Table 2. Employment estimate comparison of U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis datasets SAEMP25 and SAEMP27, 2020
NAICS Description SAEMP25 SAEMP27 Difference (SAEMP25 – SAEMP27) Ratio (SAEMP25 ÷ SAEMP27)

11

 Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and related activities 924,500 582,000 342,500 1.6

113

   Forestry and logging 117,600 54,000 63,600 2.2

114

   Fishing, hunting and trapping 111,200 13,000 98,200 8.6

115

   Support activities for agriculture and forestry 695,700 515,000 180,700 1.4

21

 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 942,100 538,000 404,100 1.8

211

   Oil and gas extraction 454,700 126,000 328,700 3.6

212

   Mining (except oil and gas) 218,200 176,000 42,200 1.2

213

   Support activities for mining 269,200 236,000 33,200 1.1

22

 Utilities 586,100 544,000 42,100 1.1

23

 Construction 10,850,300 7,402,000 3,448,300 1.5

236

   Construction of buildings 2,422,700 1,643,000 779,700 1.5

237

   Heavy and civil engineering construction 1,195,100 1,068,000 127,100 1.1

238

   Specialty trade contractors 7,232,500 4,691,000 2,541,500 1.5

31, 32, 33

 Manufacturing 12,807,500 12,107,000 700,500 1.1

33, 321, and 327

   Durable goods manufacturing 7,953,000 7,543,000 410,000 1.1

321

     Wood product manufacturing 439,200 395,000 44,200 1.1

327

     Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 431,300 399,000 32,300 1.1

331

     Primary metal manufacturing 362,200 351,000 11,200 1.0

332

     Fabricated metal product manufacturing 1,435,700 1,374,000 61,700 1.0

333

     Machinery manufacturing 1,091,900 1,047,000 44,900 1.0

334

     Computer and electronic product manufacturing 1,084,300 1,060,000 24,300 1.0

335

     Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 399,400 381,000 18,400 1.0

3361 through 3363

     Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts manufacturing 894,100 891,000 3,100 1.0

3364 through 3369

     Other transportation equipment manufacturing 718,700 702,000 16,700 1.0

337

     Furniture and related product manufacturing 403,800 361,000 42,800 1.1

339

     Miscellaneous manufacturing 692,400 582,000 110,400 1.2

31 and 32 (excluding 321 & 327)

   Nondurable goods manufacturing 4,854,500 4,564,000 290,500 1.1

311

     Food manufacturing 1,691,600 1,602,000 89,600 1.1

312

     Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 293,300 274,000 19,300 1.1

313

     Textile mills 98,900 95,000 3,900 1.0

314

     Textile product mills 109,000 101,000 8,000 1.1

315

     Apparel manufacturing 128,000 90,000 38,000 1.4

316

     Leather and allied product manufacturing 35,800 24,000 11,800 1.5

322

     Paper manufacturing 357,200 354,000 3,200 1.0

323

     Printing and related support activities 426,700 376,000 50,700 1.1

324

     Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 116,100 109,000 7,100 1.1

325

     Chemical manufacturing 892,700 846,000 46,700 1.1

326

     Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 705,200 693,000 12,200 1.0

42

 Wholesale trade 6,189,300 5,650,000 539,300 1.1

44 and 45

 Retail trade 17,949,200 14,891,000 3,058,200 1.2

441

   Motor vehicle and parts dealers 2,097,300 1,908,000 189,300 1.1

442

   Furniture and home furnishings stores 459,400 413,000 46,400 1.1

443

   Electronics and appliance stores 456,900 440,000 16,900 1.0

444

   Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 1,414,600 1,364,000 50,600 1.0

445

   Food and beverage stores 3,264,600 3,119,000 145,600 1.0

446

   Health and personal care stores 1,171,100 981,000 190,100 1.2

447

   Gasoline stations 958,300 929,000 29,300 1.0

448

   Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,165,400 981,000 184,400 1.2

451

   Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book and music stores 622,800 476,000 146,800 1.3

