Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines, 2006-16

This file represents Table 4. Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines, 2006-16, published in the November 2007 Monthly Labor Review.

Table 4. Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines, 2006-16
Industry description 2002 NAICS Thousands of jobs Change Average annual rate of change
2006 2016 2006-2016 2006-2016
Largest growth

Food services and drinking places

 722 9,382.9 10,406.5 1,023.6 1.0

Offices of health practitioners

 6211, 6212, 6213 3,508.3 4,365.4 857.1 2.2

Construction

 23 7,688.9 8,469.6 780.7 1.0

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

 5416 920.9 1,638.7 717.8 5.9

Individual and family services

 6241 973.6 1,687.0 713.4 5.7

Hospitals, private

 622 4,427.1 5,118.9 691.8 1.5

Employment services

 5613 3,656.6 4,348.1 691.5 1.7

Retail trade

 44, 45 15,319.4 16,006.4 687.0 0.4

Residential care facilities

 6232, 6233, 6239 1,316.7 1,829.2 512.5 3.3

Local government educational services

 NA 7,938.5 8,450.1 511.6 0.6

Computer systems design and related services

 5415 1,278.2 1,767.6 489.4 3.3

Home health care services

 6216 867.1 1,347.6 480.5 4.5

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

 713 1,404.4 1,876.8 472.4 2.9

Local government excluding enterprises, educational services, and hospitals

 NA 4,071.8 4,541.9 470.1 1.1

Wholesale trade

 42 5,897.7 6,326.2 428.5 0.7

Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities

 523 816.3 1,192.4 376.1 3.9

Services to buildings and dwellings

 5617 1,797.0 2,160.8 363.8 1.9

Architectural, engineering, and related services

 5413 1,385.6 1,731.0 345.4 2.3

Religious organizations

 8131 1,665.9 1,981.4 315.5 1.7

Real estate

 531 1,503.3 1,796.2 292.9 1.8
Largest declines

Crop production

 111 897.9 758.5 -139.4 -1.7

Printing and related support activities

 323 635.9 497.4 -138.5 -2.4

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing

 3363 654.1 515.8 -138.3 -2.3

Cut and sew apparel manufacturing

 3152 185.5 77.2 -108.3 -8.4

Machine shops; turned product; and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing

 3327 352.0 283.0 -69.0 -2.2

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing

 3341 198.8 132.3 -66.5 -4.0

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing

 3344 462.8 399.2 -63.6 -1.5

Converted paper product manufacturing

 3222 333.3 273.5 -59.8 -2.0

Federal defense government

 NA 492.1 433.6 -58.5 -1.3

Other miscellaneous manufacturing

 3399 342.8 287.1 -55.7 -1.8

Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

 5111 660.3 610.9 -49.4 -0.8

Rubber product manufacturing

 3262 159.3 113.8 -45.5 -3.3

Foundries

 3315 162.1 119.8 -42.3 -3.0

Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills

 3221 136.0 93.8 -42.2 -3.6

Metalworking machinery manufacturing

 3335 202.6 165.8 -36.8 -2.0

Other fabricated metal product manufacturing

 3329 287.0 251.5 -35.5 -1.3

Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing

 3311 94.4 63.7 -30.7 -3.9

Electrical equipment manufacturing

 3353 155.6 126.3 -29.3 -2.1

Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities

 3328 149.0 119.7 -29.3 -2.2

Fabric mills

 3132 89.9 61.2 -28.7 -3.8

NOTE: Bolded data in this table reflect revisions made in May 2008. For a description of the revisions, see Errata, May 2008, pp. 40-42, online at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/05/errata.pdf.

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