Attachment C - Displaced Worker 2016 News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, August 25, 2016

USDL-16-1731

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WORKER DISPLACEMENT: 2013-15
From January 2013 through December 2015, there were 3.2 million workers displaced from jobs they
had held for at least 3 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was down from 4.3
million workers for the prior survey period covering January 2011 to December 2013. In January 2016,
66 percent of workers displaced from 2013 to 2015 were reemployed, up from 61 percent for the prior
survey in January 2014.
Since 1984, the U.S. Department of Labor has sponsored surveys that collect information on workers
who were displaced from their jobs. These surveys have been conducted every other January as
supplements to the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of households that is the primary
source of information on the nation's labor force.
Displaced workers are defined as persons 20 years of age and older who lost or left jobs because their
plant or company closed or moved, there was insufficient work for them to do, or their position or shift
was abolished. The period covered in this study was 2013-15, the 3 calendar years prior to the January
2016 survey date. This period was characterized by employment growth and declining unemployment.
The following analysis focuses primarily on the 3.2 million persons who had worked for their employer
for 3 or more years at the time of displacement (referred to as long-tenured workers). An additional 4.2
million persons were displaced from jobs they had held for less than 3 years (referred to as short-tenured
workers). Combining the short- and long-tenured groups, the number of displaced workers totaled 7.4
million from 2013 to 2015. In the 2011-13 survey period, this group numbered 9.5 million.
Highlights from the January 2016 survey include:
• In January 2016, 66 percent of the 3.2 million long-tenured displaced workers were
reemployed, up from 61 percent in January 2014 and 56 percent in January 2012.
(See table 1.)
• Thirty-seven percent of long-tenured displaced workers from the 2013-15 period cited that
they lost their job because their plant or company closed down or moved; an additional 37
percent said that their position or shift was abolished and 26 percent cited insufficient work.
(See table 2.)
• Seventeen percent of long-tenured displaced workers lost a job in manufacturing. (See table 4.)

• Among long-tenured workers who were displaced from full-time wage and salary jobs and
were reemployed in such jobs in January 2016, 53 percent had earnings that were as much or
greater than those of their lost job, similar to the prior survey. (See table 7.)
Characteristics of the Displaced
Sixty-six percent of the 3.2 million long-tenured displaced workers were reemployed at the time of the
survey in January 2016, up from 61 percent for the January 2014 survey, and 56 percent for the January
2012 survey. The proportion unemployed at the time of the most recent survey was 16 percent, down
from 21 percent in the January 2014 survey and from 27 percent in the January 2012 survey. Nineteen
percent of long-tenured displaced workers were not in the labor force in January 2016, about unchanged
from the previous survey. (See table 1.)
In January 2016, the reemployment rate was 73 percent for workers ages 25 to 54, up from 68 percent
for the prior survey. Reemployment rates were lower for older workers. In January 2016, the rates for
those ages 55 to 64 and 65 years and over were 60 percent and 27 percent, respectively. Among those
age 65 and over, 63 percent were no longer in the labor force when surveyed, little different from the
prior survey.
Among long-tenured displaced workers, men and women had similar reemployment rates in January
2016 (67 percent and 64 percent, respectively). The reemployment rate for women increased by 6
percentage points from the prior survey, while the rate for men changed little. Long-tenured displaced
men and women were equally likely to be unemployed at the time of the survey at 16 percent. The share
of male displaced workers who had left the labor force increased by 4 percentage points to 18 percent,
while the share of women was little changed at 20 percent.
In January 2016, the reemployment rate for long-tenured displaced White workers rose by 4 percentage
points to 67 percent. The rates for Hispanics (69 percent), Blacks (62 percent), and Asians (55 percent),
changed little from the prior survey.
Reason for Job Loss and Receipt of Advance Notice
Of the 3.2 million long-tenured workers displaced during the January 2013 through December 2015
period, 37 percent lost or left their jobs due to plant or company closings or moves. The proportion of
displaced workers citing that their position or shift was abolished was 37 percent and the proportion
citing insufficient work was 26 percent. (See table 2.)
Forty-five percent of long-tenured displaced workers in the January 2016 survey received written
advance notice that their jobs would be terminated, up from 40 percent for the January 2014 survey.
Workers who lost jobs during the 2013-15 period due to plant or company closings or moves continued
to be most likely to receive written advance notice. Of this group, 60 percent received such notice. In
contrast, 41 percent of workers who were displaced because their position or shift was abolished and 28
percent of those who lost jobs due to insufficient work were notified in advance. For each of these
groups, reemployment rates were not statistically different for those who received written advanced
notice and those who did not. (See table 3.)