452

   General merchandise stores 2,982,000 2,942,000 40,000 1.0

453

   Miscellaneous store retailers 1,442,200 748,000 694,200 1.9

454

   Nonstore retailers 1,914,600 590,000 1,324,600 3.2

48 and 49

 Transportation and warehousing 9,065,900 5,775,000 3,290,900 1.6

481

   Air transportation 496,100 466,000 30,100 1.1

482

   Rail transportation 156,100 156,000 100 1.0

483

   Water transportation 66,000 59,000 7,000 1.1

484

   Truck transportation 2,253,500 1,499,000 754,500 1.5

485

   Transit and ground passenger transportation 1,933,200 373,000 1,560,200 5.2

486

   Pipeline transportation 52,300 51,000 1,300 1.0

487

   Scenic and sightseeing transportation 30,500 19,000 11,500 1.6

488

   Support activities for transportation 779,600 700,000 79,600 1.1

492

   Couriers and messengers 1,727,800 978,000 749,800 1.8

493

   Warehousing and storage 1,570,800 1,474,000 96,800 1.1

51

 Information 3,244,600 2,714,000 530,600 1.2

511

   Publishing industries (except internet) 921,500 767,000 154,500 1.2

512

   Motion picture and sound recording industries 367,800 296,000 71,800 1.2

515

   Broadcasting (except internet) 293,500 245,000 48,500 1.2

517

   Telecommunications 844,700 688,000 156,700 1.2

518

   Data processing, hosting, and related services 441,600 362,000 79,600 1.2

519

   Other information services 375,500 356,000 19,500 1.1

52

 Finance and insurance 10,524,000 6,506,000 4,018,000 1.6

521

   Monetary authorities—central bank 20,000 20,000 0 1.0

522

   Credit intermediation and related activities 2,844,600 2,669,000 175,600 1.1

523

   Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities 3,649,500 948,000 2,701,500 3.8

524

   Insurance carriers and related activities 3,493,900 2,851,000 642,900 1.2

525

   Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles 516,000 18,000 498,000 28.7

53

 Real estate and rental and leasing 8,922,600 2,236,000 6,686,600 4.0

531

   Real estate 8,229,100 1,728,000 6,501,100 4.8

532

   Rental and leasing services 667,300 487,000 180,300 1.4

533

   Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) 26,200 21,000 5,200 1.2

54

 Professional, scientific, and technical services 14,326,300 9,549,000 4,777,300 1.5

55

 Management of companies and enterprises 2,664,000 2,323,000 341,000 1.1

56

 Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 11,736,900 8,625,000 3,111,900 1.4

561

   Administrative and support services 11,259,300 8,179,000 3,080,300 1.4

562

   Waste management and remediation services 477,600 446,000 31,600 1.1

61

 Educational services 4,605,700 3,493,000 1,112,700 1.3

62

 Healthcare and social assistance 22,455,500 19,830,000 2,625,500 1.1

621

   Ambulatory healthcare services 9,083,800 7,496,000 1,587,800 1.2

622

   Hospitals 5,131,600 5,117,000 14,600 1.0

623

   Nursing and residential care facilities 3,364,500 3,219,000 145,500 1.0

624

   Social assistance 4,875,600 3,998,000 877,600 1.2

71

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 3,582,400 1,767,000 1,815,400 2.0

711

   Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries 1,900,300 342,000 1,558,300 5.6

712

   Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions 143,600 136,000 7,600 1.1

713

   Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries 1,538,500 1,289,000 249,500 1.2

72

 Accommodation and food services 12,169,000 11,166,000 1,003,000 1.1

721

   Accommodation 1,642,900 1,406,000 236,900 1.2

722

   Food services and drinking places 10,526,100 9,760,000 766,100 1.1

81

 Other services (except government and government enterprises) 10,510,900 6,600,000 3,910,900 1.6

811

   Repair and maintenance 2,270,100 1,315,000 955,100 1.7

812

   Personal and laundry services 3,955,500 1,302,000 2,653,500 3.0

813

   Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations 3,156,300 2,854,000 302,300 1.1

814

   Private households 1,129,000 1,129,000 0 1.0

Note: NAICS = North American Industry Classification System, SAEMP25 = total full-time and part-time employment by industry by state, and SAEMP27 = full-time and part-time wage and salary employment by industry by state.

Source: “Employment by state” (Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis), https://www.bea.gov/data/employment/employment-by-state.