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Extended Mass Layoffs in 009 Abstract [Excerpt] The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program to provide information on large-scale layoff events and the characteristics of the dislocated workers. This report summarizes the data on extended layoffs for all of 009. Extended mass layoffs, as defined by the MLS program, refer to layoffs of at least 3 days duration that involve the filing of initial claims for unemployment insurance by 50 or more individuals from a single establishment during a period of 5 consecutive weeks. Since 004, the detailed reports no longer cover Government and agricultural layoffs. Additional information about the program is provided in the technical note that follows the tables. Keywords mass layoffs, unemployment, dislocated workers, unemployment insurance, geographic distribution, worksite closures Comments Suggested Citation U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (00). Extended mass layoffs in 009 (BLS Report No. 05). Washington, D.C.: Author. This article is available at DigitalCommons@ILR: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/690

Extended Mass Layoffs in 009 U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics December 00 BLS Report 05 Introduction The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program to provide information on largescale layoff events and the characteristics of the dislocated workers. This report summarizes the data on extended layoffs for all of 009. Extended mass layoffs, as defined by the MLS program, refer to layoffs of at least 3 days duration that involve the filing of initial claims for unemployment insurance by 50 or more individuals from a single establishment during a period of 5 consecutive weeks. Since 004, the detailed reports no longer cover Government and agricultural layoffs. Additional information about the program is provided in the technical note that follows the tables. In 009, employers laid off about. million workers in,87 private nonfarm extended mass layoff events. Both layoff events and separations rose sharply from 008. The numbers of layoff events and separations in 009 registered their highest levels since annual data became available in 996. Most of the increase in 009 layoff activity occurred in the first quarter. (See table.) In terms of worker separations, historic highs for the data series were reached in 6 of 8 industry sectors, all 9 geographic Census divisions, and 8 States. Layoffs attributed to business demand factors (especially slack work or insufficient demand) accounted for more than 85,000 worker separations, the highest annual level due to demand factors on record. Layoff activity involving permanent worksite closures accounted for 9 percent of all extended mass layoff events and affected 37,8 workers in 009. Thirty-four percent of employers reporting an extended mass layoff in 009 indicated they anticipated some type of recall of workers, the lowest proportion since 996. The total number of business functions reported by employers in nonseasonal layoff events in 009 was 8,865, an increase of 55 percent from,77 business functions a year earlier. In 009, the average national unemployment rate was 9.3 percent; a year earlier, it was 5.8 percent. Private nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 5 percent, or 5,90,000 jobs, from 008 to 009. Industry distribution of 009 mass layoffs In 009, all 8 major sectors posted over-the-year increases in separations when compared with 008. Manufacturing recorded the largest increase in extended mass layoff separations between 008 and 009 (+84,95), followed by administrative and waste services (+05,86) and retail trade (+54,583). (See table 3.) Manufacturing establishments accounted for 3 percent of extended mass layoff events and separations in 009 the highest percentages recorded for manufacturing since 996. Within the manufacturing industry, transportation equipment (largely automobiles) and machinery manufacturing (mostly construction machinery) firms accounted for 4 percent of the separations in 009. The number of separations due to extended mass layoffs increased in 7 of manufacturing subsectors from 008 to 009. (See tables and 3.) Administrative and waste services accounted for 9 percent of layoff events and percent of separations, largely due to business demand reasons in the administrative and support services subsector. (See table.) In 009, the number of mass layoff separations (46,58) in administrative and waste services reached their highest levels since 996. Construction (mainly in specialty trade contractors and in heavy and civil engineering) accounted for 7 percent of private nonfarm mass layoff events and percent of separations in 009. The number of laid-off construction workers reached a historic high at 45,770, with annual data available back to 996. (See table.) Sixty-three percent of all construction layoffs were due to the completion of contracts and the ending of seasonal work. Employers expected a recall in 56 percent of the construction layoff events, the second lowest percentage on record for the industry. Among the 86 three-digit NAICS-coded industry groups in the private nonfarm economy identified in the MLS program, 68 posted increases in the number of separated workers during 009. Of these, administrative and support services recorded the largest increase (+04,9), followed by transportation equipment manufacturing (+48,907) and machinery manufacturing (+40,40). Fourteen industries registered decreases, led by wood product manufacturing with 9,006 fewer separated workers than the previous year. In 008, separations in wood product manufacturing reached a program high. At the three-digit NAICS industry level, machinery manufacturing moved into the top 0 in terms of worker separations in 009, with general merchandise stores dropping from the top 0. (See table 4.) Among the six-digit NAICS industries, light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing and commercial banking moved into the top 0 in terms of separations, replacing discount department stores and real estate credit. (See table 5.)

