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

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Wholesale trade
Retail trade

Annual percent change in hours and output, and current employment level, 1987-2025
Industry	Hours	Output	Employment level
Wholesale trade	0.3	2.7	6,169.3
Motor vehicles and parts	0.0	2.9	379.1
Furniture and furnishings	-0.4	1.3	105.8
Lumber and construction supplies	0.8	1.1	265.1
Commercial equipment	0.3	9.7	745.2
Metals and minerals	0.1	-0.4	137.7
Appliances and electric goods	-0.2	6.6	378.7
Hardware and plumbing	1.0	2.1	322.3
Machinery and supplies	0.3	1.6	790.9
Miscellaneous durable goods	0.6	1.4	332.3
Paper and paper products	-1.5	-0.3	112.8
Druggists' goods	1.2	3.6	267.8
Apparel and piece goods	-0.4	1.0	146.2
Grocery and related products	0.6	1.5	846.3
Farm product raw materials	-1.3	-0.2	78.1
Chemicals	0.3	0.5	154.0
Petroleum	-1.2	0.9	102.0
Alcoholic beverages	1.4	1.9	216.0
Miscellaneous nondurable goods	-0.4	-0.5	332.0
Electronic markets and agents and brokers	0.7	2.9	457.0
Retail trade	0.1	3.2	16,114.1
Automobile dealers	0.6	2.7	1,331.3
Other motor vehicle dealers	0.9	2.9	162.2
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores	0.5	2.0	601.5
Furniture stores	-0.8	2.6	193.2
Home furnishings stores	-0.8	3.6	208.8
Electronics and appliance stores	-0.7	9.7	375.1
Building material and supplies dealers	0.5	2.5	1,216.4
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores	0.0	2.9	190.7
Grocery stores	0.0	0.7	2,851.5
Specialty food stores	-0.9	-0.1	232.4
Beer, wine and liquor stores	-0.6	1.5	188.0
Health and personal care stores	0.5	2.9	1,049.0
Gasoline stations	-0.1	0.9	993.2
Clothing stores	-0.9	3.8	842.5
Shoe stores	-1.3	2.0	170.9
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores	-1.1	2.8	161.3
Sporting goods and musical instrument stores	0.0	4.4	514.0
Book stores and news dealers	-1.4	-0.5	60.4
Department stores	-1.2	-3.1	927.9
Other general merchandise stores	1.7	6.8	2,246.6
Florists	-2.7	0.0	70.9
Office supplies, stationery and gift stores	-2.1	2.7	205.3
Used merchandise stores	1.5	5.7	264.0
Other miscellaneous store retailers	0.8	2.7	407.7
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses	2.7	13.7	440.7
Vending machine operators	-2.3	-1.8	42.6
Direct selling establishments	-1.9	1.4	166.0