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Industry and Occupation
During the 2013-15 period, 553,000 long-tenured manufacturing workers were displaced from their
jobs—17 percent of all long-tenured displaced workers. Manufacturing displacements occurred mostly
in the durable goods component (332,000). Workers in wholesale and retail trade accounted for 15
percent of all long-tenured displacements, professional and business services accounted for 12 percent,
and education and health services also accounted for 12 percent of displacements. (See table 4.)
Among the major industry groups in January 2016, reemployment rates were not statistically different
for most industries. Workers displaced from mining, however, were the least likely to be reemployed (41
percent). The rate for workers displaced from education and health services increased to 70 percent and
the reemployment rate for those displaced from professional and business services rose to 69 percent.
The reemployment rates for workers displaced from other major industry groups changed little from the
prior survey. (Workers were not necessarily reemployed in the same industries from which they were
displaced.)
Reemployment rates were not statistically different by major occupation group in January 2016. The rate
for those displaced from production, transportation, and material moving occupations increased to 65
percent and the reemployment rate for those displaced from sales and office occupations rose to 63
percent. The rates for those displaced from management, professional, and related occupations (69
percent); service occupations (63 percent); and natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations (62 percent) changed little from the prior survey. (See table 5.)
Geographic Divisions
The number of long-tenured workers displaced during the 2013-15 period declined from the 2011-13
period in most of the geographic divisions of the United States. In January 2016, reemployment rates
ranged from 75 percent for the Mountain division to 53 percent for the East South Central division.
(See table 6.)
Earnings
Of the 1.8 million long-tenured displaced workers who lost full-time wage and salary jobs during the
2013-15 period and were reemployed, 1.5 million had full-time wage and salary jobs in January 2016.
Of these reemployed full-time workers who reported earnings on their lost job, the proportion that were
earning as much or more than they did at their lost job was 53 percent in January 2016, little different
from the January 2014 survey. (See table 7.)
Total Displaced Workers (With No Tenure Restriction)
The total number of workers displaced between January 2013 and December 2015 (regardless of how
long they had held their jobs) was 7.4 million, down by 2.1 million from the 2011-13 survey period. Of
the total number of workers who lost jobs over the 2013-15 period, 67 percent were reemployed, up
from 61 percent in the prior survey. The proportion unemployed fell by 7 percentage points to 17
percent in January 2016. (See table 8.)

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Technical Note
The data presented in this release were collected
through a supplement to the January 2016 Current
Population Survey (CPS), the monthly survey of about
60,000 eligible households that provides basic data on
employment and unemployment for the nation. The CPS is
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS). The purpose of this supplement was
to obtain information on the number and characteristics of
persons who had been displaced (as defined below) from
their jobs over the prior 3 calendar years. The collection of
these data is sponsored by the Department of Labor.
Additional information, reports, and archived news releases
are available to the public on the BLS website at
www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#displaced.
Data presented in this release are based on Census 2010
population controls that are updated annually in January. For
additional information, see "Population control adjustments
to the CPS", which is available on the BLS website at
www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop.
Information in this release will be made available to
sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:
(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.

Reliability of the estimates
Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling
and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire
population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample
estimates may differ from the true population values they
represent. The component of this difference that occurs
because samples differ by chance is known as sampling
error, and its variability is measured by the standard error of
the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of
confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by
no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population
value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally
conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error.
Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to
obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability
or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct
information, and errors made in the collection or processing
of the data.
Information about the reliability of data from the CPS
and guidance on estimating standard errors is available at
www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability.

