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

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Annual percent change in hours and output, and current employment level, 1987-2025
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Mining	-0.3	1.6	579.5
Oil and gas extraction	-1.5	2.0	118.1
Mining, except oil and gas	-1.1	-0.3	190.5
Coal mining	-3.2	-1.9	39.9
Metal ore mining	0.7	0.0	45.2
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-0.2	0.8	105.4
Support activities for mining	1.0	2.7	270.9
Food	0.6	1.0	1,839.9
Beverages and tobacco products	0.4	-0.8	337.8
Textile mills	-4.7	-3.0	86.7
Textile product mills	-2.3	-2.0	104.9
Apparel	-6.1	-6.0	94.0
Paper	-1.5	-0.7	355.4
Printing and related support activities	-2.1	-1.3	370.8
Petroleum and coal products	-0.9	0.9	110.7
Chemicals	-0.1	0.6	909.0
Plastics and rubber products	-0.3	0.6	709.2
Wood products	-0.9	-0.1	435.8
Nonmetallic mineral products	-0.4	-0.2	431.9
Primary metals	-1.6	-0.4	366.0
Fabricated metal products	-0.2	0.2	1,458.0
Machinery	-0.6	0.5	1,098.4
Computer and electronic products	-1.9	5.3	1,006.3
Electrical equipment and appliances	-1.3	-0.2	431.4
Transportation equipment	-0.5	1.5	1,758.4
Furniture and related products	-1.6	-0.8	357.7
Miscellaneous manufacturing	-0.1	0.7	663.3