Extended mass layoff separations, by reason categories 00 09 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 Separations 500,000 400,000 300,000 00,000 00,000 0 00 00 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 Year Seasonal Business demand Organizational changes Financial issues Production specific Disaster/Safety The chart excludes information on layoffs due to other/miscellaneous reasons. Reason for layoff Based on the seven categories of economic reasons for extended mass layoffs, events related to business demand factors (contract cancellation, contract completion, domestic competition, excess inventory, import completion, and slack work) accounted for 46 percent of layoff events and 39 percent of separations, the highest percentages of both events and separations for this category in program history. (See table 6 and the chart.) Within the business demand group, slack work/insufficient demand and contract completion together accounted for 93 percent of the events and separations. The number of layoff events due to excess inventory/saturated market increased from 40 in 008 to 89 in 009. In 009, seasonal reasons accounted for 9 percent of all extended mass layoff events and separations, down from 4 percent of events and 6 percent of separations in 008. (See table 6.) Food services and drinking places and transit and ground passenger transportation had the largest numbers of worker separations due to the ending of seasonal work. The largest over-the-year increase in layoffs, categorized by reason for layoff, occurred because of business demand factors (+308,64). This increase was largely due to more layoff activity in administrative and support services, machinery manufacturing, specialty trade contracting, and transportation equipment manufacturing. Employers citing financial issues reported the next highest increase in laidoff workers (+63,3). Layoffs due to production-specific factors had the largest decrease in worker separations when compared to 008 (-4,35). (See tables 6 and 7.) Movement of Work Movement of work occurred in 35 extended mass layoff events in 009. This was 4 percent of all nonseasonal and nonvacation period extended mass layoff events and resulted in the separation of 6,994 workers. Compared with 008, the number of events and associated job separations involving movement of work increased by 6 percent and percent, respectively. (See tables 9 and 3.) Among the 35 layoff events with reported relocation of work, 58 percent involved the permanent closure of worksites, which affected 37,65 workers. Manufacturing industries (largely

computer and electronic products and transportation equipment) accounted for 64 percent of events and 6 percent of separations in which work moved. (See table 9.) Organizational change (business ownership change and reorganization or restructuring of company) was cited as the economic reason for layoff in 37 percent of events and 35 percent of separations associated with the movement of work. (See table 0.) The West led all regions in terms of separations (7,808) associated with movement of work, followed by the Midwest (7,684). (See table.) All regions, except the Midwest, experienced over-the-year increases in the number of laidoff workers in events involving some movement of work in 009. The West recorded the largest over-the-year percentage increase (3 percent), followed by the Northeast (7 percent) and the South (4 percent). Benefit exhaustion rates were higher for claimants in layoffs involving the movement of work than for nonseasonal and nonvacation layoffs with no movement of work. Over one-third of such claimants associated with 009 events received final payments. Also, in movement of work events, the claimants in the oldest age category (55 years and older) were the most likely to exhaust their benefits. (See table.) The 35 extended layoff events with movement of work in 009 involved 49 identifiable relocations of work actions. (See table 3.) Employers were able to provide more complete separations information for 37 of the work actions. Eighty-eight percent of the 37 involved work moving within the same company, and 74 percent were domestic reassignments. For domestic relocations, employers cited California more than any other state as the location to which work was moving, followed by Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. Of the 37 events with identifiable relocations of work actions, 6 percent involved work moving out-of-country. (See table 4.) In 57 percent of cases, employers reported that the work had moved to either Mexico or China. Size of layoff Smaller-size layoffs those involving fewer than 50 workers in the layoff event accounted for 66 percent of the total,87 events in 009, the second highest percentage for this size-category in program history. These smaller layoff events, however, accounted for only 3 percent of all separations, about the same proportion as 008. (See table 5.) The average number of separations per layoff event in 009 was 78, down from 84 in 008. Employers reporting the worksite as permanently closed averaged 6 job separations per event, down from 40 in 008. (See table 6.) Among private sector employers, the accommodation and food services industry recorded the largest average number of separations per event (39 workers), followed by retail trade (9 workers) and arts, entertainment, and recreation (8 workers). Establishments with the smallest average layoff size were those in construction ( workers), followed by real estate and rental and leasing (3 workers). (See table 6.) Employers citing bankruptcy as the reason for layoff had the highest average layoff size per event (389 workers), followed by governmental regulations/intervention (34 workers), business-ownership change (309 workers), and extreme weather (74 workers). Layoffs due to domestic competition and energy-related issues averaged the fewest separations per layoff event (00 and 0 workers, respectively). (See table 6.) Initial claimants In 009, a program high.4 million initial claimants for unemployment insurance were associated with extended mass layoff events. Of these, 36 percent were women, 4 percent were Black, 6 percent were Hispanic, 34 percent were between the ages of 30 and 44, and 9 percent were 55 or older. (See tables 7 and 9.) In the total civilian labor force in 009, 47 percent were women, percent