Concepts and questions
Displaced workers are wage and salary workers 20

years of age and older who lost or left jobs because their plant
or company closed or moved, there was insufficient work for
them to do, or their position or shift was abolished. Data are
often presented for long-tenured displaced workers—those
who had worked for their employer for 3 or more years at the
time of displacement.
Wage and salary workers receive wages, salaries,
commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group
includes employees in both the private and public sectors but
excludes all self-employed persons, both those with
incorporated businesses as well as those with unincorporated businesses.
Data discussed in this release on displaced workers
were obtained from the following questions:
(This question was asked of all persons 20 years and
over.) During the last 3 calendar years, that is, January 2013
through December 2015, did (you/name) lose a job or leave
one because: (your/his/her) plant or company closed or
moved, (your/his/her) position or shift was abolished,
insufficient work, or another similar reason?
(If the respondent answered "yes" to the above question
on job loss, the following question was then asked.) Which
of these specific reasons describes why (name/you) (is/are)
no longer working at that job?
Plant or company closed down or moved
Plant or company operating but lost or left job because of:
Insufficient work
Position or shift abolished
Seasonal job completed
Self-operated business failed
Some other reason
Respondents who provided one of the first three
reasons—plant or company closed or moved, insufficient
work, or position or shift abolished—were classified as
displaced and asked additional questions about the lost job,
including how many years they had worked for their
employer; the year the job was lost; the earnings, industry,
and occupation of the lost job; and whether health insurance
had been provided. Other questions were asked to deter-mine
what occurred before and after the job loss, such as: Was the
respondent notified of the upcoming dismissal? How long
did he/she go without work? Did he/she receive
unemployment benefits? And, if so, were the benefits used
up? Did the person move to another location after the job loss
to take or look for another job? Information also was
collected about current health insurance coverage (other than
Medicare and Medicaid) and current earnings for those
employed at the time of the survey.

Table 1. Long-tenured displaced workers1 by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment
status in January 2016
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity

Total
Total

Employed

Unemployed

Not in the
labor force

3,191
71
2,023
853
245

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

65.5
(2)
72.5
60.0
26.5

15.9
(2)
17.1
15.0
10.7

18.6
(2)
10.4
24.9
62.8

1,773
33
1,151
469
119

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

66.5
(2)
72.7
62.6
24.0

15.7
(2)
17.2
15.1
7.9

17.8
(2)
10.1
22.3
68.1

1,419
38
872
383
125

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

64.1
(2)
72.3
56.8
28.9

16.3
(2)
17.0
15.0
13.3

19.6
(2)
10.7
28.2
57.8

2,573
1,450
1,123

100.0
100.0
100.0

66.5
67.7
65.0

14.8
14.8
14.9

18.6
17.5
20.1

394
170
224

100.0
100.0
100.0

61.5
60.1
62.5

20.3
19.6
20.9

18.2
20.3
16.6

145
96
49

100.0
100.0
100.0

54.9
59.4
(2)

24.7
20.3
(2)

20.3
20.3
(2)

423
236
187

100.0
100.0
100.0

69.4
75.4
61.9

14.3
11.0
18.4

16.3
13.7
19.6

TOTAL
Total, 20 years and over .........................
20 to 24 years .............................................
25 to 54 years .............................................
55 to 64 years .............................................
65 years and over .......................................
Men
Total, 20 years and over .........................
20 to 24 years .............................................
25 to 54 years .............................................
55 to 64 years .............................................
65 years and over .......................................
Women
Total, 20 years and over .........................
20 to 24 years .............................................
25 to 54 years .............................................
55 to 64 years .............................................
65 years and over .......................................
White
Total, 20 years and over .........................
Men .............................................................
Women .......................................................
Black or African American
Total, 20 years and over .........................
Men .............................................................
Women .......................................................
Asian
Total, 20 years and over .........................
Men .............................................................
Women .......................................................
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 20 years and over .........................
Men .............................................................
Women .......................................................

1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job
they had lost or left between January 2013 and December 2015
because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the
abolishment of their positions or shifts.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African
American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not
presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as
Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

Table 2. Long-tenured displaced workers1 by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and reason for job loss,
January 2016
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by reason for job loss
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity

Total
Total

Plant or
Position or shift
company closed Insufficient work
abolished
down or moved

TOTAL
Total, 20 years and over ...........................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................................
25 to 54 years ...............................................................
55 to 64 years ...............................................................
65 years and over .........................................................

