2017 Annual Averages ‐ Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex and class of worker : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
16. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex and class of worker
[In thousands]
Industry and sex	2017
	Total employed	Wage and salary workers(1)			Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers
	Total employed	Total	Private industries	Government	Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers
TOTAL
Total, nonagricultural industries	150,883	142,096	121,260	20,835	8,736	52
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	748	737	735	2	11	0
Construction	10,692	9,119	8,767	352	1,567	6
Manufacturing	15,408	15,121	15,014	106	280	7
Durable goods	9,698	9,525	9,436	89	167	6
Nondurable goods	5,710	5,595	5,578	17	113	1
Wholesale and retail trade	20,314	19,462	19,368	93	842	9
Wholesale trade	3,594	3,467	3,455	12	126	1
Retail trade	16,720	15,995	15,914	81	716	8
Transportation and utilities	8,159	7,704	6,393	1,310	453	3
Transportation and warehousing	6,810	6,354	5,361	994	453	3
Utilities	1,349	1,349	1,033	317	-	-
Information	2,903	2,759	2,559	200	143	1
Financial activities	10,482	9,815	9,615	200	666	1
Finance and insurance	7,288	7,060	6,942	119	226	1
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,194	2,754	2,673	81	440	0
Professional and business services	18,835	16,728	16,269	458	2,102	6
Professional and technical services	11,764	10,650	10,397	254	1,112	1
Management, administrative, and waste services	7,072	6,077	5,872	205	990	4
Education and health services	34,483	33,490	22,889	10,602	985	8
Educational services	13,763	13,560	4,716	8,844	203	1
Health care and social assistance	20,720	19,930	18,173	1,757	782	8
Hospitals	7,042	7,027	6,277	750	15	0
Health services, except hospitals	10,359	9,968	9,478	491	387	4
Social assistance	3,319	2,936	2,419	517	380	3
Leisure and hospitality	14,291	13,601	13,216	385	682	7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3,399	2,947	2,632	316	451	1
Accommodation and food services	10,891	10,653	10,584	69	232	6
Other services	7,485	6,477	6,435	42	1,005	3
Other services, except private households	6,828	5,820	5,778	42	1,005	3
Private households	657	657	657	-	-	-
Public administration	7,083	7,083	-	7,083	-	-

Men
Total, nonagricultural industries	79,559	74,352	65,310	9,043	5,191	15
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	654	644	643	2	10	0
Construction	9,722	8,245	7,931	314	1,475	2
Manufacturing	10,857	10,689	10,604	84	165	4
Durable goods	7,235	7,106	7,035	72	126	3
Nondurable goods	3,622	3,583	3,570	13	39	0
Wholesale and retail trade	11,176	10,738	10,693	45	436	3
Wholesale trade	2,521	2,427	2,420	8	93	0
Retail trade	8,656	8,311	8,273	37	343	2
Transportation and utilities	6,204	5,824	4,958	866	380	1
Transportation and warehousing	5,129	4,749	4,139	610	380	1
Utilities	1,075	1,075	819	256	-	-
Information	1,771	1,670	1,615	56	100	0
Financial activities	4,940	4,567	4,481	86	373	0
Finance and insurance	3,239	3,080	3,041	39	159	0
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,700	1,487	1,441	47	213	0
Professional and business services	10,882	9,695	9,406	289	1,186	1
Professional and technical services	6,756	6,123	5,960	163	633	0
Management, administrative, and waste services	4,125	3,571	3,446	126	553	1
Education and health services	8,804	8,566	5,452	3,114	235	3
Educational services	4,355	4,291	1,631	2,660	64	0
Health care and social assistance	4,449	4,276	3,821	454	170	3
Hospitals	1,687	1,682	1,442	240	5	0
Health services, except hospitals	2,223	2,083	1,967	116	139	1
Social assistance	539	511	412	99	26	2
Leisure and hospitality	6,996	6,618	6,395	223	376	2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,833	1,583	1,388	195	251	0
Accommodation and food services	5,163	5,035	5,007	29	125	2
Other services	3,617	3,161	3,133	28	456	0
Other services, except private households	3,562	3,106	3,078	28	456	0
Private households	55	55	55	-	-	-
Public administration	3,935	3,935	-	3,935	-	-

Women
Total, nonagricultural industries	71,324	67,743	55,951	11,793	3,544	37
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	94	93	92	1	1	0
Construction	971	874	836	39	92	4
Manufacturing	4,551	4,432	4,410	22	116	3
Durable goods	2,463	2,419	2,402	17	41	3
Nondurable goods	2,088	2,013	2,008	5	75	1
Wholesale and retail trade	9,137	8,724	8,676	48	407	7
Wholesale trade	1,073	1,039	1,035	4	33	1
Retail trade	8,064	7,685	7,641	44	373	6
Transportation and utilities	1,955	1,880	1,436	444	73	2
Transportation and warehousing	1,681	1,606	1,222	384	73	2
Utilities	274	274	214	61	-	-
Information	1,132	1,088	944	144	43	1
Financial activities	5,542	5,248	5,133	114	294	1
Finance and insurance	4,049	3,981	3,901	80	67	1
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,494	1,267	1,232	34	227	0
Professional and business services	7,954	7,033	6,864	169	916	5
Professional and technical services	5,007	4,527	4,437	90	479	1
Management, administrative, and waste services	2,946	2,506	2,427	79	437	4
Education and health services	25,679	24,924	17,437	7,487	750	5
Educational services	9,408	9,269	3,085	6,184	139	1
Health care and social assistance	16,271	15,655	14,352	1,303	611	4
Hospitals	5,355	5,345	4,835	510	10	0
Health services, except hospitals	8,135	7,885	7,510	375	247	3
Social assistance	2,780	2,425	2,006	419	354	1
Leisure and hospitality	7,294	6,983	6,821	162	306	5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,566	1,365	1,244	121	200	1
Accommodation and food services	5,728	5,618	5,577	41	106	4
Other services	3,868	3,317	3,303	14	548	3
Other services, except private households	3,265	2,714	2,700	14	548	3
Private households	602	602	602	-	-	-
Public administration	3,148	3,148	-	3,148	-	-
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2019