Mass layoffs by industry in January 2009
The manufacturing sector accounted for 38 percent of all mass layoff events
and 44 percent of initial claims for unemployment insurance due to mass layoffs
filed in January 2009.
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A year earlier, manufacturing made up 30 percent of events and 35 percent of
initial claims.
This January, the number of manufacturing claimants was greatest in
transportation equipment (57,173) and machinery (14,120). The administrative and
waste services industry accounted for 12 percent of mass layoff events and
associated initial claims during the month.
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program
and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Mass Layoffs in January
2009," (PDF) (HTML) news release USDL
09-0185.