3,191
71
2,023
853
245

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

37.4
(2)
37.4
36.4
33.9

25.6
(2)
27.4
22.8
23.7

37.1
(2)
35.2
40.8
42.4

1,773
33
1,151
469
119

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

37.2
(2)
36.9
38.4
25.9

29.0
(2)
31.3
24.3
31.7

33.8
(2)
31.8
37.3
42.4

1,419
38
872
383
125

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

37.5
(2)
38.1
33.9
41.6

21.3
(2)
22.2
20.9
16.0

41.1
(2)
39.7
45.2
42.4

2,573
1,450
1,123

100.0
100.0
100.0

37.2
37.1
37.4

25.9
30.6
19.7

36.9
32.3
42.9

394
170
224

100.0
100.0
100.0

35.4
33.4
36.9

27.7
23.7
30.7

36.9
42.9
32.4

145
96
49

100.0
100.0
100.0

45.9
46.7
(2)

21.3
19.8
(2)

32.8
33.5
(2)

423
236
187

100.0
100.0
100.0

45.3
43.5
47.4

24.4
27.2
20.9

30.3
29.3
31.7

Men
Total, 20 years and over ...........................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................................
25 to 54 years ...............................................................
55 to 64 years ...............................................................
65 years and over .........................................................
Women
Total, 20 years and over ...........................................
20 to 24 years ...............................................................
25 to 54 years ...............................................................
55 to 64 years ...............................................................
65 years and over .........................................................
White
Total, 20 years and over ...........................................
Men ...............................................................................
Women .........................................................................
Black or African American
Total, 20 years and over ...........................................
Men ...............................................................................
Women .........................................................................
Asian
Total, 20 years and over ...........................................
Men ...............................................................................
Women .........................................................................
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 20 years and over ...........................................
Men ...............................................................................
Women .........................................................................

1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they
had lost or left between January 2013 and December 2015 because of plant or
company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their
positions or shifts.
2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African
American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for
all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of
any race.

Table 3. Long-tenured displaced workers1 by whether they received written advance notice, reason for job loss, and
employment status in January 2016
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Characteristic

Total
Total

Employed

Unemployed

Not in the
labor force

3,191
1,424
1,716

100.0
100.0
100.0

65.5
63.3
67.5

15.9
16.9
14.7

18.6
19.8
17.8

1,192
712
468

100.0
100.0
100.0

64.0
63.7
65.2

14.7
15.9
11.5

21.3
20.4
23.3

816
231
568

100.0
100.0
100.0

64.7
56.8
67.5

19.3
24.2
17.2

16.0
19.0
15.3

1,183
481
681

100.0
100.0
100.0

67.5
66.0
69.1

14.9
14.7
14.9

17.6
19.3
16.0

TOTAL
Total, 20 years and over 2 ..................................................................
Received written advance notice ............................................................
Did not receive written advance notice ...................................................
Plant or company closed down or moved
Total, 20 years and over 2 ..................................................................
Received written advance notice ............................................................
Did not receive written advance notice ...................................................
Insufficient work
Total, 20 years and over 2 ..................................................................
Received written advance notice ............................................................
Did not receive written advance notice ...................................................
Position or shift abolished
Total, 20 years and over 2 ..................................................................
Received written advance notice ............................................................
Did not receive written advance notice ...................................................

1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2013 and December 2015 because of plant or company
closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions or shifts.
2 Includes a small number who did not report information on advance notice.

Table 4. Long-tenured displaced workers1 by industry and class of worker of lost job and employment status in January
2016
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Industry and class of worker of lost job

Total
Total

Employed

Unemployed

Not in the
labor force

Total, 20 years and over 2 .................................................................
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers ..................
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers ..............................

3,191
11
3,125

100.0
100.0
100.0

65.5
(3)
65.4

15.9
(3)
16.0

18.6
(3)
18.6

Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers .................................
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction .................................
Construction ...................................................................................
Manufacturing .................................................................................
Durable goods manufacturing ..................................................
Primary metals and fabricated metal products ......................
Machinery manufacturing ......................................................
Computers and electronic products .......................................
Electrical equipment and appliances .....................................
Transportation equipment ......................................................
Miscellaneous manufacturing ................................................
Other durable goods industries .............................................
Nondurable goods manufacturing ............................................
Food manufacturing ...............................................................
Textiles, apparel, and leather ................................................
Paper and printing .................................................................
Other nondurable goods industries .......................................
Wholesale and retail trade ..............................................................
Wholesale trade .........................................................................
Retail trade ................................................................................
Transportation and utilities 4 ...........................................................
Transportation and warehousing ...............................................
Information 4 ...................................................................................
Telecommunications ..................................................................
Financial activities ..........................................................................
Finance and insurance ..............................................................
Finance ..................................................................................
Insurance ...............................................................................
Real estate and rental and leasing ............................................
Professional and business services ...............................................
Professional and technical services ..........................................
Management, administrative, and waste services .....................
Education and health services ........................................................
Educational services ..................................................................
Health care and social assistance 4 ..........................................
Hospitals ................................................................................
Health services, except hospitals ..........................................
Leisure and hospitality 4 .................................................................
Accommodation and food services 4 .........................................
Food services and drinking places ........................................
Other services ................................................................................

