The Bureau of Labor Statistics' August 27, 2026 Worker Displacement report estimates that 3.3 million people lost jobs they had held for at least three years between January 2023 and December 2025. The reasons covered are plant or company closure or relocation, insufficient work, and the abolition of a position or shift. A January 2026 survey found 66.1% of these long-tenured displaced workers were employed at that point. The occupational breakdown shows 134,000 long-tenured displaced workers from installation, maintenance and repair occupations; 78.5% were employed in January 2026. For construction and extraction occupations, an estimated 188,000 had been displaced and 59.6% were employed, while 27.1% were unemployed and 13.3% were out of the labor force. The report does not say those who were reemployed returned to the same trade, and its point-in-time measure cannot tell how long a job search took. Industry is a different way to group workers. The construction industry, including people in non-trade roles, accounted for an estimated 229,000 long-tenured displaced workers, 71.3% of whom were employed in January 2026. Manufacturing accounted for 642,000, up 215,000 from the earlier survey period, and 68.6% of these workers were employed. The occupational and industry totals overlap and should not be added together. BLS notes that industry figures starting with this January 2026 survey use the 2022 Census industry classification and are not strictly comparable with earlier years. The estimates also cover permanent displacement as defined in the survey, not every temporary or seasonal layoff. For a career decision, these national survey snapshots are context to pair with local hiring conditions, training requirements and employer practices, not a promise of a placement rate.