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Employment by major industry sector
This file represents Table 1. Employment by major industry sector, 1996, 2006, and 2016, in
"Industry output and employment projections to 2016," published in the November 2007 Monthly
Labor Review.
Table 1. Employment by major industry sector, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016
Industry sector |
Thousands of jobs |
Numeric change |
Percent distribution |
Average annual rate of change |
1996 |
2006 |
2016 |
1996-2006 |
2006-16 |
1996 |
2006 |
2016 |
1996-2006 |
2006-16 |
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Total(1) |
134,690.4 |
150,620.1 |
166,220.3 |
15,929.7 |
15,600.2 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
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Nonagriculture wage and salary(2) |
120,371.4 |
136,912.2 |
151,962.3 |
16,540.8 |
15,050.1 |
89.4 |
90.9 |
91.4 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
Goods-producing, excluding agriculture |
23,328.5 |
22,504.9 |
21,772.6 |
-823.6 |
-732.3 |
17.3 |
14.9 |
13.1 |
-0.4 |
-0.3 |
Mining |
556.4 |
618.7 |
608.5 |
62.3 |
-10.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
1.1 |
-0.2 |
Construction |
5,535.5 |
7,688.9 |
8,469.6 |
2,153.4 |
780.7 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
3.3 |
1.0 |
Manufacturing |
17,236.6 |
14,197.3 |
12,694.5 |
-3,039.3 |
-1,502.8 |
12.8 |
9.4 |
7.6 |
-1.9 |
-1.1 |
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Services-providing |
97,042.9 |
114,407.3 |
130,189.7 |
17,364.4 |
15,782.4 |
72.0 |
76.0 |
78.3 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
Utilities |
639.5 |
548.5 |
517.6 |
-91.0 |
-30.9 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
-1.5 |
-0.6 |
Wholesale trade |
5,522.1 |
5,897.7 |
6,326.2 |
375.6 |
428.5 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
Retail trade |
14,142.6 |
15,319.4 |
16,006.4 |
1,176.8 |
687.0 |
10.5 |
10.2 |
9.6 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
3,935.5 |
4,465.8 |
4,962.0 |
530.3 |
496.2 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
Information |
2,940.0 |
3,054.9 |
3,266.7 |
114.9 |
211.8 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
Financial activities |
6,968.6 |
8,363.2 |
9,570.1 |
1,394.6 |
1,206.9 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
1.8 |
1.4 |
Professional and business services |
13,461.8 |
17,551.6 |
21,643.7 |
4,089.8 |
4,092.1 |
10.0 |
11.7 |
13.0 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
Educational services |
2,077.5 |
2,918.4 |
3,527.4 |
840.9 |
609.0 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
3.5 |
1.9 |
Health care and social assistance |
11,604.8 |
14,919.8 |
18,954.1 |
3,315.0 |
4,034.3 |
8.6 |
9.9 |
11.4 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
Leisure and hospitality |
10,776.5 |
13,143.4 |
15,016.7 |
2,366.9 |
1,873.3 |
8.0 |
8.7 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
Other services |
5,434.9 |
6,234.6 |
7,077.2 |
799.7 |
842.6 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
1.4 |
1.3 |
Federal government |
2,877.0 |
2,728.3 |
2,625.7 |
-148.7 |
-102.6 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
-0.5 |
-0.4 |
State and local government |
16,662.1 |
19,261.7 |
20,696.1 |
2,599.6 |
1,434.4 |
12.4 |
12.8 |
12.5 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
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Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting(3) |
2,730.9 |
2,138.6 |
1,965.5 |
-592.3 |
-173.1 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
-2.4 |
-0.8 |
Agriculture wage and salary |
1,389.7 |
1,219.5 |
1,114.3 |
-170.2 |
-105.2 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
-1.3 |
-0.9 |
Agriculture self-employed and unpaid family workers |
1,341.2 |
919.1 |
851.1 |
-422.1 |
-68.0 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
-3.7 |
-0.8 |
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Nonagriculture self-employed and unpaid family worker |
9,367.9 |
9,772.2 |
10,462.0 |
404.3 |
689.8 |
7.0 |
6.5 |
6.3 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
Secondary wage and salary jobs in agriculture and private household industries(4) |
176.9 |
178.4 |
185.0 |
1.5 |
6.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
Secondary jobs as a self-employed or unpaid family worker(5) |
2,043.3 |
1,618.7 |
1,645.5 |
-424.6 |
26.8 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
-2.3 |
0.2 |
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Last Modified Date: December 4, 2007
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