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

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Annual percent change in hours and output, and current employment level, 1987-2024
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Mining	-0.3	1.6	597.2
Oil and gas extraction	-1.3	2.0	123.2
Mining, except oil and gas	-1.1	-0.3	193.5
Coal mining	-3.2	-2.2	42.5
Metal ore mining	0.7	0.2	45.9
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	-0.2	0.8	105.1
Support activities for mining	1.0	2.7	280.5
Food	0.6	1.0	1,826.6
Beverages and tobacco products	0.6	-0.5	352.9
Textile mills	-4.6	-3.0	93.5
Textile product mills	-2.4	-2.2	108.3
Apparel	-6.0	-6.0	102.7
Leather and allied products	-4.5	-3.4	28.1
Paper	-1.5	-0.7	355.7
Printing and related support activities	-2.1	-1.1	377.6
Petroleum and coal products	-1.0	0.9	110.0
Chemicals	-0.2	0.5	905.7
Plastics and rubber products	-0.2	0.8	729.9
Wood products	-0.8	-0.1	446.6
Nonmetallic mineral products	-0.5	-0.1	440.2
Primary metals	-1.7	-0.3	373.5
Fabricated metal products	-0.3	0.4	1,458.0
Machinery	-0.6	0.5	1,131.5
Computer and electronic products	-1.9	5.3	1,034.4
Electrical equipment and appliances	-1.4	0.1	415.1
Transportation equipment	-0.4	1.4	1,809.6
Furniture and related products	-1.7	-0.8	365.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing	-0.1	1.0	661.7