Table 7. Long-tenured displaced workers (1) who lost full-time wage and salary jobs and were reemployed in January
2012 by industry of lost job and characteristics of new job
(In thousands)
Reemployed in January 2012
Wage and salary workers
Full time
Self-
Industry and class of worker of lost job employed
Total Earnings relative to those of lost job and
Part unpaid
time family
Total 20 Below, Equal or 20 workers
(2) percent but above, percent
or more within 20 but or more
below percent within 20 above
percent
Total who lost full-time wage and salary
jobs (3)............................... 3,003 424 2,368 630 408 538 352 211
Agriculture and related industries wage and
salary workers............................. 24 1 23 11 3 5 4 -
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary
workers.................................... 2,943 423 2,313 619 398 529 340 208
Private nonagricultural wage and salary
workers.................................. 2,805 402 2,209 589 385 506 308 195
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction......................... 15 2 12 12 - - - -
Construction........................ 393 54 290 89 49 64 43 49
Manufacturing....................... 645 66 544 171 108 87 64 35
Durable goods.................. 457 43 387 125 74 53 48 28
Nondurable goods............... 188 24 157 46 34 34 16 7
Wholesale and retail trade.......... 368 60 290 84 42 77 52 18
Transportation and utilities........ 139 14 114 22 26 15 20 11
Information......................... 95 21 72 27 14 8 10 2
Financial activities................ 255 18 220 52 29 46 27 18
Professional and business services.. 373 31 301 56 60 93 36 41
Education and health services....... 257 70 176 29 30 67 21 11
Leisure and hospitality............. 174 50 115 25 17 31 22 9
Other services...................... 91 14 75 20 10 18 11 2
Government wage and salary workers........ 138 21 104 30 13 22 33 13
1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2009 and
December 2011 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions
or shifts.
2 Includes about 440,000 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.