Table 2. Employment by major industry sector, 1998, 2008, and projected 2018
(In thousands)
Industry sector Employment Change Percent distribution Average annual
rate of change
1998 2008 2018 1998- 2008- 1998 2008 2018 1998- 2008-
2008 2018 2008 2018
Total (1)....................................... 140,564 150,932 166,206 10,368 15,274 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.7 1.0
Nonagriculture wage and salary (2).............. 126,625 137,815 152,443 11,190 14,629 90.1 91.3 91.7 .9 1.0
Goods-producing, excluding agriculture.......... 24,274 21,363 21,390 -2,911 27 17.3 14.2 12.9 -1.3 .0
Mining....................................... 565 717 613 152 -104 .4 .5 .4 2.4 -1.6
Construction................................. 6,149 7,215 8,552 1,066 1,337 4.4 4.8 5.1 1.6 1.7
Manufacturing................................ 17,560 13,431 12,225 -4,128 -1,206 12.5 8.9 7.4 -2.6 -.9
Service-providing............................... 102,351 116,452 131,053 14,101 14,601 72.8 77.2 78.8 1.3 1.2
Utilities.................................... 613 560 500 -54 -59 .4 .4 .3 -.9 -1.1
Wholesale trade.............................. 5,795 5,964 6,220 169 256 4.1 4.0 3.7 .3 .4
Retail trade................................. 14,610 15,356 16,010 747 654 10.4 10.2 9.6 .5 .4
Transportation and warehousing............... 4,168 4,505 4,950 337 445 3.0 3.0 3.0 .8 .9
Information.................................. 3,218 2,997 3,115 -222 118 2.3 2.0 1.9 -.7 .4
Financial activities......................... 7,462 8,146 8,703 683 557 5.3 5.4 5.2 .9 .7
Professional and business services........... 15,147 17,778 21,968 2,632 4,190 10.8 11.8 13.2 1.6 2.1
Educational services......................... 2,233 3,037 3,842 804 805 1.6 2.0 2.3 3.1 2.4
Health care and social assistance............ 12,214 15,819 19,816 3,605 3,997 8.7 10.5 11.9 2.6 2.3
Leisure and hospitality...................... 11,232 13,459 14,601 2,227 1,142 8.0 8.9 8.8 1.8 .8
Other services............................... 5,750 6,333 7,142 583 809 4.1 4.2 4.3 1.0 1.2
Federal government........................... 2,772 2,764 2,859 -8 95 2.0 1.8 1.7 .0 .3
State and local government................... 17,137 19,735 21,327 2,598 1,591 12.2 13.1 12.8 1.4 .8
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (3). 2,528 2,098 2,020 -430 -78 1.8 1.4 1.2 -1.8 -.4
Agriculture wage and salary................... 1,373 1,210 1,206 -163 -3 1.0 .8 .7 -1.3 .0
Agriculture self-employed and unpaid family
workers....................................... 1,155 889 814 -267 -75 .8 .6 .5 -2.6 -.9
Nonagriculture self-employed and unpaid
family workers................................ 9,342 9,313 9,943 -30 631 6.6 6.2 6.0 .0 .7
Secondary wage and salary jobs in agriculture
and private household industries (4).......... 172 182 192 9 10 .1 .1 .1 .5 .5
Secondary jobs as a self-employed or unpaid
family worker (5)............................. 1,897 1,524 1,607 -372 83 1.3 1.0 1.0 -2.2 .5
1 Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics survey, which counts jobs, whereas
self-employed, unpaid family workers, and agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting are from the Current Population Survey
(household survey), which counts workers.
2 Includes wage and salary data from the Current Employment Statistics survey, except private households, which is from the
Current Population Survey. Logging workers are excluded.
3 Includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting data from the Current Population Survey, except logging, which is from
the Current Employment Statistics survey. Government wage and salary workers are excluded.
4 Workers who hold a secondary wage and salary job in agricultural production, forestry, fishing, and private household indus-
tries.
5 Wage and salary workers who hold a secondary job as a self-employed or unpaid family worker.
