BLS develops
employment projections for 184
specific industries and several industry groupings. An industry includes
all of the establishments that provide a particular type of good or
service.
Like occupational projections, industry employment projections are
shown in terms of numeric change (change in the total number of jobs)
and percent change (the rate of job growth or decline). But unlike
employment totals in the other charts, employment totals shown in this
section cover only wage-and-salary workers and do not include
self-employed or unpaid family workers. Wage-and-salary employment
growth is projected to average 16 percent. That average is shown as a
vertical line on charts presenting percent change.
As discussed in the introduction to this special issue of the Quarterly,
job growth or decline in some industries significantly affects
particular occupations. The educational services industry, for example,
employed 78 percent of educational, vocational, and school counselors in
2002, so the large employment increase in the industry explains the high
growth of the occupation. Most occupations, however—from human
resources managers to receptionists and information clerks—are
employed across many industries.
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