Historical Employment - United States (PDF)

Nonfarm Employment by Industry from the Current Employment Statistics Survey
(levels in thousands)
Industry United States
Annual Averages (not seasonally adjusted)
Historical data 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Total nonfarm
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 122,776 125,930 128,993 131,785 131,826 130,341 129,999 131,435 133,703 136,086 137,623

Natural resources and mining
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 654 645 598 599 606 583 572 591 628 684 723

Construction
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 5,813 6,149 6,545 6,787 6,826 6,716 6,735 6,976 7,336 7,691 7,614

Manufacturing
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 17,419 17,560 17,322 17,263 16,441 15,259 14,510 14,315 14,226 14,155 13,884

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 24,700 25,186 25,771 26,225 25,983 25,497 25,287 25,533 25,959 26,276 26,608

Information
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 3,084 3,218 3,419 3,630 3,629 3,395 3,188 3,118 3,061 3,038 3,029

Financial activities
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 7,178 7,462 7,648 7,687 7,808 7,847 7,977 8,031 8,153 8,328 8,308

Professional and business services
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 14,335 15,147 15,957 16,666 16,476 15,976 15,987 16,394 16,954 17,566 17,962

Education and health services
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 14,087 14,446 14,798 15,109 15,645 16,199 16,588 16,953 17,372 17,826 18,327

Leisure and hospitality
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 11,018 11,232 11,543 11,862 12,036 11,986 12,173 12,493 12,816 13,110 13,474

Other services
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 4,825 4,976 5,087 5,168 5,258 5,372 5,401 5,409 5,395 5,438 5,491

Government
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 19,664 19,909 20,307 20,790 21,118 21,513 21,583 21,621 21,804 21,974 22,203

 

Last Modified Date: April 8, 2008