Offshoring continues apace

Offshoring, a form of outsourcing in which jobs are relocated to countries with lower cost structures, continues apace.

Interestingly, there are no really reliable numbers to indicate how many American jobs have been lost to this practice, to date.

TechsUnite.org, a burgeoning union for technical workers, is trying to track patterns of offshoring and job loss through their Offshore Tracker:

Total number of jobs tracked by the Offshore Tracker
Jobs Offshored: 356,166
Jobs Lost: 172,195

States most widely affected
California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington

Sectors of the economy most frequently listed on the Offshore Tracker (along with names within each sector)

Airline Transportation
Delta Airlines, United Airlines, U.S. Airways

Books: Printing, Publishing
Gale Thompson Group, Thomson West,

Commercial Physical and Biological Research
Biogen, CiVentiChem, Nobex

Computer Integrated Systems Design
Conexant Systems, Evolving Systems, 3Com

Computer Peripheral Equipment
Cadence, STMicroelectronic

Computer Processing and Data Preparation and Processing
Affiliated Computer Services, Quark, Sierra Atlantic, Unisys

Computer Programming Services
Electronic Data Systems (EDS), IBM, Perot Systems, Sun Microsystems

Computer Related Services not elsewhere classified
Earthlink, Keane, Siemens AG

Electronic Components
Delphi, Sony

Engineering Services
BE&K Engineering, Kensa

Financial
Bank of America, Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, Ocwen Financial, Sallie Mae

Health and Allied Services
Kaiser Permanente, McKesson Corporation

Insurance
Aetna, AIG, MetLife, Premera Blue Cross

Investment Advice
Ernst & Young, Fidelity Investments

Management/Management Consulting Services
Deloitte Consulting, Hewitt Associates

Pharmaceutical Preparations
Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer

Prepackaged Software
Microsoft, Oracle

Semiconductors and Related Services
Cypress Semiconductor, Intel

Telephone Communications
AT&T, MCI, Sprint, Verizon Wireless

Other Companies Who Offshored in the Past Year
Anheuser Busch, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Best Western, Black &
Decker, Chiquita Brands, Circuit City, Coach, Coca-Cola, Colgate-
Palmolive, Columbia House, Costco, FUBU, Gap, General Mills, Home
Depot, ITT Educational Services, John Deere & Company, Johnson &
Johnson, Land's End, Lowe's, Mattel, Maytag, Nestle, Office Depot,
Orbitz, Pepsi, Princeton University, Reebok, Safeway, Sears,
Sweetheart Cup Company, Target, Travelocity, and Washington Mutual