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Employment by major industry sector

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**Table 2.1 Employment by major industry sector**
Industry Sector	Thousands of Jobs			Change		Percent Distribution			Compound Annual Rate of Change
Industry Sector	2008	2018	2028	2008 - 2018	2018 - 2028	2008	2018	2028	2008 - 2018	2018 - 2028
Total (1)(2)	149,276.0	161,037.7	169,435.9	11,761.7	8,398.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.8	0.5

Nonagriculture wage and salary (3)	137,991.0	149,803.7	157,662.0	11,812.7	7,858.3	92.4	93.0	93.1	0.8	0.5

Goods-producing, excluding agriculture	21,277.9	20,661.3	20,872.7	-616.6	211.4	14.3	12.8	12.3	-0.3	0.1
Mining	709.9	683.3	727.9	-26.6	44.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	-0.4	0.6
Construction	7,162.5	7,289.3	8,096.8	126.8	807.5	4.8	4.5	4.8	0.2	1.1
Manufacturing	13,405.5	12,688.7	12,048.0	-716.8	-640.7	9.0	7.9	7.1	-0.5	-0.5

Services-providing excluding special industries	116,713.1	129,142.4	136,789.3	12,429.3	7,646.9	78.2	80.2	80.7	1.0	0.6
Utilities	558.8	554.6	537.2	-4.2	-17.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-0.3
Wholesale trade	5,875.0	5,852.5	5,754.0	-22.5	-98.5	3.9	3.6	3.4	0.0	-0.2
Retail trade	15,289.1	15,833.1	15,679.4	544.0	-153.7	10.2	9.8	9.3	0.4	-0.1
Transportation and warehousing	4,513.6	5,419.1	5,741.4	905.5	322.3	3.0	3.4	3.4	1.8	0.6
Information	2,983.8	2,828.1	2,833.7	-155.7	5.6	2.0	1.8	1.7	-0.5	0.0
Financial activities	8,206.1	8,568.8	8,849.4	362.7	280.6	5.5	5.3	5.2	0.4	0.3
Professional and business services	17,792.3	20,999.5	22,661.9	3,207.2	1,662.4	11.9	13.0	13.4	1.7	0.8
Educational services	3,039.8	3,727.5	4,201.0	687.7	473.5	2.0	2.3	2.5	2.1	1.2
Health care and social assistance	16,188.6	19,939.3	23,335.4	3,750.7	3,396.1	10.8	12.4	13.8	2.1	1.6
Leisure and hospitality	13,436.2	16,348.5	17,904.9	2,912.3	1,556.4	9.0	10.2	10.6	2.0	0.9
Other services	6,320.5	6,622.4	6,716.7	301.9	94.3	4.2	4.1	4.0	0.5	0.1
Federal government	2,762.0	2,796.0	2,670.2	34.0	-125.8	1.9	1.7	1.6	0.1	-0.5
State and local government	19,747.3	19,653.0	19,904.0	-94.3	251.0	13.2	12.2	11.7	0.0	0.1

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (4)	2,071.4	2,310.0	2,320.6	238.6	10.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.1	0.0
Agriculture wage and salary	1,208.6	1,547.2	1,587.2	338.6	40.0	0.8	1.0	0.9	2.5	0.3
Agriculture self-employed	862.8	762.8	733.4	-100.0	-29.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	-1.2	-0.4

Nonagriculture self-employed	9,213.6	8,924.0	9,453.4	-289.6	529.4	6.2	5.5	5.6	-0.3	0.6

Footnotes: 1 Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics survey, which counts jobs, whereas self-employed and agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting are from the Current Population Survey (household survey), which counts workers. 2 Individual sectors do not necessarily add to major sectors due to rounding. 3 Includes wage and salary data from the Current Employment Statistics survey, except private households, which is from the Current Populations Survey. Logging workers are excluded. 4 Includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting data from the Current Population Survey, except logging, which is from Current Employment Statistics survey. Government wage and salary workers are excluded.

Last Modified Date: September 4, 2019