Since employment peaked in early 1989, 40 percent of the 80's job growth has been lost.

The nation has one million fewer jobs today, he said, than it did when employment peaked four years ago.

More than 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since 1988, when such employment peaked at 450,000.

General Dynamics' employment peaked at 105,000 in 1986 and has been sliding for several years.

At that point, employment will peak at about 29,000 people, she added.

Employment peaked at around 300 in the early 1980s.

Employment peaked in the 1930s when over 1400 people worked at the colliery.

Employment peaked in 1999, at over 1800, and is now between 1500 and 1600.

The company's employment peaked six years ago at 82,100.

Employment here peaked in 1975 and had somewhat recovered from its lowest level of 1981 by 1984.