Table 3. Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, not seasonally adjusted
Industry Mass layoff totals Average weekly mass layoffs (1)
Events Initial claimants Events Initial claimants
March March March March March March March March
2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013
Total (2) .................................. 1,125 1,132 117,817 114,897 225 226 23,563 22,979
Total, private ................................... 1,083 1,097 113,790 111,521 217 219 22,758 22,304
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting ... 43 49 2,836 3,321 9 10 567 664
Total, private nonfarm ......................... 1,040 1,048 110,954 108,200 208 210 22,191 21,640
Mining ....................................... 8 10 823 845 2 2 165 169
Utilities .................................... (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Construction ................................. 121 126 9,148 9,526 24 25 1,830 1,905
Construction of buildings ................ 17 28 1,432 2,330 3 6 286 466
Heavy and civil engineering construction . 42 39 3,118 3,054 8 8 624 611
Specialty trade contractors .............. 62 59 4,598 4,142 12 12 920 828
Manufacturing ................................ 242 268 24,241 28,923 48 54 4,848 5,785
Food ..................................... 69 57 7,701 5,218 14 11 1,540 1,044
Beverage and tobacco products ............ 5 7 326 1,330 1 1 65 266
Textile mills ............................ 6 4 786 572 1 1 157 114
Textile product mills .................... 4 (3) 335 (3) 1 (3) 67 (3)
Apparel .................................. 9 5 651 828 2 1 130 166
Leather and allied products .............. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Wood products ............................ 14 14 1,154 1,079 3 3 231 216
Paper .................................... 8 6 578 322 2 1 116 64
Printing and related support activities .. 4 6 341 384 1 1 68 77
Petroleum and coal products .............. (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Chemicals ................................ 4 4 242 261 1 1 48 52
Plastics and rubber products ............. 9 13 614 2,882 2 3 123 576
Nonmetallic mineral products ............. 11 11 844 713 2 2 169 143
Primary metals ........................... 3 10 223 907 1 2 45 181
Fabricated metal products ................ 18 23 1,084 1,873 4 5 217 375
Machinery ................................ 12 16 845 3,268 2 3 169 654
Computer and electronic products ......... 14 12 1,432 1,002 3 2 286 200
Electrical equipment and appliances ...... 13 18 2,417 2,130 3 4 483 426
Transportation equipment ................. 25 39 3,362 4,240 5 8 672 848
Furniture and related products ........... 6 8 613 771 1 2 123 154
Miscellaneous manufacturing .............. 5 9 396 729 1 2 79 146
Wholesale trade .............................. 20 12 1,639 1,098 4 2 328 220
Retail trade (4) ............................. 100 84 10,375 8,204 20 17 2,075 1,641
Building material and garden supply stores 8 7 953 630 2 1 191 126
Food and beverage stores ................. 20 17 1,826 1,117 4 3 365 223
Clothing and clothing accessories stores . 9 3 604 184 2 1 121 37
General merchandise stores ............... 39 33 5,146 4,268 8 7 1,029 854
Transportation and warehousing (4) ........... 72 90 9,013 12,753 14 18 1,803 2,551
Truck transportation ..................... 6 (3) 358 (3) 1 (3) 72 (3)
Transit and ground passenger
transportation ......................... 47 69 7,045 11,251 9 14 1,409 2,250
Support activities for transportation .... 4 7 302 501 1 1 60 100
Information .................................. 49 32 9,195 4,261 10 6 1,839 852
Finance and insurance ........................ 30 18 2,168 1,810 6 4 434 362
Real estate and rental and leasing ........... 6 8 359 674 1 2 72 135
Professional and technical services .......... 42 36 6,331 4,167 8 7 1,266 833
Management of companies and enterprises ...... 5 5 517 471 1 1 103 94
Administrative and waste services ............ 165 179 16,911 15,271 33 36 3,382 3,054
Educational services ......................... 9 (3) 552 (3) 2 (3) 110 (3)
Health care and social assistance ............ 33 31 2,752 2,395 7 6 550 479
Arts, entertainment, and recreation .......... 16 15 1,110 1,716 3 3 222 343
Accommodation and food services .............. 112 117 15,122 14,725 22 23 3,024 2,945
Accommodation ............................ 23 21 2,121 1,690 5 4 424 338
Food services and drinking places ........ 89 96 13,001 13,035 18 19 2,600 2,607
Other services, except public administration . 6 11 405 772 1 2 81 154
Unclassified ................................. (3) - (3) - (3) - (3) -
Government ....................................... 42 35 4,027 3,376 8 7 805 675
Federal ...................................... 4 3 271 317 1 1 54 63
State ........................................ 17 12 1,460 1,559 3 2 292 312
State government education .............. 5 5 427 958 1 1 85 192
Local ........................................ 21 20 2,296 1,500 4 4 459 300
Local government education .............. 4 3 823 161 1 1 165 32
1 Average weekly analysis mitigates the effect of differing lengths of months. There were 5 weeks in March 2012 and 5 weeks in March
2013. Average weekly events and initial claimants may not sum to subtotals and totals due to rounding.
2 Data were reported by all states and the District of Columbia.
3 Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
4 Includes other industries not shown.
NOTE: Dash represents zero.
