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Appendix table 2. Number of workers(1) represented, National Compensation Survey, March 2011 State and Occupational Civilian Private local group(2) workers industry govern- workers ment workers All workers........119,726,200 100,764,900 18,961,200 Management, professional, and related...........35,035,700 24,576,700 10,459,000 Management, business, and financial....... 9,362,500 7,785,200 - Professional and related.........25,673,100 16,791,500 8,881,600 Teachers...... 6,190,800 - 4,921,200 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers.... 4,128,500 - 3,602,900 Registered nurses........ 2,683,500 - - Service...........26,216,500 22,190,000 4,026,500 Protective service......... 3,024,800 1,214,300 1,810,400 Sales and office..31,364,800 28,600,200 2,764,600 Sales and related.........11,452,500 11,303,100 - Office and administrative support.........19,912,300 17,297,100 2,615,200 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance....... 9,401,500 8,443,700 957,800 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry........ 4,746,700 4,217,700 - Installation, maintenance, and repair.......... 4,654,800 4,226,000 - Production, transportation, and material moving............17,707,600 16,954,300 753,300 Production...... 8,534,300 8,416,300 - Transportation and material moving.......... 9,173,300 8,538,000 - 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of the size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system is used to classify workers. NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dashes indicate that no estimates for this characteristic are provided in this publication.