Extended Mass Layoff Events and Number of Workers Laid Off by Industry, 2004–2006

Industry	Number of mass layoffs			Number of workers laid off
Industry	2004	2005	2006	2004	2005	2006
Total, private nonfarm¹	5,010	4,881	4,885	993,909	884,661	935,805
Mining	40	44	40	6,123	5,906	6,911
Utilities	13	13	11	2,964	1,818	1,690
Construction	870	960	1,062	118,998	122,393	125,892
Manufacturing	1,467	1,292	1,368	254,430	223,066	273,568
Wholesale trade	94	102	84	15,908	13,345	13,976
Retail trade	344	336	313	143,671	79,607	100,043
Transportation and warehousing	278	300	314	59,098	67,455	70,074
Information	170	114	113	36,593	23,041	18,978
Finance and insurance	158	110	161	34,145	18,898	31,045
Real estate and rental and leasing	13	19	17	3,889	2,667	1,732
Professional and technical services	151	156	155	33,199	41,800	44,306
Management of companies and enterprises	21	14	18	3,688	2,178	2,582
Administrative and waste services	545	505	477	113,365	93,554	91,777
Educational services	16	22	23	1,429	5,227	2,353
Health care and social assistance	284	307	232	44,213	42,918	30,072
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	138	135	130	37,687	52,058	43,014
Accommodations and food services	314	357	286	68,855	74,912	67,106
Other services, except public administration	88	94	81	14,906	13,618	10,686
Unclassified	6	1	–	748	200	–
Selected industry groupings
Clothing manufacturing and distributing	232	182	239	59,683	33,657	55,925
Food production, processing, and distribution	638	632	534	180,333	121,738	120,789