were Black, 5 percent were Hispanic, 33 percent were between the ages of 30 and 44, and 9 percent were 55 or older. The percentage of claimants who were women decreased to a record low 36 percent in 009. The proportion of claimants who were women was highest in health care and social assistance (83 percent) and in private educational services (68 percent). (See table 9.) People of Hispanic origin accounted for 6 percent of the claimants involved in extended mass layoff events in 009, about the same proportion as in 008. The percentage of claimants who were Hispanic in 009 was highest in administrative and waste services (5 percent) and health care and social assistance (4 percent). (See table 8.) The percentage of White claimants reached a record low in 009 (57.9 percent), and the proportion of Black claimants was 4 percent, down from 5 percent in 008. Establishments providing other services except public administration reported the highest percentage of Black claimants (4 percent), followed by educational services and by health care and social assistance ( percent each). Claimants between the ages of 30 and 44 accounted for 34 percent of all claimants from extended mass layoffs. The proportion of claimants in this age group was highest in construction (40 percent) and finance and insurance (39 percent). (See table 9.) A program high 9 percent of all claimants were aged 55 and over in 009. The proportion of claimants in this age group was highest in management of companies and enterprises (9 percent); transportation and warehousing (6 percent); and professional and technical services (6 percent). Duration of insured unemployment The national average duration of insured unemployment associated with extended mass layoffs was.3 months (as 3

measured by the average number of continued claims for unemployment insurance filed for the weeks that followed the initial claim and included the th day of the month). Among the States, Mississippi reported the longest duration of insured unemployment, with the average unemployment spell of nearly 4 months. The State with the next longest duration of insured unemployment was Colorado (with continued claims lasting an average of 3.6 months), followed by North Carolina (3.5 months) and the District of Columbia (3.4 months). Claimants experiencing the shortest insured jobless duration were separated from employers located in Kentucky, Nebraska, and North Dakota. Nationally, 4 percent of claimants associated with extended mass layoff events exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits in 009. Among the States, North Carolina reported the highest benefit exhaustion rate (47 percent), followed by Mississippi (44 percent), Florida (40 percent), and Tennessee (39 percent). States registering the lowest percentages of exhaustees were West Virginia, Nebraska, and Colorado. (See table 0.) The longest average jobless duration was experienced by claimants laid off from the finance and insurance sector (3.5 months). Claimants laid off from utilities experienced the shortest period of insured joblessness (.7 months). Benefit exhaustion rates were highest among workers in finance and insurance (40 percent), compared with workers in utilities who had the lowest rates (4 percent). (See table.) Claimants laid off because of organizational changes and financial issues reported the longest jobless duration (3 months and.9 months, respectively). The shortest duration occurred in layoffs due to disaster or safety issues (.7 months). (See table.) Benefit exhaustion rates were higher for claimants involved with worksite closures (40 percent), when compared with claimants affected by nonclosure layoff events. Claimants associated with layoffs from employers who did not expect a recall experienced a higher average benefit exhaustion rate (30 percent) than did workers affected by layoff events that were expected to lead to a recall (6 percent). (See table.) Among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas in terms of the level of extended mass layoff initial claims activity, claimants residing in Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO, reported the longest jobless duration (with an average of 4. monthly continued claims), followed by claimants living in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC, (3.6 months) and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL, (3.4 months). Extended mass layoff claimants residing in Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN, experienced the shortest duration of unemployment (half a month). Benefit exhaustion rates were highest for claimants in Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (47 percent), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale- Pompano Beach, FL (46 percent). (See table.) Claimants age 55 and older and claimants under the age of 30 had the highest exhaustion rates (5 percent). Women had higher exhaustion rates (6 percent) than men ( percent). Black claimants reported higher benefit exhaustion rates (9 percent) than people of any other race or ethnic category. (See table 3.) Geographic distribution In 009, employers in the West reported the highest number of separations due to extended mass layoffs (70,369). (See table 4.) All four regions reached program highs for layoff events and associated separations (with data available back to 996). All nine geographic divisions had an increase in separations in 009, with the largest increases in the Pacific (+77,08), Middle Atlantic (+0,347), and South Atlantic (+8,363) divisions. (See table 4.) California had the largest number of worker separations, 497,90, in 009. The States with the next-highest totals of separations (including seasonal layoffs) were Illinois (40,45) and Florida (38,840). (See table 5.) Forty-six States and the District of Columbia had over-the-year increases in the number of laid-off workers, led by California (+53,33), Pennsylvania (+47,30), and New York (+39,555). In 009, twenty-eight States Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming reached their highest annual totals of laid-off workers. Eighty percent of the initial claimants associated with extended mass layoff events in 009 resided within metropolitan areas, about the same as in 008 (78 percent). Among the 37 metropolitan areas, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA, reported the highest number of resident initial claimants (83,97). Two hundred fifteen metropolitan areas reached program highs in 009 (with data available back to 996). