September 02, 2010

Reemployment rates of displaced workers, January 2010

Employment status of long-tenured displaced workers by industry of lost job, January 2010
Industry	Percent distribution
Industry	Employed	Unemployed	Not in the labor force
Total	48.8	36.1	15.2
Construction	49.1	39.2	11.6
Manufacturing	38.7	44.6	16.7
Wholesale and retail trade	48.8	32.6	18.6
Transportation and utilities	44.5	38.8	16.7
Information	41.3	43.5	15.2
Financial activities	58.4	28.7	12.8
Professional and business services	52.0	35.2	12.8
Education and health services	56.9	28.5	14.6
Leisure and hospitality	52.2	32.5	15.3
Other services	64.0	20.4	15.6
Government wage and salary workers	55.3	30.2	14.5
NOTE: Data refer to persons 20 years and over 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.

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