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January 2012

Industry employment and output projections to 2020

Richard Henderson

The health care and social assistance sector and the professional and business services sector will account for almost half the projected job growth from 2010 to 2020; construction is projected to rebound from the most recent recession and add jobs, while employment in manufacturing is expected to decline over the period.

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