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Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2010 Percent distribution by employment status Total Occupation of lost job (thousands) Total Employed Unemployed Not in the labor force Total, 20 years and over (2)................. 6,938 100.0 48.8 36.1 15.2 Management, professional, and related occupations 2,113 100.0 58.0 30.4 11.5 Management, business, and financial operations occupations................................... 1,149 100.0 56.7 31.1 12.2 Professional and related occupations........... 964 100.0 59.6 29.7 10.8 Service occupations.............................. 565 100.0 51.8 31.7 16.5 Sales and office occupations..................... 1,718 100.0 46.4 36.4 17.2 Sales and related occupations.................. 675 100.0 53.3 30.1 16.6 Office and administrative support occupations.. 1,043 100.0 41.9 40.5 17.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..................................... 1,089 100.0 47.5 40.4 12.1 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..... 26 100.0 (3) (3) (3) Construction and extraction occupations........ 745 100.0 46.9 40.8 12.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.................................... 317 100.0 50.2 39.3 10.5 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations..................................... 1,382 100.0 38.2 42.0 19.8 Production occupations......................... 873 100.0 37.3 43.3 19.4 Transportation and material moving occupations 508 100.0 39.7 39.7 20.5 1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2007 and December 2009 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts. 2 Total includes a small number who did not report occupation. 3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.