Permanent Worksite Closures: Extended Mass Layoff Events and Separations in the U.S. by Major Industry Division, 1996–2000

The following table provides the layoffs and job separations in the United States by industry for the years 1996 to 2000. A mass layoff is a separation of 50 or more employees for more than 31 days. Separations indicate the number of employees laid off.

Industry	Layoff events					Separations
Industry	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total¹	790	615	683	684	779	189,528	157,957	154,273	185,298	188,716
Total, private	778	607	675	681	772	186,226	155,218	153,150	184,165	186,849
Agriculture	20	10	12	10	15	4,578	2,817	1,569	2,059	3,206
Nonagriculture	756	596	661	668	754	180,971	151,301	151,246	181,803	183,188
Manufacturing	387	315	343	359	403	75,916	66,677	74,972	80,185	85,615
Nonmanufacturing	369	281	318	309	351	105,055	84,624	76,274	101,618	97,573
Mining	18	13	9	19	4	3,036	2,877	1,535	5,549	488
Construction	18	11	14	13	6	3,165	1,664	3,389	3,396	810
Transportation and public utilities	31	29	22	38	42	6,741	6,299	7,034	7,865	8,584
Wholesale and retail trade	182	141	137	149	158	59,343	48,510	35,277	59,486	53,028
Wholesale trade	32	22	34	31	43	4,021	3,361	7,081	5,122	9,17
Retail trade	150	119	103	118	115	55,322	45,149	28,196	54,364	43,856
Finance, insurance, and real estate	50	24	41	19	27	10,890	5,682	9,345	4,192	6,260
Services	70	63	95	71	114	21,880	19,592	19,694	21,130	28,403
Not identified	2	1	2	3	3	677	1,100	335	303	455
Government	12	8	8	3	7	3,302	2,739	1,123	1,133	1,869