Table 1. Employment by major industry sector, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016
Table 1. Employment by major industry sector, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016
(In thousands)
Average
annual rate
Industry sector Employment Change Percent distribution of change
1996 2006 2016 1996- 2006- 1996 2006 2016 1996- 2006-
2006 2016 2006 2016
Total (1) ........................... 134,690 150,620 166,220 15,930 15,600 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.1 1.0
Nonagriculture wage and salary (2) .. 120,371 136,912 151,962 16,541 15,050 89.4 90.9 91.4 1.3 1.0
Goods-producing, excluding
agriculture ...................... 23,329 22,505 21,773 -824 -732 17.3 14.9 13.1 -.4 -.3
Mining ............................. 556 619 608 62 -10 .4 .4 .4 1.1 -.2
Construction ....................... 5,536 7,689 8,470 2,153 781 4.1 5.1 5.1 3.3 1.0
Manufacturing ...................... 17,237 14,197 12,695 -3,039 -1,503 12.8 9.4 7.6 -1.9 -1.1
Service-providing ................... 97,043 114,407 130,190 17,364 15,782 72.0 76.0 78.3 1.7 1.3
Utilities .......................... 640 549 518 -91 -31 .5 .4 .3 -1.5 -.6
Wholesale trade .................... 5,522 5,898 6,326 376 429 4.1 3.9 3.8 .7 .7
Retail trade ....................... 14,143 15,319 16,006 1,177 687 10.5 10.2 9.6 .8 .4
Transportation and warehousing . ... 3,936 4,466 4,962 530 496 2.9 3.0 3.0 1.3 1.1
Information ........................ 2,940 3,055 3,267 115 212 2.2 2.0 2.0 .4 .7
Financial activities ............... 6,969 8,363 9,570 1,395 1,207 5.2 5.6 5.8 1.8 1.4
Professional and business services . 13,462 17,552 21,644 4,090 4,092 10.0 11.7 13.0 2.7 2.1
Educational services ............... 2,078 2,918 3,527 841 609 1.5 1.9 2.1 3.5 1.9
Health care and social assistance .. 11,605 14,920 18,954 3,315 4,034 8.6 9.9 11.4 2.5 2.4
Leisure and hospitality ............ 10,777 13,143 15,017 2,367 1,873 8.0 8.7 9.0 2.0 1.3
Other services ..................... 5,435 6,235 7,077 800 843 4.0 4.1 4.3 1.4 1.3
Federal government ................. 2,877 2,728 2,626 -149 -103 2.1 1.8 1.6 -.5 -.4
State and local government ......... 16,662 19,262 20,696 2,600 1,434 12.4 12.8 12.5 1.5 .7
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and
hunting (3) ........................ 2,731 2,139 1,965 -592 -173 2.0 1.4 1.2 -2.4 -.8
Agriculture wage and salary ......... 1,390 1,220 1,114 -170 -105 1.0 .8 .7 -1.3 -.9
Agriculture self-employed and unpaid
family workers ..................... 1,341 919 851 -422 -68 1.0 .6 .5 -3.7 -.8
Nonagriculture self-employed and
unpaid family workers .............. 9,368 9,772 10,462 404 690 7.0 6.5 6.3 .4 .7
Secondary wage and salary jobs in
agriculture and private household
industries (4) .................... 177 178 185 2 7 .1 .1 .1 .1 .4
Secondary jobs as self-employed or
unpaid family worker (5) ........... 2,043 1,619 1,646 -425 27 1.5 1.1 1.0 -2.3 .2
1 Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics survey, which counts
jobs, whereas self-employed, unpaid family workers, and agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting are from the
Current Population Survey, which counts workers.
2 Includes wage and salary data from the Current Employment Statistics survey, except private households, which is
from the Current Population Survey. Logging workers are excluded.
3 Includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting data from the Current Population Survey, except logging,
which is from the Current Employment Statistics survey. Government wage and salary workers are excluded.
4 Workers who hold a secondary wage and salary job in agricultural production, forestry, fishing, and private
household industries.
5 Wage and salary workers who hold a secondary job as a self-employed or unpaid family worker.
Last Modified Date: December 04, 2007
Bureau of Labor Statistics