2,960
76
217
553
332
40
46
59
28
75
52
32
221
44
35
57
85
480
118
362
112
96
159
63
279
197
151
46
82
383
265
118
384
85
298
81
160
207
152
143
109

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

65.9
41.2
71.9
63.2
66.0
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
52.0
(3)
(3)
59.1
(3)
(3)
(3)
50.8
63.9
69.7
62.0
62.5
59.5
74.7
(3)
64.8
66.7
66.5
(3)
60.1
68.9
67.8
71.4
69.9
64.7
71.4
76.6
71.1
66.2
69.0
70.0
59.5

15.9
33.4
15.7
15.0
13.6
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
10.3
(3)
(3)
17.1
(3)
(3)
(3)
21.0
14.4
13.3
14.7
8.6
10.0
11.7
(3)
20.7
20.4
21.5
(3)
21.3
11.0
8.4
16.8
16.9
8.8
19.2
9.5
23.5
21.1
20.2
21.4
20.3

18.3
25.4
12.4
21.7
20.4
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
37.7
(3)
(3)
23.8
(3)
(3)
(3)
28.1
21.7
17.0
23.2
28.8
30.4
13.6
(3)
14.5
12.8
12.0
(3)
18.6
20.2
23.9
11.8
13.2
26.5
9.4
14.0
5.4
12.7
10.8
8.5
20.2

Government wage and salary workers .................................................

165

100.0

56.5

18.9

24.6

1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had
lost or left between January 2013 and December 2015 because of plant or
company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their
positions or shifts.

2 Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who
did not report industry or class of worker, not shown separately.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
4 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

Table 5. Long-tenured displaced workers1 by occupation of lost job and employment status in January 2016
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Occupation of lost job

Total
Total

Employed

Unemployed

Not in the
labor force

Total, 20 years and over 2 ...................................................

3,191

100.0

65.5

15.9

18.6

Management, professional, and related occupations ..............
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations ........................................................................
Professional and related occupations ....................................

1,301

100.0

69.0

13.5

17.4

702
598

100.0
100.0

72.1
65.5

14.6
12.3

13.3
22.3

Service occupations ................................................................

313

100.0

63.4

19.0

17.6

Sales and office occupations ...................................................
Sales and related occupations ..............................................
Office and administrative support occupations ......................

820
340
479

100.0
100.0
100.0

63.2
66.1
61.1

15.2
18.3
13.0

21.6
15.6
25.9

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations ........................................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................
Construction and extraction occupations ...............................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................

302
8
193
102

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

62.0
(3)
61.1
62.3

23.7
(3)
28.5
16.4

14.2
(3)
10.4
21.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
Production occupations .........................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..................

418
246
171

100.0
100.0
100.0

65.0
55.3
78.9

16.2
21.1
9.1

18.8
23.6
12.0

1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they
had lost or left between January 2013 and December 2015 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.

Table 6. Long-tenured displaced workers1 by selected characteristics and area of residence in January 2016
(In thousands)

Characteristic

Total

New
Middle
England Atlantic

East
North
Central

West
North
Central

South
Atlantic

East
South
Central

West
South
Central

Mountain

Pacific

Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over ...........................
Men ...............................................................
Women .........................................................

