6

Q4 2011

23.4 53.6 23.0

Q1 2012

23.9 52.7 23.4

Q2 2012

23.5 53.2 23.2

Q3 2012

23.8 53.2 23.0

Q4 2012

23.8 54.4 21.8

Q1 2013

23.9 52.7 23.4

Q2 2013

23.9 53.2 22.9

Q3 2013

23.8 53.0 23.2

Q4 2013

24.0 54.0 22.1

Q1 2014

23.4 53.0 23.6

Q2 2014

23.6 53.3 23.1

Q3 2014

23.2 53.6 23.2

Q4 2014

23.3 54.5 22.2

Q1 2015

23.6 53.5 22.9

Q2 2015

24.1 53.4 22.5

Q3 2015

24.0 53.7 22.3

Q4 2015

24.1 54.3 21.6

Q1 2016

23.7 52.9 23.4

Q2 2016

23.9 53.2 22.9

Q3 2016

23.3 53.6 23.1

Q4 2016

23.3 54.4 22.3

Q1 2017

22.7 53.9 23.4

Q2 2017

22.7 54.1 23.2

Q3 2017

22.6 53.9 23.5

Q4 2017

23.5 54.3 22.2

Q1 2018

22.7 53.8 23.5

Q2 2018

22.5 53.7 23.7

Q3 2018

22.7 53.5 23.8

Q4 2018

23.1 55.0 21.9

Q1 2019

22.6 54.6 22.7

Q2 2019

22.8 54.5 22.7

Q3 2019

23.0 54.1 23.0

Q4 2019

23.6 54.7 21.7

Q1 2020

21.6 55.2 23.2

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.