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, entered the top 0 metropolitan areas in terms of resident initial claimants, while Sacramento Arden-Arcade Roseville, CA, dropped out of the top 0. (See table 6.) Recall expectations In 009, employers expected a recall in 34 percent of all extended mass layoff events, the lowest proportion in program history. Excluding seasonal and vacation-period layoffs (in which a recall was expected 94 percent of the time), a recall was expected in a program low percent of events, down from 4 percent in 008. (See table 7.) Of those establishments expecting a recall in 009, a program low 34 percent indicated that all workers would eventually be recall, compared with 39 percent in 008. Seventy-three percent, also a program low, expected to recall at least half of the workers in 009, a decrease from 80 percent in 008. (See table 7.) 4

In 009, industry sectors where the expectation of recall was highest following a layoff included: arts, entertainment, and recreation (a program low 65 percent for this industry); health care and social assistance (63 percent); and construction (56 percent). Layoffs in the finance and insurance and information sectors had the lowest percentages of recall expectation, at percent and 4 percent (a program low for the information industry), respectively. (See table 8.) Employers citing organizational changes (4 percent) and financial issues (7 percent) had the lowest percentages of recall expectation. Layoffs due to seasonal reasons registered the highest recall expectations (94 percent), followed by layoffs due to disaster/safety reasons (68 percent). (See table 8.) Manufacturing industries accounted for 40 percent of events and 37 percent of separations from which the employer did not expect a recall. Administrative and waste services accounted for the second-highest percentage of separations (4 percent) where no recall was expected. Retail trade, construction, and administrative and waste services accounted for the second-highest percentage of events (9 percent each). (See table 9.) A lack of business demand, particularly from slack work and contract completion, was cited most frequently for layoffs from which no recall is expected, accounting for 6 percent of such layoff events and 56 percent of separations. Layoffs due to financial issues accounted for an additional percent of layoffs events with no expectation of recall and 6 percent of separations. (See table 9.) Permanent worksite closures Employers reported that 9 percent of private nonfarm extended mass layoff events in 009 resulted from a permanent closure of the worksite, affecting 37,8 workers, or percent of separations. Separations in permanent closures were due mostly to financial issues (09,747), followed by business demand reasons (74,058) and organizational reasons (4,430). (See table 30.) Manufacturing accounted for 44 percent of layoff events and 38 percent of separations resulting in a worksite closure. Retail trade accounted for 9 percent of the layoff events and 8 percent of separations resulting from closures during the year. (See table 3.) In 009, wood product manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, computer and electronic product manufacturing, electronics and appliance stores, and clothing and clothing accessories stores moved into the top 0 three-digit NAICS industries in terms of the number of workers laid off because of permanent closures. These industries replaced: plastics and rubber products manufacturing; furniture and home furnishings stores; food and beverage stores; hospitals; and food services and drinking places. (See table 3.) California registered the highest number of separations in permanent-closure-related layoff events (46,854), followed by Florida (9,830), Illinois (3,95), Pennsylvania (,887), and Ohio (,03). Between 008 and 009, the largest increases in separations due to closures were reported by Pennsylvania (+,55), Wisconsin (+5,47), California (+5,00), and Washington (+4,08), while Ohio and Florida had the largest decreases (-,448 and -7,4, respectively). (See table 33.) Four States reached new series highs in terms of closure-related separated workers in 009 Delaware, Georgia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Among the 37 metropolitan areas, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa-Ana, CA, reported the highest number of resident initial claimants in permanent-closure-related extended mass layoff events (,33), followed by New York- Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA, (8,799). Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL, and Sacramento-Arden- Arcade-Roseville, CA, entered the top 0 metropolitan areas this year in terms of the numbers of resident initial claimants due to permanent closures, replacing Dalton, GA, and San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA. (See table 34.) Business functions and business processes The total number of business functions reported by employers in nonseasonal layoff events in 009 was 8,865 an increase of 55 percent from,77 business functions a year earlier. (See the technical note for more information on business function information.) Just as in 008, producing goods and construction activities were cited most often by employers in 009 as the main business function that which involves the most laid-off workers. Secondary functions most often reported by employers for layoff were administrative and clerical support, first-line supervision, and human resources, including recruiting. (See table 35.) Business processes affected by extended mass layoffs during 009 numbered 4,83 up 4 percent from 0,43 a year earlier. Over the year, the number of reports increased for all five core processes with the largest percentage increase occurring in product development. All three support processes involved in layoffs also increased, with technology and process development having the largest percentage increase. (See table 36.) Among business processes affected by mass layoff events, the most common in 009 was operations the process most directly related to the key activity of the establishment. The next most frequently cited business processes were general management and firm infrastructure and procurement, logistics, and distribution. Core processes among goodsproducing industries increased by 45 percent, less than the 58-percent increase registered in service-providing industries. Conversely, support processes increased by 59 percent in goods-producing industries, compared with a 44-percent increase in service-producing industries. (See table 37.) 5

