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Employment by major industry sector
This table also can be found in the article, "Industry Output and Employment Projections to 2018," published in the November 2009 Monthly
Labor Review.
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Table 2.1 Employment by major industry sector, 1998, 2008, projected 2018
Industry sector |
Thousands of jobs |
Change |
Percent distribution |
Average annual rate of change |
1998 |
2008 |
2018 |
1998-2008 |
2008-18 |
1998 |
2008 |
2018 |
1998-2008 |
2008-18 |
Total |
140,563.9 |
150,931.7 |
166,205.6 |
10,367.8 |
15,273.9 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
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Nonagriculture wage and salary |
126,624.7 |
137,814.8 |
152,443.5 |
11,190.1 |
14,628.7 |
90.1 |
91.3 |
91.7 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
Goods-producing, excluding agriculture |
24,273.6 |
21,363.1 |
21,390.4 |
-2,910.5 |
27.3 |
17.3 |
14.2 |
12.9 |
-1.3 |
0.0 |
Mining |
564.7 |
717.0 |
613.2 |
152.3 |
-103.8 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
-1.6 |
Construction |
6,149.4 |
7,214.9 |
8,552.0 |
1,065.5 |
1,337.1 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
5.1 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
Manufacturing |
17,559.5 |
13,431.2 |
12,225.2 |
-4,128.3 |
-1,206.0 |
12.5 |
8.9 |
7.4 |
-2.6 |
-0.9 |
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Services-providing |
102,351.1 |
116,451.7 |
131,053.1 |
14,100.6 |
14,601.4 |
72.8 |
77.2 |
78.8 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
Utilities |
613.4 |
559.5 |
500.5 |
-53.9 |
-59.0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
-0.9 |
-1.1 |
Wholesale trade |
5,795.2 |
5,963.9 |
6,219.8 |
168.7 |
255.9 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
Retail trade |
14,609.7 |
15,356.4 |
16,010.4 |
746.7 |
654.0 |
10.4 |
10.2 |
9.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
4,168.1 |
4,504.9 |
4,950.4 |
336.8 |
445.5 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
Information |
3,218.4 |
2,996.9 |
3,115.0 |
-221.5 |
118.1 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
-0.7 |
0.4 |
Financial activities |
7,462.4 |
8,145.5 |
8,702.7 |
683.1 |
557.2 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
Professional and business services |
15,146.5 |
17,778.0 |
21,967.9 |
2,631.5 |
4,189.9 |
10.8 |
11.8 |
13.2 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
Educational services |
2,233.0 |
3,036.5 |
3,842.0 |
803.5 |
805.5 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
Health care and social assistance |
12,213.7 |
15,818.7 |
19,815.6 |
3,605.0 |
3,996.9 |
8.7 |
10.5 |
11.9 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
Leisure and hospitality |
11,231.6 |
13,458.7 |
14,601.1 |
2,227.1 |
1,142.4 |
8.0 |
8.9 |
8.8 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
Other services |
5,749.8 |
6,333.2 |
7,141.9 |
583.4 |
808.7 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
Federal government |
2,772.0 |
2,764.3 |
2,859.1 |
-7.7 |
94.8 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
State and local government |
17,137.3 |
19,735.2 |
21,326.7 |
2,597.9 |
1,591.5 |
12.2 |
13.1 |
12.8 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
| |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting |
2,528.0 |
2,098.3 |
2,020.1 |
-429.7 |
-78.2 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
-1.8 |
-0.4 |
Agriculture wage and salary |
1,372.6 |
1,209.8 |
1,206.4 |
-162.8 |
-3.4 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
-1.3 |
0.0 |
Agriculture self-employed and unpaid family workers |
1,155.4 |
888.5 |
813.7 |
-266.9 |
-74.8 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
-2.6 |
-0.9 |
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Nonagriculture self-employed and unpaid family worker |
9,342.2 |
9,312.6 |
9,943.1 |
-29.6 |
630.5 |
6.6 |
6.2 |
6.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
Secondary wage and salary jobs in agriculture and private household industries |
172.5 |
181.7 |
191.6 |
9.2 |
9.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
Secondary jobs as a self-employed or unpaid family worker |
1,896.5 |
1,524.3 |
1,607.3 |
-372.2 |
83.0 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
-2.2 |
0.5 |
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