1-year percent change in output and hours, and employment

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1-year percent change in hours and output, and current employment level, 2021
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Utilities	-0.7	1.6	540.8
Power generation and supply	-0.9	1.8	377.7
Natural gas distribution	-1.3	0.5	109.1
Water, sewage and other systems	1.9	3.5	54.0
Air transportation	5.9	71.3	450.1
Line-haul railroads	-1.2	2.6	131.2
Truck transportation	7.7	6.1	1,770.5
General freight trucking	8.6	5.2	1,292.5
General freight trucking, local	12.0	15.1	363.4
General freight trucking, long-distance	7.3	2.6	929.1
Specialized freight trucking	5.3	8.5	478.0
Postal service	1.4	-2.3	606.0
Couriers and messengers	10.5	10.9	1,228.3
Warehousing and storage	15.8	9.1	1,653.3
Publishing	1.4	11.7	815.0
Newspaper publishers	-4.2	-3.0	113.2
Periodical publishers	-8.5	10.0	75.7
Software publishers	6.3	13.1	543.4
Broadcasting, except Internet	-8.5	8.6	238.8
Radio and television broadcasting	-8.2	10.8	192.2
Cable and other subscription programming	-9.7	6.4	46.6
Wired telecommunications carriers	-0.2	3.0	489.2
Wireless telecommunications carriers	-4.8	8.2	98.1
Commercial banking	-2.3	9.1	1,358.6
Truck, trailer, and RV rental and leasing	5.3	8.5	93.0
Accounting and bookkeeping services	2.7	5.0	1,188.0
Engineering services	3.1	3.3	1,070.4
Travel arrangement and reservation services	-19.1	29.7	158.7
Medical and diagnostic laboratories	11.2	15.6	325.3
Amusement parks and arcades	18.3	114.3	164.5
Gambling industries	26.2	28.8	105.2
Food services and drinking places	10.5	23.1	10,847.7
Restaurants and other eating places	11.1	23.5	9,880.4
Automotive repair and maintenance	7.8	11.9	1,184.5
Drycleaning and laundry services	-1.9	3.3	242.0