Table. Numbers of extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 00 09 Year/quarter Events Separations Initial claimants for unemployment insurance 00 First quarter...,546 304,7 306,535 Second quarter...,88 430,499 358,6 Third quarter...,69 330,39 336,98 Fourth quarter...,37 459,77 456,068 Total... 7,375,54,83,457,5 00 First quarter...,6 99,66 9,998 Second quarter...,64 344,606 99,598 Third quarter...,86 55,5 54,955 Fourth quarter...,96 373,307 370,59 Total... 6,337,7,33,8,43 003 First quarter...,50 86,947 97,608 Second quarter...,799 368,73 348,966 Third quarter...,90 36,333 7,909 Fourth quarter...,690 35,333 36,38 Total... 6,8,6,886,00,8 004 First quarter...,339 76,503 38,39 Second quarter...,358 78,83 54,063 Third quarter... 886 64,608 48,575 Fourth quarter...,47 73,967 6,049 Total... 5,00 993,909 903,079 005 First quarter...,4 86,506 85,486 Second quarter...,03 46,099,673 Third quarter...,36 0,878 90,86 Fourth quarter...,400 50,78 46,88 Total... 4,88 884,66 834,533 006 First quarter... 963 83,089 93,50 Second quarter...,353 95,964 64,97 Third quarter... 99 60,54 6,764 Fourth quarter...,640 96,66 330,954 Total... 4,885 935,969 95,55 007 First quarter...,0 5,600 99,50 Second quarter...,4 78,79 59,34 Third quarter...,08 60,04 73,077 Fourth quarter...,84 30,59 347,5 Total... 5,363 965,935 978,7 008 First quarter...,340 30,098 59,9 Second quarter...,756 354,73 339,630 Third quarter...,58 90,453 304,340 Fourth quarter... 3,58 64,74 766,780 Total... 8,59,56,978,670,04 009 First quarter... 3,979 705,4 835,55 Second quarter... 3,395 65,38 73,035 Third quarter...,034 345,59 406,75 Fourth quarter...,49 406,85 466,539 Total...,87,08,803,439,840 Data on layoffs were reported by employers in all States and the District of Columbia. 6

Table. Industry distribution: extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 007 09 Industry Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for unemployment insurance 007 008 009 007 008 009 007 008 009 Total, private nonfarm... 5,363 8,59,87 965,935,56,978,08,803 978,7,670,04,439,840 Mining 39 55 96 5,38 9,8 3,85 4,794 9,757 3,88 Utilities 9,8,03 3,647,548, 4,64 Construction,365,74,0 55,40 05,457 45,770 9,46 56,363 3,787 Manufacturing,366,586 3,835 4,39 483,984 668,79 309,670 639,69 893,50 Food 80 3 43,560 63,964 65,03 46,49 58,046 70,605 Beverage and tobacco products 9 5 34,34 3,68 5,8,77 4,386 7,85 Textile mills 39 49 59 7,707 9,487 7,936 3,7 3,59 8,63 Textile product mills 3 4 0,609 3,30,890 3,840 4,05 4,45 Apparel 49 48 83 6,44 6,7 3,664 6,406 7,305,487 Leather and allied products 5 6 6 477 678 806 645 657 777 Wood products 0 5 87 3,985 30,973,967 6,578 39,003 9,690 Paper 9 60 99 3,675 9,958,06 3,70 0,68 3,04 Printing and related support activities 37 43 96 5,798 5,603 3, 5,003 6,76 5,303 Petroleum and coal products 4 33 3,75 3,8 4,456 3,64 3,35 4,703 Chemicals 36 67 93 6,79 9,457,0 5,078 9,379,434 Plastics and rubber products 56 47 80 8,75 9,99 0,988 7,076 3,78 6,7 Nonmetallic mineral products 98 77 05,07 4,333 3,798 4,685 7,58 8,443 Primary metal 4 6 70 6,374 9,635 4,366 8,664 4,688 54,849 Fabricated metal products 74 03 356 9,944 4,845 44,86,786 35,606 57,40 Machinery 76 47 378 4,30 7,608 68,08 8,349 40,99 07,87 Computer and electronic products 84 59 39 4,69 6,47 5,940 3,09 7,6 60,078 Electrical equipment and appliance 33 74 4 5,375 4,59 0,606,85 9,039 6,47 Transportation equipment 6 574 7 59,94 56,00 04,909 04,7 45,404 30,5 Furniture and related products 79 03 43 9,979 7,583 0,453 0,39 3,06 30,48 Miscellaneous manufacturing 7 45 9 4,0 6,666,48 3,59 7,60,93 Wholesale trade 98 90 339,93 5,57 46,43,06 5,089 47,0 Retail trade 88 48 768 9,57,55 76,34 7,48 9,46 88,66 Transportation and warehousing 334 489 655 70,96 0,4 3,78 7,684 98,54 30,674 Information 93 04 35 3,387 38,048 54,9 6,804 39,39 73,37 Finance and insurance 373 405 479 66,085 9,783 98,69 67,78 86,07 0,746 Real estate and rental and leasing 8 5 95 3,84 6,385,538 3,79 7,540 3,364 Professional and technical services 7 57 448 49,4 67,400 87,50 38,075 5,5 8,93 Management of companies and enterprises 8 30 54 4,085 4,6 9,098 3,4 4,80,578 Administrative and waste services 345 67,083 55,806 40,97 46,58 60,473 50,95 79,69 Educational services 7 43 77 3,505 5,504 0,95 3,84 5,63,368 Health care and social assistance 60 39 393 40,364 44,30 53,86 30,57 36,50 5,006 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 39 78 54 45,08 5,4 57,874 7,09,996 39,3 Accommodation and food services 303 458 644 63,84 0,64 54,46 58,9 9,979 49,43 Other services, except public administration 93 0 48 3,069,769 9,660,689 3,78 9,676 Unclassified 4 4 846 84 65 587 497 65 Selected industry groupings Clothing manufacturing and distribution 80 44 403 36,370 69,39 87,395 50,384 97,486,594 Food processing and distribution 55 67 86 57,868 5,387 85,87 09,44 3,60 87,663 See footnote, table. See the technical note for descriptions of these industry groupings. 7

Table 3. Over-the-year change in extended mass layoff separations by industry, private nonfarm sector, 007 08 and 008 09 Industry 007 08 008 09 Level change Percent change Level change Percent change Total, private nonfarm... 55,043 57.0 59,85 39.0 Mining... 3,747 69.6,697 48.7 Utilities... 850 7.9,65 79.5 Construction... 50,056 3. 40,33 9.6 Manufacturing... 4,665 00.6 84,95 38. Food... 0,404 46.8,39.8 Beverage and tobacco products...,77 54.5,663 46.0 Textile mills...,780 3. -,55-6.3 Textile product mills... 7 7.3-430 -3.0 Apparel... -7 -.0 7,547 3.4 Leather and allied products... 0 4. 8 8.9 Wood products... 6,988.5-9,006-9. Paper... 6,83 7.0,48.6 Printing and related support activities... -95-3.4 7,509 34.0 Petroleum and coal products... 53.7,8 38.0 Chemicals... 3,78 50.6,555 7.0 Plastics and rubber products...,94 8.3,069 5.4 Nonmetallic mineral products...,6 0.0-535 -. Primary metal... 3,6 08.0,73 5.8 Fabricated metal products... 4,90 49.8 9,44 78. Machinery... 3,378 94.0 40,40 46.4 Computer and electronic products...,85 8. 5,469 96. Electrical equipment and appliance... 9,44 70. 