3,191
1,773
1,419

154
94
59

392
202
190

519
284
235

267
139
128

640
327
313

145
62
83

299
164
135

275
186
88

501
313
188

1,192
816
1,183

49
43
63

168
110
114

194
144
181

98
47
121

248
154
238

53
36
56

111
99
88

88
62
125

182
121
197

–

–

–

2

3

1

1

4

3,125

149

385

512

262

617

144

297

266

492

2,960

140

368

491

244

588

130

278

257

463

50
115
81
33
70
10
18
42
78
60
33
16

3
17
64
34
30
48
2
19
28
20
19
14
9

8
35
75
31
44
103
22
47
52
97
75
43
31

7
7
23
7
16
33
6
7
11
10
25
2

26
5
69
41
28
50
15
4
33
22
38
16

21
16
44
34
10
33
1
15
24
40
36
17
8

7
43
56
38
18
65
32
27
29
59
54
69
22

Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved .....
Insufficient work ............................................
Position or shift abolished .............................
Industry and class of worker of lost job 2
Agriculture and related industries wage and
salary workers ........................................
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary
workers ...................................................
Private nonagricultural wage and salary
workers ...................................................
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction ................................................
Construction .........................................
Manufacturing .......................................
Durable goods .................................
Nondurable goods ...........................
Wholesale and retail trade ....................
Transportation and utilities ...................
Information ............................................
Financial activities ................................
Professional and business services .....
Education and health services ..............
Leisure and hospitality ..........................
Other services ......................................
Government wage and salary workers .......

11

76
217
553
332
221
480
112
159
279
383
384
207
109

–

–

–

11
36
25
12
18
10
3
22
19
14
2
4

3
32
72
40
31
60
14
18
38
38
62
13
17

165

9

17

22

18

29

13

20

9

29

2,089
509
593

84
26
44

221
81
90

319
92
108

191
29
47

432
106
102

77
27
41

203
35
61

206
31
38

356
82
62

–

–

Employment status
in January 2016
Employed ......................................................
Unemployed .................................................
Not in the labor force ....................................

1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had
lost or left between January 2013 and December 2015 because of plant or
company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions
or shifts.
2 Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and persons who did
not report industry or class of worker, not shown separately.
NOTE: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
and Vermont compose the New England Division; New Jersey, New York, and
Pennsylvania compose the Middle Atlantic Division; Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio, and Wisconsin compose the East North Central Division; Iowa, Kansas,

Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota compose the
West North Central Division; Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia compose
the South Atlantic Division; Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee
compose the East South Central Division; Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and
Texas compose the West South Central Division; Arizona, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming compose the Mountain
Division; Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington compose the Pacific
Division. Dash represents or rounds to zero.

Table 7. Long-tenured displaced workers1 who lost full-time wage and salary jobs and were reemployed in January 2016
by industry of lost job and characteristics of new job
(In thousands)
Reemployed in January 2016
Wage and salary workers
Full time
Industry and class of worker of lost job
Total

Earnings relative to those of lost job
Part
time

Total 2

Equal or
20 percent Below, but
20 percent
above, but
or more
within 20
or more
within 20
below
percent
above
percent

Selfemployed
and
unpaid
family
workers

Total who lost full-time wage and salary jobs 3 ........
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary
workers ...................................................................
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers ....

1,838

231

1,470

340

239

391

258

137

10
1,799

3
221

1
1,447

1
339

–
239

–
387

–
252

5
131

Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers .......
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction .......
Construction .........................................................
Manufacturing .......................................................
Durable goods .................................................
Nondurable goods ...........................................
Wholesale and retail trade ....................................
Transportation and utilities ...................................
Information ............................................................
Financial activities ................................................
Professional and business services .....................
Education and health services ..............................
Leisure and hospitality ..........................................
Other services ......................................................

1,734
26
143
332
207
125
257
64
119
170
233
231
104
52

206
–
19
35
21
14
23
–
6
14
30
65
10
4

1,396
26
101
273
178
95
217
59
100
145
184
165
83
43

334
14
20
59
28
31
75
11
34
26
36
24
23
12

239
1
18
57
38
19
32
11
23
38
20
20
11
8

366
–
36
86
65
21
26
23
13
20
76
54
20
12

232
2
10
35
25
10
50
8
14
28
14
54
15
1

131
–
24
25
8
16
16
5
13
12
19
2
11
5

Government wage and salary workers .......................

66

15

50

5

21

20

1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had
lost or left between January 2013 and December 2015 because of plant or
company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their
positions or shifts.

–

–

2 Includes about 242,000 persons who did not report earnings on lost job.
3 Includes a small number who did not report industry.

NOTE: Dash represents or rounds to zero.

