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, 1987-2023
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Mining	-0.2	1.6	606.9
Oil and gas extraction	-1.3	2.0	118.4
Mining, except oil and gas	-1.1	-0.2	189.7
Coal mining	-3.1	-1.9	42.7
Metal ore mining	0.4	0.2	43.7
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-0.2	0.9	103.3
Food	0.5	1.1	1,779.1
Beverages and tobacco products	0.6	-0.4	343.8
Textile mills	-4.7	-2.8	92.8
Textile product mills	-2.3	-2.0	106.7
Apparel	-6.0	-6.0	107.8
Leather and allied products	-4.5	-3.3	30.0
Paper	-1.7	-0.6	358.3
Printing and related support activities	-2.0	-1.1	391.8
Petroleum and coal products	-1.0	0.9	109.1
Chemicals	-0.2	0.6	918.5
Plastics and rubber products	-0.2	1.0	742.2
Wood products	-0.8	-0.2	451.9
Nonmetallic mineral products	-0.5	0.2	437.9
Primary metals	-1.6	-0.4	380.5
Fabricated metal products	-0.3	0.5	1,480.7
Machinery	-0.5	0.8	1,145.2
Computer and electronic products	-1.7	5.4	1,111.3
Electrical equipment and appliances	-1.4	0.0	421.0
Transportation equipment	-0.4	1.4	1,804.3
Furniture and related products	-1.5	-0.7	386.1
Miscellaneous manufacturing	-0.1	1.3	688.5