Long-term percent change, hours and output, and employment

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Average annual percent change in hours and output, and current employment level, 1987-2020
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Mining	-0.5	1.4	584.7
Oil and gas extraction	-1.2	1.8	138.6
Mining, except oil and gas	-1.4	-0.4	179.4
Coal mining	-3.6	-2.2	41.6
Metal ore mining	0.2	0.3	41.9
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-0.3	0.7	95.9
Food	0.5	1.1	1,666.2
Beverages and tobacco products	0.2	-0.2	281.8
Textile mills	-4.7	-2.5	101.0
Textile product mills	-2.3	-2.0	116.6
Apparel	-6.5	-6.3	105.4
Leather and allied products	-4.5	-3.8	30.4
Paper	-1.8	-0.3	357.0
Printing and related support activities	-2.1	-1.1	397.8
Petroleum and coal products	-1.3	0.6	106.5
Chemicals	-0.4	0.4	860.9
Plastics and rubber products	-0.4	0.9	715.5
Wood products	-1.0	-0.3	413.2
Nonmetallic mineral products	-0.7	-0.1	410.8
Primary metals	-2.0	-0.2	357.4
Fabricated metal products	-0.4	0.4	1,418.7
Machinery	-0.8	0.6	1,068.5
Computer and electronic products	-1.9	5.9	1,084.4
Electrical equipment and appliances	-1.7	-0.2	382.1
Transportation equipment	-1.0	1.1	1,591.6
Furniture and related products	-1.6	-0.7	378.5
Miscellaneous manufacturing	-0.4	1.1	640.2