Figure 1. Employment in wired telecommunications carriers, seasonally adjusted, January 1990–May 2015 (in thousands)
| Year |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
|
1990
|
765.0 |
764.7 |
762.0 |
761.9 |
762.2 |
760.8 |
759.1(1) |
757.8(1) |
755.6(1) |
755.1(1) |
752.5(1) |
756.4(1) |
|
1991
|
757.1(1) |
755.5(1) |
755.3(1) |
755.2 |
751.7 |
750.3 |
749.4 |
746.6 |
746.3 |
746.9 |
740.2 |
744.0 |
|
1992
|
731.0 |
732.0 |
730.2 |
727.2 |
726.3 |
725.2 |
724.5 |
723.8 |
723.2 |
722.4 |
721.7 |
722.7 |
|
1993
|
719.0 |
717.4 |
717.4 |
717.3 |
716.5 |
716.4 |
714.7 |
715.1 |
715.0 |
715.6 |
716.4 |
717.4 |
|
1994
|
717.3 |
718.5 |
718.4 |
719.0 |
720.2 |
718.8 |
718.6 |
721.5 |
718.1 |
719.1 |
719.5 |
721.6 |
|
1995
|
714.1 |
722.3 |
721.7 |
719.6 |
717.5 |
716.9 |
717.1 |
715.0 |
717.7 |
718.6 |
716.6 |
714.3 |
|
1996
|
713.1 |
711.9 |
711.1 |
712.3 |
715.0 |
720.4 |
724.7 |
729.0 |
732.0 |
729.7 |
733.8 |
734.7 |
|
1997
|
737.4 |
742.8 |
749.1 |
751.3 |
754.2 |
755.9 |
757.5 |
760.7 |
761.2 |
765.3 |
765.9 |
769.4 |
|
1998
|
772.8 |
775.1 |
777.7 |
783.8 |
785.9 |
789.4 |
791.9 |
788.9 |
793.4 |
801.3 |
806.1 |
812.6 |
|
1999
|
820.0 |
824.7 |
826.6 |
832.7 |
839.8 |
845.4 |
854.0 |
861.3 |
870.6 |
879.9 |
888.5 |
895.4 |
|
2000
|
900.1 |
905.0 |
911.1 |
915.4 |
917.9 |
928.6 |
934.0 |
851.8 |
943.0 |
944.6 |
948.2 |
960.5 |
|
2001
|
956.5 |
959.8 |
959.8(1) |
958.5(1) |
950.2(1) |
941.3(1) |
933.0(1) |
922.8(1) |
916.6(1) |
909.9(1) |
901.8(1) |
894.7 |
|
2002
|
880.8 |
871.0 |
863.0 |
853.4 |
847.6 |
840.0 |
831.6 |
825.0 |
816.8 |
813.5 |
808.4 |
793.7 |
|
2003
|
787.3 |
781.6 |
774.2 |
769.3 |
764.2 |
760.5 |
756.2 |
755.2 |
753.0 |
750.0 |
745.1 |
741.1 |
|
2004
|
741.3 |
739.8 |
736.0 |
731.2 |
725.9 |
723.0 |
720.0 |
715.9 |
708.7 |
702.5 |
700.5 |
699.4 |
|
2005
|
698.6 |
697.4 |
697.1 |
696.0 |
695.1 |
692.6 |
689.5 |
685.7 |
684.4 |
683.2 |
681.6 |
678.0 |
|
2006
|
673.7 |
672.8 |
672.2 |
673.2 |
675.2 |
669.4 |
665.9 |
666.9 |
667.3 |
665.2 |
665.3 |
666.4 |
|
2007
|
664.2 |
663.2 |
659.4 |
660.8 |
662.3 |
663.8 |
664.9 |
665.0 |
665.7 |
667.7 |
669.9 |
671.0(1) |
|
2008
|
672.4(1) |
671.5(1) |
671.3(1) |
671.2(1) |
670.8(1) |
669.3(1) |
669.2(1) |
667.3(1) |
663.8(1) |
659.6(1) |
654.8(1) |
652.4(1) |
|
2009
|
651.1(1) |
651.9(1) |
647.5(1) |
642.6(1) |
638.5(1) |
635.2(1) |
632.5 |
629.3 |
627.7 |
625.2 |
621.8 |
617.8 |
|
2010
|
615.1 |
610.8 |
606.8 |
604.3 |
602.2 |
601.9 |
599.9 |
600.8 |
599.8 |
598.5 |
598.5 |
597.5 |
|
2011
|
588.3 |
591.9 |
589.1 |
591.6 |
593.4 |
593.3 |
587.2 |
541.8 |
587.0 |
585.5 |
585.9 |
585.9 |
|
2012
|
587.1 |
588.0 |
587.9 |
587.5 |
586.0 |
585.5 |
588.9 |
590.1 |
590.5 |
593.6 |
593.8 |
595.5 |
|
2013
|
599.2 |
601.4 |
603.1 |
603.7 |
603.9 |
603.8 |
606.1 |
608.4 |
606.9 |
607.0 |
608.5 |
608.9 |
|
2014
|
604.2 |
604.8 |
605.0 |
605.8 |
606.3 |
607.6 |
607.3 |
607.7 |
610.8 |
608.9 |
607.7 |
607.5 |
|
2015
|
607.1 |
606.8 |
608.2 |
614.7 |
614.0 |
607.4 |
609.9 |
609.9 |
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