Table 3. Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | | | Compound annual
| | Employment | Change | rate of change
Industry | Major sector |---------------------|------------|----------------
| | 2014 | 2024 | 2014-24 | 2014-24
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Largest Growth
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Construction |Construction | 6,138.4 | 6,928.8 | 790.4 | 1.2
Home health care services |Health care and social assistance | 1,262.2 | 2,022.6 | 760.4 | 4.8
Nursing and residential care facilities |Health care and social assistance | 3,261.0 | 3,996.7 | 735.7 | 2.1
Food services and drinking places |Leisure and hospitality | 10,717.0 | 11,375.0 | 658.0 | 0.6
Offices of physicians |Health care and social assistance | 2,470.2 | 2,992.9 | 522.7 | 1.9
Local government educational services compensation |State and local government | 7,791.2 | 8,217.6 | 426.4 | 0.5
Employment services |Professional and business services | 3,421.0 | 3,845.8 | 424.8 | 1.2
Computer systems design and related services |Professional and business services | 1,777.7 | 2,186.6 | 408.9 | 2.1
Hospitals; private |Health care and social assistance | 4,784.3 | 5,179.2 | 394.9 | 0.8
Offices of other health practitioners |Health care and social assistance | 784.2 | 1,136.5 | 352.3 | 3.8
Outpatient care centers |Health care and social assistance | 711.1 | 1,059.2 | 348.1 | 4.1
Management, scientific, and technical consulting | | | | |
services |Professional and business services | 1,244.4 | 1,573.7 | 329.3 | 2.4
Wholesale trade |Wholesale trade | 5,826.0 | 6,151.4 | 325.4 | 0.5
Individual and family services |Health care and social assistance | 2,032.5 | 2,318.8 | 286.3 | 1.3
General Merchandise stores |Retail trade | 3,113.6 | 3,376.8 | 263.2 | 0.8
Retail, except motor vehicle and parts dealers, | | | | |
food and beverage stores, and general | | | | |
merchandise stores |Retail trade | 7,395.6 | 7,646.6 | 251.0 | 0.3
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and | | | | |
professional schools; private |Educational services; private | 1,777.2 | 1,997.2 | 220.0 | 1.2
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial| | | | |
investments and related activities |Financial activities | 877.6 | 1,074.2 | 196.6 | 2.0
Offices of dentists |Health care and social assistance | 891.1 | 1,050.9 | 159.8 | 1.7
Motor vehicle and parts dealers |Retail trade | 1,861.3 | 2,017.2 | 155.9 | 0.8
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Largest Declines
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Postal Service |Federal government | 593.0 | 427.9 | -165.1 | -3.2
Federal non-defense government compensation |Federal government | 1,514.8 | 1,404.3 | -110.5 | -0.8
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory | | | | |
publishers |Information | 412.3 | 309.0 | -103.3 | -2.8
Wired telecommunications carriers |Information | 607.0 | 509.2 | -97.8 | -1.7
Federal defense government compensation |Federal government | 522.2 | 440.0 | -82.2 | -1.7
Printing and related support activities |Manufacturing | 452.7 | 371.3 | -81.4 | -2.0
Apparel, leather, and allied manufacturing |Manufacturing | 168.5 | 91.7 | -76.8 | -5.9
Crop production |Agriculture | 765.6 | 699.9 | -65.7 | -0.9
Plastics product manufacturing |Manufacturing | 541.6 | 478.5 | -63.1 | -1.2
Textile mills and textile product mills |Manufacturing | 232.1 | 174.2 | -57.9 | -2.8
Other miscellaneous manufacturing |Manufacturing | 275.2 | 219.3 | -55.9 | -2.2
Electric power generation, transmission and | | | | |
distribution |Utilities | 392.1 | 351.3 | -40.8 | -1.1
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control| | | | |
instruments manufacturing |Manufacturing | 388.3 | 353.1 | -35.2 | -0.9
Semiconductor and other electronic component | | | | |
manufacturing |Manufacturing | 367.8 | 332.7 | -35.1 | -1.0
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing |Manufacturing | 162.8 | 135.5 | -27.3 | -1.8
Travel arrangement and reservation services |Professional business services | 195.7 | 168.9 | -26.8 | -1.5
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing |Manufacturing | 488.4 | 464.1 | -24.3 | -0.5
Communications equipment manufacturing |Manufacturing | 93.5 | 69.5 | -24.0 | -2.9
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing |Manufacturing | 536.6 | 514.0 | -22.6 | -0.4
Federal enterprises except the Postal Service and | | | | |
electric utilities |Federal government | 81.1 | 58.9 | -22.2 | -3.1
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