Table 8. Total displaced workers1 by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2016
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by employment status
Characteristic

Total
Total

Employed

Unemployed

Not in the
labor force

Workers who lost jobs
Total, 20 years and over .......................................................
20 to 24 years ...........................................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................................
55 to 64 years ...........................................................................
65 years and over .....................................................................

7,440
708
4,972
1,386
374

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

66.5
62.5
71.3
61.0
30.8

16.9
20.2
17.1
16.6
9.7

16.5
17.3
11.5
22.5
59.4

Men, 20 years and over ........................................................
20 to 24 years ...........................................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................................
55 to 64 years ...........................................................................
65 years and over .....................................................................

4,242
441
2,833
761
206

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

68.4
62.4
73.2
64.6
29.4

16.7
20.5
17.2
14.7
9.3

14.8
17.1
9.6
20.6
61.3

Women, 20 years and over ..................................................
20 to 24 years ...........................................................................
25 to 54 years ...........................................................................
55 to 64 years ...........................................................................
65 years and over .....................................................................

3,199
267
2,139
625
168

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

64.0
62.7
68.9
56.5
32.5

17.2
19.6
17.0
18.8
10.3

18.7
17.6
14.1
24.7
57.2

White ........................................................................................
Black or African American ........................................................
Asian .........................................................................................
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity .......................................................

5,673
1,155
309
1,219

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

68.1
59.9
63.4
68.0

15.3
25.3
19.6
15.9

16.6
14.8
17.0
16.1

2,350
2,839
2,252

100.0
100.0
100.0

67.0
66.1
66.7

15.5
18.4
16.7

17.5
15.6
16.6

2,470

100.0

71.5

13.6

14.9

1,149
1,320
949
1,794
759
1,035

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

71.0
71.9
65.8
64.7
66.2
63.6

16.0
11.6
15.7
16.2
15.9
16.4

13.0
16.6
18.5
19.1
17.9
19.9

878
22
567
289
1,082
567
515

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

67.3
(3)
68.8
66.3
63.1
63.6
62.5

21.3
(3)
20.5
22.7
20.0
20.4
19.7

11.4
(3)
10.8
11.1
16.9
16.0
17.8

Reason for job loss
Plant or company closed down or moved .................................
Insufficient work ........................................................................
Position or shift abolished .........................................................
Occupation of lost job 2
Management, professional, and related occupations ..............
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations ........................................................................
Professional and related occupations ....................................
Service occupations ................................................................
Sales and office occupations ...................................................
Sales and related occupations ..............................................
Office and administrative support occupations ......................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations ........................................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ............................
Construction and extraction occupations ...............................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ................
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations
Production occupations .........................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..................
See footnotes at end of table.

Table 8. Total displaced workers1 by selected characteristics and employment status in January 2016
(Numbers in thousands) — Continued
Percent distribution by employment status
Characteristic

Total
Total

Employed

Unemployed

Not in the
labor force

Industry and class of worker of lost job 2
Agriculture and related industries wage and salary workers ....
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary workers ................

26
7,107

100.0
100.0

(3)
67.2

(3)
16.5

(3)
16.4

Private nonagricultural wage and salary workers ...................
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction ...................
Construction .....................................................................
Manufacturing ...................................................................
Durable goods .............................................................
Nondurable goods .......................................................
Wholesale and retail trade ................................................
Transportation and utilities ...............................................
Information ........................................................................
Financial activities ............................................................
Professional and business services .................................
Education and health services ..........................................
Leisure and hospitality ......................................................
Other services ..................................................................

6,771
190
605
1,055
665
390
1,081
292
260
555
1,005
800
614
308

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

67.1
62.5
72.7
65.6
65.6
65.6
62.7
62.7
68.4
67.6
73.0
68.6
62.5
66.9

16.5
24.4
16.4
16.4
15.7
17.6
17.1
14.7
20.4
18.6
12.2
17.2
17.9
15.4

16.4
13.0
10.9
18.0
18.7
16.8
20.2
22.6
11.2
13.8
14.9
14.2
19.6
17.7

Government wage and salary workers ...................................

337

100.0

68.5

14.8

16.6

1 Data refer to all persons (regardless of years of tenure on lost job)
who had lost or left a job between January 2013 and December 2015
because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the
abolishment of their positions or shifts.
2 Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers and
persons who did not report occupation, industry, or class of worker, not

shown separately.
3 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African
American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not
presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as
Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.