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| Mass Layoff Events, Separations, and Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance by Industry, Maine, 2003-2002 | ||||||||||
| Source: Maine Department of Labor, Division of Labor Market Information Services, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||||||||||
| Industry Description | 2003 | 2002 | ||||||||
| Establishments | Total Layoffs | Establishments | Total Layoffs | |||||||
| Total1 | With Layoffs | Layoff Events2 | Separa-tions | Initial Claims | Total1 | With Layoffs | Layoff Events2 | Separa-tions | Initial Claims | |
| Total, All Industries | 5,885 | 95 | 122 | 11,654 | 8,845 | 5,940 | 96 | 115 | 12,970 | 8,991 |
| Good-Producing Industries | 1,144 | 66 | 82 | 6,756 | 5,554 | 1,163 | 60 | 70 | 6,044 | 4,752 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing | 97 | 7 | 8 | 274 | 257 | 118 | 4 | 4 | 247 | 138 |
| Forestry and Logging | 48 | 4 | 4 | 128 | 117 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 97 | 85 |
| Balance of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing | 49 | 3 | 4 | 146 | 140 | 69 | * | * | * | * |
| Mining | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Construction | 422 | 18 | 21 | 1,537 | 1,397 | 433 | 19 | 23 | 2,125 | 1,826 |
| Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction | 50 | 10 | 12 | 1,010 | 888 | 50 | 8 | 12 | 1,584 | 1,317 |
| Balance of Construction | 372 | 8 | 9 | 527 | 509 | 387 | 11 | 11 | 541 | 509 |
| Manufacturing | 625 | 41 | 53 | 4,945 | 3,900 | 610 | 37 | 43 | 3,672 | 2,788 |
| Manufacturing of Durable Goods | 361 | 20 | 27 | 1,815 | 1,411 | 353 | 16 | 21 | 1,783 | 1,182 |
| Manufacturing of Nondurable Goods | 264 | 21 | 26 | 3,130 | 2,489 | 270 | 21 | 22 | 1,889 | 1,606 |
| Service-Providing Industries | 4,741 | 29 | 40 | 4,898 | 3,291 | 4,777 | 36 | 45 | 6,926 | 4,239 |
| Utilities | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wholesale Trade | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 3 | 5 | 333 | 298 |
| Retail Trade | 912 | 5 | 8 | 1,240 | 1,274 | 912 | 7 | 14 | 4,572 | 2,693 |
| Transportation | 152 | * | * | * | * | 184 | * | * | * | * |
| Information, Communications | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | * | * | * | * |
| Finance | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Real Estate | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Services | 2,631 | 22 | 30 | 3,533 | 1,892 | 2,692 | 24 | 24 | 1,891 | 1,143 |
| Professional and Business Services | 510 | 9 | 16 | 1,426 | 1,106 | 538 | 4 | 4 | 240 | 221 |
| Education and Health Services | 1,057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,021 | 5 | 5 | 236 | 192 |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 891 | 10 | 11 | 1,955 | 642 | 1,179 | 13 | 13 | 1,312 | 646 |
| Other Services | 173 | 3 | 3 | 152 | 144 | 170 | * | * | * | * |
| Government | 263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1) Total Establishments are those employers with 15 or more employees. | ||||||||||
| 2) A mass layoff event occurs when 20 or more workers are laid off for more than 30 days. | ||||||||||
| * Data does not meet Federal or State disclosure criteria. | ||||||||||