U.S. Layoff Data:
Private Sector and Government

Mass Layoff Separations | Government Mass Layoff Separations
Mass Layoff Separations: Cumulative | Government Mass Layoff Separations: Cumulative
Private Employee Risk Relative to Government Employee

Mass Layoff Separations: By Quarter
All Source Data from US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Quarter Private Government Private Employee Risk Relative to Government Employee
1996:1 244,146 5,637 8.58
1996:2 212,532 24,416 1.72
1996:3 179,539 18,859 1.89
1996:4 374,911 16,719 4.44
1997:1 226,814 3,726 12.06
1997:2 238,330 36,382 1.30

Government Mass Layoff Separations: By Quarter
All Source Data from US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Quarter

Government Sector

Private Employee Risk Relative to Government Employee
Federal State Local Federal State Local
1996:1 3,546 797 1,294 2.00 14.49 22.98
1996:2 2,426 3,275 18,715 2.54 3.07 1.38
1996:3 3,140 1,973 13,746 1.66 4.30 1.59
1996:4 2,983 5,424 8,312 3.64 3.27 5.49
1997:1 2,299 682 745 2.86 15.73 37.08
1997:2 1,665 4,197 30,520 4.15 2.69 0.95

Mass Layoffs: Cumulative from 1996
All Source Data from US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Quarter Private Government Private Employee Risk Relative to Government Employee
1996:1 244,146 5,637 8.58
1996:2 456,678 30,053 3.01
1996:3 636,217 48,912 2.58
1996:4 1,011,128 65,631 3.05
1997:1 1,237,942 69,357 3.54
1997:2 1,476,272 105,739 2.77

Government Mass Layoffs: Cumulative from 1996
All Source Data from US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
Quarter Government Sector Private Employee Risk Relative to Government Employee
Federal State Local Federal State Local
1996:1 3,546 797 1,294 2.00 14.49 22.98
1996:2 5,972 4,072 20,009 2.22 5.30 2.78
1996:3 9,112 6,045 33,755 2.02 4.98 2.30
1996:4 12,095 11,469 42,067 2.42 4.17 2.93
1997:1 14,394 12,151 42,812 2.49 4.82 3.52
1997:2 16,059 16,348 73,332 2.67 4.27 2.45

Private Employee Risk Relative to Government Employee

Likelihood of private sector separation due to layoff (redundancy) compared to government employee. Values greater than "1" indicate greater private sector employee layoff (redundancy) likelihood. Values less than "1" indicate greater government sector employee layoff (redundancy) likelihood.

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