6,087 4.9 Transportation equipment... 96,088 60.4 48,907 3.4 Furniture and related products... 7,604 76.,870 6.3 Miscellaneous manufacturing...,464 58.6 4,86 7. Wholesale trade...,36 95.3,74 83.8 Retail trade...,980.7 54,583 44.9 Transportation and warehousing... 3,36 44. 9,539 8.9 Information... 4,66 84. 6,43 4.4 Finance and insurance... 6,698 40.4 5,846 6.3 Real estate and rental and leasing...,544 66. 6,53 96.4 Professional and technical services... 8,76 36.9 0,0 9.8 Management of companies and enterprises... 56.9 4,487 97.3 Administrative and waste services... 85,66 5.6 05,86 74.7 Educational services...,999 57.0 5,4 98.3 Health care and social assistance... 3,866 9.6 9,63.8 Arts, entertainment, and recreation... 6,934 5.3 5,73.0 Accommodation and food services... 37,88 59.3 5,504 5.7 Other services, except public administration... -300 -.3 6,89 54.0 Unclassified... -5 -.6-576 -68.5 Selected industry groupings Clothing manufacturing and distribution 3,959 90.6 8,066 6. Food processing and distribution -5,48-3.5 33,485.0 See footnote, table. See the technical note for descriptions of these industry groupings. 3 Percentage could not be calculated because the denominator is zero. 8

Table 4. Industry distribution: extended mass layoff events and separations, private nonfarm sector, 50 highest three-digit NAICS industries, 008 09 008 009 Industry NAICS Events Separations Rank Events Separations Rank Total, private nonfarm... 8,59,56,978,87,08,803 Total, 50 highest industries... 7,73,444,604 0,943,985,803 Administrative and support services 56 66 40,,06 44,40 Transportation equipment manufacturing 336 574 56,00 7 04,909 Specialty trade contractors 38 795 84,07 3,00 0,66 3 Food services and drinking places 7 87 67,543 5 334 95,33 4 Heavy and civil engineering construction 37 630 83,30 4 677 9,305 5 Professional and technical services 54 57 67,400 6 448 87,50 6 Machinery manufacturing 333 47 7,608 5 378 68,08 7 Food manufacturing 3 80 63,964 7 3 65,03 8 Transit and ground passenger transportation 485 45,94 9 59 65,005 9 Credit intermediation and related activities 5 56 63,66 8 63 60,578 0 Accommodation 7 7 34,099 3 30 58,93 General merchandise stores 45 9 44,496 0 84 57,943 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 334 59 6,47 6 39 5,940 3 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 33 03 4,845 8 356 44,86 4 Construction of buildings 36 99 38,0 34 43,803 5 Primary metal manufacturing 33 6 9,635 70 4,366 6 Amusements, gambling, and recreation 73 90 37,756 33 40,530 7 Social assistance 64 8 5,897 7 64 3,053 8 Electronics and appliance stores 443 8,036 44 67 9,74 9 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 43 06,858 30 00 7,995 0 Insurance carriers and related activities 54 93 6,87 3 37 4,453 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 37 77 4,333 9 05 3,798 Truck transportation 484 03 4,585 6 64,53 3 Wood product manufacturing 3 5 30,973 4 87,967 4 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 36 47 9,99 0 80 0,988 5 Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 74 4,59 7 4 0,606 6 Furniture and related product manufacturing 337 03 7,583 43 0,453 7 Clothing and clothing accessories stores 448 49 3,09 9 8 7,898 8 Support activities for mining 3 7 3,708 55 04 7,895 9 Publishing industries, except Internet 5 83 0,77 37 8 7,507 30 Telecommunications 57 65 0,836 36 96 7,45 3 Performing arts and spectator sports 7 8 3,54 8 5,936 3 Couriers and messengers 49 36 5,3 4 46 5,409 33 Food and beverage stores 445 39,358 35 78 4,743 34 Nonstore retailers 454 60 5,074 5 64 4,50 35 Hospitals 6 47,8 3 7 4,3 36 Apparel manufacturing 35 48 6,7 49 83 3,664 37 Mining, except oil and gas 36 5,7 5 87 3,65 38 Printing and related support activities 33 43 5,603 50 96 3, 39 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 44 66 0,43 38 03 3,05 40 Securities, commodity contracts, investments 53 5,374 33 7,770 4 Paper manufacturing 3 60 9,958 39 99,06 4 Building material and garden supply stores 444 49 8,644 4 69,0 43 Chemical manufacturing 35 67 9,457 4 93,0 44 Miscellaneous manufacturing 339 45 6,666 46 9,48 45 Motion picture and sound recording industries 5 7,46 34 48,444 46 Educational services 6 43 5,504 5 77 0,95 47 Air transportation 48 43,607 3 49 0,450 48 Management of companies and enterprises 55 30 4,6 54 54 9,098 49 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 45 7,844 69 49 8,53 50 Industries are ranked by the number of separations in 009. See footnote, table. 9

Table industries, 5. Industry 007 09 distribution: extended mass layoff separations, private nonfarm sector, 50 highest six-digit NAICS industries, 007 09 Industry NAICS 007 008 009 Separations Rank Separations Rank Separations Rank Total, private nonfarm... 965,935,56,978,08,803 Total, 50 highest industries... 577, 87,364,07,47 Temporary help services 5630 9,97 7 53,7 4,884 Professional employer organizations 56330 6,55 7 4,588 3 7,55 Food service contractors 730 3,38 4 38,990 6 6,89 3 School and employee bus transportation 48540 47,560 3 4,47 4 58,057 4 Automobile manufacturing 336 6,998 0 40,78 5 5,395 5 Highway, street, and bridge construction 3730 47,686 50,788 50,359 6 Hotels and motels, except casino hotels 70 7,06 8 0,943 0 38,589 7 Light truck and utility vehicle manufacturing 336 5,85 8 7,06 5 34,365 8 Tax preparation services 543 4,703 5 3,63 7 9,74 9 Commercial banking 50 7,8 0 3,480 9 7,47 0 Radio, TV, and other electronics stores 443,7 9 6,744 5 7,3 Discount department stores 45 0,870 4,4 9 4,30 Department stores, except discount 45 6,75 6 0,059 4,5 3 Commercial building construction 360 9,470 6 6,98 6,547 4 Nonresidential electrical contractors 38 9,34 7 4,49 8,94 5 Child day care services 6440 7,059 9 7,30 4 0,03 6 Amusement and theme parks 730 6,6,009 7 9,48 7 Casino hotels 70 3,44 60,957 9,44 8 Iron and steel mills 33 790 00 7,53 43 7,56 9 Fruit and vegetable canning 34 0,85 5 8,473 3 6,855 0 Oil and gas pipeline construction 370 4,96 35,859 3 6,308 Industrial building construction 360 7,45 3,765 4 6,04 Aircraft manufacturing 3364 776 03 4,36 8 5,64 3 Couriers and express delivery services 490 3,977 47 5,3 7 5,37 4 Semiconductors and related device mfg. 33443 3,880 50 7,840 40 4,8 5 Nonresidential plumbing and HVAC contractors 38 6,98 4 0,97 3 4,77 6 General medical and surgical hospitals 60 8,54 8,535 5 3,93 7 Telemarketing and other contact centers 564 3,89 65 8,837 