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Employment Projections

Employment by major industry sector

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 Table 2.1 Employment by major industry sector (Employment numbers in thousands)
Industry sector 2022 NAICS Employment, 2013 Employment, 2023 Employment, 2033 Employment change, numeric, 2013–23 Employment change, numeric, 2023–33 Employment change, percent, 2013–23 Employment change, percent, 2023–33 Percent distribution, 2013 Percent distribution, 2023 Percent distribution, 2033 Compound annual rate of change, 2013–23 Compound annual rate of change, 2023–33

Total employment

147,671.6 167,849.8 174,589.0 20,274.9 6,739.2 13.7 4.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.3 0.4

Self-employed workers

9,391.0 9,708.9 9,828.8 414.6 119.9 4.5 1.2 6.3 5.8 5.6 0.4 0.1

Total wage and salary employment

138,280.6 158,140.9 164,760.3 19,860.3 6,619.3 14.4 4.2 93.7 94.2 94.4 1.4 0.4

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

11 1,243.2 1,461.8 1,473.0 218.6 11.2 17.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.6 0.1

Nonagriculture

137,037.4 156,679.1 163,287.3 19,641.7 6,608.2 14.3 4.2 92.9 93.3 93.5 1.3 0.4

Goods-producing, excluding agriculture and utilities

21, 23, 31-33 18,687.1 21,552.7 22,042.9 2,865.6 490.2 15.3 2.3 12.7 12.8 12.6 1.4 0.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

21 811.0 595.3 595.5 -215.7 0.2 -26.6 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 -3.0 0.0

Construction

23 5,855.6 8,017.9 8,398.0 2,162.3 380.1 36.9 4.7 4.0 4.8 4.8 3.2 0.5

Manufacturing

31-33 12,020.5 12,939.5 13,049.5 919.0 110.0 7.6 0.8 8.1 7.7 7.5 0.7 0.1

Service-providing, excluding special industries

118,350.3 135,126.4 141,244.3 16,776.1 6,117.9 14.2 4.5 80.2 80.5 80.9 1.3 0.4

Utilities

22 552.0 575.5 612.8 23.5 37.3 4.3 6.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6

Wholesale trade

42 5,660.3 6,116.3 6,286.6 456.0 170.3 8.1 2.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 0.8 0.3

Retail trade

44, 45 15,037.1 15,590.1 15,225.3 553.0 -364.8 3.7 -2.3 10.2 9.3 8.7 0.4 -0.2

Transportation and warehousing

48, 492, 493 4,486.2 6,565.3 6,952.3 2,079.1 387.0 46.3 5.9 3.0 3.9 4.0 3.9 0.6

Information

51 2,705.9 3,027.1 3,242.9 321.2 215.8 11.9 7.1 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.1 0.7

Financial activities

52, 53 7,886.2 9,197.4 9,580.8 1,311.2 383.4 16.6 4.2 5.3 5.5 5.5 1.5 0.4

Professional and business services

54-56 18,623.3 22,840.1 24,482.3 4,216.8 1,642.2 22.6 7.2 12.6 13.6 14.0 2.1 0.7

Educational services; private

61 3,354.4 3,817.7 3,870.4 463.3 52.7 13.8 1.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.3 0.1

Healthcare and social assistance; private

62 17,731.1 21,524.5 23,768.3 3,793.4 2,243.8 21.4 10.4 12.0 12.8 13.6 2.0 1.0

Leisure and hospitality

71, 72 14,254.0 16,592.8 17,415.5 2,338.8 822.7 16.4 5.0 9.7 9.9 10.0 1.5 0.5

Other services (except public administration)

81 6,207.5 6,497.9 6,779.9 290.4 282.0 4.7 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.9 0.5 0.4

Federal government

2,769.4 2,925.1 2,930.2 155.7 5.1 5.6 0.2 1.9 1.7 1.7 0.5 0.0

State and local government

19,082.9 19,856.6 20,097.0 773.7 240.4 4.1 1.2 12.9 11.8 11.5 0.4 0.1

Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: September 3, 2024