Table 7. Long-tenured displaced workers(1) who lost full-time wage and salary jobs and were reemployed in January 2010
by industry of lost job and characteristics of new job
(In thousands)
Reemployed in January 2010
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)............................... 2,933 424 2,161 649 345 522 295 348
Agriculture and related industries wage and
salary workers............................. 10 1 9 3 1 - 4 -
Nonagricultural industries wage and salary
workers.................................... 2,903 423 2,132 645 341 519 287 348
Private nonagricultural wage and salary
workers.................................. 2,794 406 2,040 624 331 487 263 348
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction......................... 46 - 39 20 4 - 10 7
Construction........................ 380 51 283 80 45 61 42 46
Manufacturing....................... 575 64 467 162 78 107 39 44
Durable goods.................. 361 38 289 102 46 68 24 34
Nondurable goods............... 214 26 178 60 32 39 14 10
Wholesale and retail trade.......... 407 90 269 94 40 69 39 48
Transportation and utilities........ 133 19 104 32 9 27 15 10
Information......................... 73 6 47 15 9 15 3 20
Financial activities................ 322 38 235 69 43 67 24 49
Professional and business services.. 367 45 253 66 38 63 39 69
Education and health services....... 249 61 169 38 41 42 29 20
Leisure and hospitality............. 123 18 95 30 11 11 20 10
Other services...................... 119 15 79 19 12 24 5 25
Government wage and salary workers........ 109 17 92 21 10 33 25 -
1 Data refer to persons who had 3 or more years of tenure on a job they had lost or left between January 2007 and
December 2009 because of plant or company closings or moves, insufficient work, or the abolishment of their positions
or shifts.
2 Includes about 350,000 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.