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, 1987-2021
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Mining	-0.6	1.4	532.7
Oil and gas extraction	-1.6	1.7	118.3
Mining, except oil and gas	-1.5	-0.2	176.4
Coal mining	-3.9	-2.0	36.6
Metal ore mining	0.2	0.4	42.7
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-0.3	0.8	97.1
Food	0.5	1.1	1,683.1
Beverages and tobacco products	0.7	-0.4	306.9
Textile mills	-4.4	-2.6	101.3
Textile product mills	-2.3	-1.8	113.0
Apparel	-6.2	-6.3	100.7
Leather and allied products	-4.4	-4.0	29.5
Paper	-1.7	-0.5	348.9
Printing and related support activities	-2.0	-0.9	390.6
Petroleum and coal products	-0.9	0.8	105.9
Chemicals	-0.3	0.6	883.2
Plastics and rubber products	-0.3	1.1	733.8
Wood products	-0.9	0.0	437.0
Nonmetallic mineral products	-0.7	0.0	417.1
Primary metals	-1.9	0.1	352.3
Fabricated metal products	-0.4	0.5	1,410.6
Machinery	-0.8	0.8	1,059.3
Computer and electronic products	-1.9	5.6	1,068.8
Electrical equipment and appliances	-1.5	0.0	399.3
Transportation equipment	-0.8	1.3	1,653.1
Furniture and related products	-1.4	-0.5	397.6
Miscellaneous manufacturing	-0.3	1.2	651.2