37 3,770 8 Supermarkets and other grocery stores 4450 6,988 9,648 33 3,7 9 Construction machinery manufacturing 3330 ( 3 ) 578,856 5,75 30 Nonresidential drywall contractors 383 4,373 43 9,3 34,564 3 All other motor vehicle parts manufacturing 336399 4,53 44 3,7 0,80 3 Skiing facilities 7390 6,48 0,706,035 33 Mail-order houses 4543,058 3,040 6,07 34 Savings institutions 50 4,63 40 8,66 38,4 35 Wired telecommunications carriers 570,963 06 7, 46,70 36 Power and communication system construction 3730 5,47 33 6,673 53,39 37 Family clothing stores 44840,377 85 4,96 70,05 38 Motion picture and video production 50 3,08 63 8,866 36 0,66 39 Full-service restaurants 70 4,847 37 3,33 0,597 40 Support activities for oil and gas operations 3,96 45 0,446 4 Home centers 4440,8 7 7,088 48 9,840 4 Payroll services 544 3,999 46 6,569 54 9,678 43 All other plastics product manufacturing 3699 3,97 48 0,63 9 9,480 44 Scheduled passenger air transportation 48 446 97 0,703 8 9,4 45 Motor vehicle seating and interior trim mfg. 336360 5,80 30 7,30 45 8,94 46 Newspaper publishers 50 798 98 6,94 58 8,904 47 Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars 73 ( 3 ) 496 5,956 6 8,880 48 Fresh and frozen seafood processing 37 7,83 9 7,659 4 8,80 49 Motor vehicle power train components mfg. 336350,06 04 5,96 67 8,83 50 Industries are ranked by the number of separations in 009. See footnote, table. 3 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 0

Table 6. Reason for layoff: extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, private nonfarm sector, 007 09 Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Reason for layoff 007 008 009 007 008 009 007 008 009 Total, private nonfarm, all reasons... 5,363 8,59,87 965,935,56,978,08,803 978,7,670,04,439,840 Business demand...,888 3,388 5,404 48,056 56,99 85,083 359,654 733,38,40,737 Contract cancellation... 73 4 50,65 4,6 39,04 0,740 5,776 46,70 Contract completion... 897 946,0 07,46 33,905,535 44,75 77,084 73,370 Domestic competition... 5 7,769,46,00,5,9,65 Excess inventory/saturated market... 38 40 84 7,44 8, 5,94 8,5 7,835 3,853 Import competition... 73 54,589 9,679 3,9 5,59 0,467 3,00 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown... 79,00 3,86 08,648 339,547 553,0 78,60 509,885 783,96 Organizational changes... 397 57 573 4,75 3,355 0,33 73,9 0,99 36,45 Business-ownership change... 0 93 3 7,94 45,375 34,875 6,0 8,90,097 Reorganization or restructuring of company... 96 44 460 5,6 77,980 85,358 57,7 0,009 5,38 Financial issues... 455 763,075 0,556 65,46 8,737 9,659 48,9 44,644 Bankruptcy... 65 36 78 7,377 40,553 69,33 9,37 4,83 55,64 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability... 76 35 65 34,443 53,78 9,666 4,3 64,73 33,378 Financial difficulty... 4 75 8 49,736 7,09 66,748 4,0 59,368 55,64 Production specific... 84 07 6 9,686 7,8,866 3,55 5,59 0,876 Automation/technological advances... 8 5,85,703 744,78,059 956 Energy related... ( ) 0 ( ) ( ),308 ( ) ( ) 4,847 ( ) Governmental regulations/intervention... 4 5,637 5,505 4,854,670,480 3,7 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike... 8 9 7 4,97 9,34,584 7,04 6,05,38 Material or supply shortage... 3 5 ( ),63 3,446 ( ),50 3,940 ( ) Model changeover... ( ) 3 5 ( ) 67,95 ( ) 933,065 Plant or machine repair/maintenance... 7 6 8 3,4 3,35,0,48,830,39 Product line discontinued... 7 6,37,7,595,49,5,3 Disaster/safety... 3 58 9 3,388 9,65 3,985 3,00 8,44,43 Hazardous work environment... ( ) ( ) 3 ( ) ( ) 545 ( ) ( ) 484 Natural disaster (not weather related)... ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Non-natural disaster... 5 4 6 476,098 697 440 83 739 Extreme weather-related event... 5 0,068 7,694,743,046 7,75,08 Seasonal...,880,98, 364,76 393,5 409,787 38,866 348,85 394,60 Seasonal...,479,589,74 90,57 36,608 38,9 45,509 80,600 306,56 Vacation period school related or otherwise... 40 393 497 73,749 66,57 9,668 73,357 68,5 88,094 Other/miscellaneous... 67,444,483 04,798 8,807 508, 07,049 84,88 50,7 Other... 4 89 6 6,684 4,88 9,537 7,959 9,0,560 Data not provided: Refusal... 05 99 558 38,088 79,08 4,04 38,035 78,537 4,03 Data not provided: Does not know... 38,056,799 60,06 87,77 346,47 6,055 87,4 346,534 See footnote, table. Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero.

Table 7. Over-the-year change in separations by reason for layoff, private nonfarm sector, 007 08 and 008 09 Reason for layoff 007 08 008 09 Level change Percent change Level change Percent change Total, private nonfarm, all reasons... 55,043 57.0 59,85 39.0 Business demand... 68,863 08.4 308,64 59.6 Contract cancellation... 3,096 7.3 4,843 6. Contract completion... 6,444 4.6 78,630 58.7 Domestic competition... -353-0.0-6 -5.3 Excess inventory/saturated market... 687 9.3 7,83 96.5 Import competition... -,90-6.5-6,487-67.0 Slack work/insufficient demand/non-seasonal business slowdown... 30,899.5 3,563 6.9 Organizational changes... -80-0.7-3, -.5 Business-ownership change... -7,539-37.8-0,500-3. Reorganization or restructuring of company... 6,79 5. 7,378 9.5 Financial issues... 63,870 6.9 63,3 38.3 Bankruptcy... 3,76 33.4 8,770 70.9 Cost control/cost cutting/increase profitability... 9,338 56. 38,885 7.3 Financial difficulty...,356 4.9-4,344-6. Production specific... 7,495 38. -4,35-5.7 Automation/technological advances... -48-8.0-959 -56.3 Energy related... ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Governmental regulations/intervention...,868 08.8-65 -.8 Labor dispute/contract negotiations/strike... 4,07 85.4-7,550-8.7 Material or supply shortage...,83 96.3 ( ) ( ) Model changeover... ( ) ( ) 578 93.7 Plant or machine repair/maintenance... 0 6.7 -,50-64. Product line discontinued... 880 7. 478.6 Disaster/safety... 5,777 70.5-5,80-56.5 Hazardous work environment... ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Natural disaster (not weather related)... ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Non-natural disaster... 6 30.7-40 -36.5 Extreme weather-related event... 5,66 7. -4,95-64.3 Seasonal... 8,849 7.9 6,66 4. Seasonal... 36,08.4-8,489 -.6 Vacation period school related or otherwise... -7,3-9.8 5,5 37.8 Other/miscellaneous... 77,009 68.9 6,305 80.3 Other... 8,44.8 4,709 3.8 Data not provided: Refusal... 4,0 08.0 6,896 79.4 Data not provided: Does not know... 7,745.8 58,700 84.5 See footnote, table. Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards.

