Table 4. Employed people by disability status, industry, class of worker, and sex, 2024 annual averages

Table 4. Employed people by disability status, industry, class of worker, and sex, 2024 annual averages [Percent distribution]
Industry and class of worker	People with a disability			People with no disability
Industry and class of worker	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total employed (in thousands)	7,701	3,984	3,717	153,645	81,329	72,316

Industry as a percent of total employed
Total employed	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Agriculture and related industries	2.1	3.0	1.2	1.4	1.8	0.8
Nonagricultural industries	97.9	97.0	98.8	98.6	98.2	99.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.1
Construction	6.3	10.9	1.5	7.5	12.6	1.8
Manufacturing	8.5	11.5	5.3	9.4	12.5	5.8
Wholesale trade	1.6	2.0	1.1	2.0	2.6	1.3
Retail trade	13.1	12.8	13.5	10.0	9.9	10.0
Transportation and utilities	5.9	7.8	3.8	6.1	8.7	3.1
Information	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.8	2.0	1.5
Financial activities	5.8	5.1	6.6	6.8	6.4	7.3
Professional and business services	12.0	13.5	10.5	13.3	14.5	11.9
Education and health services	21.8	11.3	33.0	23.1	11.1	36.5
Leisure and hospitality	9.5	8.9	10.0	8.7	8.0	9.5
Other services	6.0	5.7	6.3	4.7	4.1	5.4
Public administration	5.4	5.3	5.5	5.0	5.1	4.9

Class of worker as a percent of total employed
Total employed(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Wage and salary workers(2)	90.7	89.5	92.0	94.0	93.2	94.8
Private industries	76.6	77.4	75.9	80.5	82.2	78.5
Government	14.1	12.2	16.1	13.5	11.0	16.3
Federal	3.3	3.6	2.9	2.6	2.7	2.4
State	5.0	3.4	6.7	4.7	3.5	6.0
Local	5.8	5.2	6.4	6.3	4.8	7.9
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9.2	10.4	7.9	6.0	6.8	5.1
Footnotes (1) Includes a small number of unpaid family workers, not shown separately. (2) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

Last Modified Date: February 25, 2025