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Industry employment
This section illustrates projected employment
change for industries over the 2010–20 decade.
Workers are grouped into an industry according
to the type of good produced or service provided
by the establishment for which they work. For example,
everyone who is on a construction company's payroll is
part of the construction industry, regardless of his or her
job duties. The construction industry includes not only
construction workers, such as carpenters and roofers,
but also other workers, such as office managers and
truck drivers.
Industry employment projections are shown in
terms of numeric change (growth or decline in the total
number of jobs) and percent change (the rate of job
growth or decline). Unlike the employment totals in the
occupational charts, however, the employment totals in
this section cover only wage and salary workers and do
not include self-employed or unpaid family workers.
Employment growth for all wage and salary workers
is projected to average about 15 percent between
2010 and 2020. This average is shown as a dotted vertical
line in two charts.
As discussed in the introduction to this issue of
the Quarterly, job growth or decline in some industries
affects particular occupations significantly. The number
of jobs for registered nurses, for example, is highly
dependent on the growth of the hospital industry. Many
occupations, however—from accountants to computer
systems analysts—are found in nearly every industry.
Employment growth in industries depends on
industry output (the total amount produced) and worker
productivity (how much each worker produces). Laborsaving
technologies and methods can increase productivity,
limiting employment growth even as output
increases. For example, even as domestic manufacturing
output is projected to increase, employment in
factories is projected to decline as advanced methods
and machines reduce the number of workers needed to
produce goods.
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