Table 8. Number of separations in extended mass layoff events by State and by selected higher level category for layoff, private nonfarm sector, 009 Separations State Total Business demand Organizational changes Financial issues Production specific Disaster/safety Seasonal Total, private nonfarm...,08,803 85,083 0,33 8,737,866 3,985 409,787 Alabama...,0 3,859 ( 3 ) 5,995,439 Alaska... 6,707,898 736 3,70 Arizona...,40 5,469,5 894 ( 3 ) 4,307 Arkansas... 9,397 4,303 ( 3 ) 685 77 California... 497,90 33,966 34,603 55,8,9 46,033 Colorado... 4,057,86,38 ( 3 ) 8,73 Connecticut... 5,48 3,3 937 847 3,500 Delaware... 4,78,533 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 953 District of Columbia...,464 464 ( 3 ) 760 Florida... 38,840 06,40 7,548 5,99,373 ( 3 ) 3,36 Georgia... 0,536 4, 384 5,06 ( 3 ) Hawaii... 3,8,378 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Idaho... 8,337 3,083 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) ( 3 ),887 Illinois... 40,45 70,54,636,737 357 38,766 Indiana... 39,600 3,64,64 3,855 69 9,7 Iowa... 0,473 7,696 ( 3 ),5,48 Kansas... 9,88 9,590,08,078 498,43 Kentucky... 35,464 9,450,473,546 975,045 4,608 Louisiana... 3,88 9,85 70,97 ( 3 ) 4,453 Maine... 7,86,65 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 4,358 Maryland... 9,969,45 86 75 69,70 Massachusetts... 9,669,79,540 9,477 30 ( 3 ) 6,349 Michigan... 89,77 49,59 0,477 3,64 ( 3 ) 3,65 Minnesota... 39,799 9,50 ( 3 ) 3,840 5,588 Mississippi... 6,865 4,0,437 ( 3 ) Missouri... 45,79 4,679,336 875 ( 3 ) 4,630 Montana... 4,97,475 ( 3 ),906 Nebraska... 4,68 78 99,8,33 Nevada... 33,85 5,038 53 6,043,848 New Hampshire... 3,994,8,003,70 New Jersey... 67,947 4,034,599,853 ( 3 ) 33,763 New Mexico... 0,99 4,547 369,04,689 New York... 5,569 30,455 5,43 7,47 94 ( 3 ) 39,056 North Carolina... 33,60 0,490,307 9,348 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 949 North Dakota... 4,659 3,348 ( 3 ),0 Ohio... 4,879 68,68 3,89,538 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) 0,06 Oklahoma...,6 9,494,45 ( 3 ) Oregon... 33,750 0,6,73,470 ( 3 ),84 Pennsylvania... 7,345 7,670 3,603 5,7 ( 3 ) 5,499 Rhode Island...,969,036 35 806 460 South Carolina... 9,807 4,86 58 886 ( 3 ) 96 South Dakota... 949 37 ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Tennessee... 7,494 0,563 59,04 ( 3 ) 4,744 Texas... 63,598 7,470 5,89 5,07 ( 3 ) ( 3 ),53 Utah... 9,980 5,570,350,67 Vermont... 5,75,43 ( 3 ) ( 3 ),977 Virginia... 7,86 6,068 99,9 ( 3 ) 4,68 Washington... 40,7 8,33 3,49 3,966 79 6,64 West Virginia... 9,67 4,00 ( 3 ) 609 ( 3 ) Wisconsin... 66,95 3,60 5,070,634 ( 3 ), Wyoming... 5,5 8 4,330 Puerto Rico... 5,635 3,60 ( 3 ),355 39 ( 3 ) The higher level category "other/miscellaneous" is not displayed. See footnote, table. 3 Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 3

Table 9. Movement of work: nonseasonal and nonvacation period extended mass layoff events, separations, and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by major industry, private nonfarm sector, 009 Layoff events Separations Initial claimants for unemployment insurance Industry Work moved Work not moved or unknown Work moved Work not moved or unknown Work moved Work not moved or unknown Total, private nonfarm... 35 9,65 6,694,637,3 58,689,986,53 Mining... 6 64,077 7,48 83 6,500 Utilities... 6,98 3,45 Construction... ( ),47 ( ) 80,375 ( ) 3,84 Manufacturing... 4 3,39 38,7 577,764 36,833 795, Food... 6 4 3,04 7,03,680 3,7 Beverage and tobacco products... ( ) ( ) 3,774 ( ) 4,8 Textile mills... 3 55 98 7,688 89 8,5 Textile product mills... 4 6 780,0 77 3,48 Apparel... 7 69,36,776,93 0,64 Leather and allied products... ( ) 4 ( ) 605 ( ) 539 Wood products... 3 8 577,68 499 8,864 Paper... 8 85 809 0,744 945,344 Printing and related support activities... 7 77 99 0,4,04,68 Petroleum and coal products... ( ) 3 ( ),799 ( ),636 Chemicals... 8 8,586 0,76 860,75 Plastics and rubber products... 67,53 9,355,338 4,663 Nonmetallic mineral products... ( ) 67 ( ) 8,666 ( ),35 Primary metal... 58,553 40,83,375 53,474 Fabricated metal products... 9 330,433 4,057,906 54,60 Machinery... 7 35 3,6 63,30 3,497 0,063 Computer and electronic products... 40 88 6,904 44,906 5,989 53,868 Electrical equipment and appliance... 9,55 8,53,886 4,95 Transportation equipment... 3 676 6,786 97,440 8,58 9,083 Furniture and related products... 0 3,594 8,70,599 8,37 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 0 75,09 8,39,95 8,943 Wholesale trade... 0 93,087 40,53,03 4,044 Retail trade... 7 646 4,435 49,065 4,99 55,70 Transportation and warehousing... 3 384,5 74,884,584 78,806 Information... 7 84,8 48,068,666 64,09 Finance and insurance... 3 464,809 95,70,760 99,855 Real estate and rental and leasing... ( ) 88 ( ) 0,676 ( ),58 Professional and technical services... 7 374,676 56,836,086 60,34 Management of companies and enterprises... 4 40 7 4,90 830 6,87 Administrative and waste services... 968,984 7,937,868 6,475 Educational services... ( ) 48 ( ) 5,980 ( ) 7,35 Health care and social assistance... 4 58 837 6,40 30 4,6 Arts, entertainment, and recreation... ( ) 8 ( ) 3,93 ( ) 4,67 Accommodation and food services... 4 373 83 8,986,789 89,3 Other services, except public administration... 3 9 306,357 436,84 Unclassified... 65 65 See footnote, table. Data do not meet BLS or State agency disclosure standards. NOTE: Dash represents zero. 4