The biennial report defines displaced workers as people who are 20 years of age and older who reported leaving or losing their job due to a company or plant closing or moving, insufficient work for the employee, or their role or shift was cut.
Healthcare and social assistance employees saw a 10% job loss from January 2021 to December 2023, with 17% job displacement for manufacturing jobs, 15% in professional and business services and 10% in retail trade during that time.
Of the affected employees, 65.7% had found reemployment by January 2024 , the report said.
