February 23, 2010 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Extended mass layoffs in 2009
Number of separations due to mass layoffs, 1996–2009
| Year |
Separations |
1996 |
948,122 |
1997 |
947,843 |
1998 |
991,245 |
1999 |
901,451 |
2000 |
915,962 |
2001 |
1,524,832 |
2002 |
1,272,331 |
2003 |
1,216,886 |
2004 |
993,909 |
2005 |
884,661 |
2006 |
935,969 |
2007 |
965,935 |
2008 |
1,516,978 |
2009 |
2,023,392 |
These data featured in the TED article, Extended mass layoffs in 2009.
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