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Employment by major industry sector
This table also can be found in the article, "Industry employment and output projections to 2020," published in the January 2012 Monthly
Labor Review.
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Table 2.1 Employment by major industry sector
Industry sector |
Thousands of jobs |
Change |
Percent distribution |
Annual rate of change |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2000-10 |
2010-20 |
2000 |
2010 |
2020 |
2000-10 |
2010-20 |
Total |
146,236.0 |
143,068.2 |
163,537.1 |
-3167.8 |
20,468.9 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
-0.2 |
1.3 |
| |
Nonagriculture wage and salary |
132,425.0 |
130,435.6 |
150,176.8 |
-1,989.4 |
19,741.2 |
90.6 |
91.2 |
91.8 |
-0.2 |
1.4 |
| |
Goods-producing, excluding agriculture |
24,569.7 |
17,705.5 |
19,496.8 |
-6,864.2 |
1,791.3 |
16.8 |
12.4 |
11.9 |
-3.2 |
1.0 |
Mining |
520.4 |
655.9 |
680.7 |
135.5 |
24.8 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
0.4 |
Construction |
6,786.4 |
5,525.6 |
7,365.1 |
-1,260.8 |
1,839.5 |
4.6 |
3.9 |
4.5 |
-2.0 |
2.9 |
Manufacturing |
17,262.9 |
11,524.0 |
11,450.9 |
-5,738.9 |
-73.1 |
11.8 |
8.1 |
7.0 |
-4.0 |
-0.1 |
| |
Services-providing |
107,855.3 |
112,730.1 |
130,680.1 |
4,874.8 |
17,950.0 |
73.8 |
78.8 |
79.9 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
Utilities |
601.3 |
551.8 |
516.1 |
-49.5 |
-35.7 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
-0.9 |
-0.7 |
Wholesale trade |
5,933.5 |
5,456.1 |
6,200.2 |
-477.4 |
744.1 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
-0.8 |
1.3 |
Retail trade |
15,279.8 |
14,413.7 |
16,182.2 |
-866.1 |
1,768.5 |
10.4 |
10.1 |
9.9 |
-0.6 |
1.2 |
Transportation and warehousing |
4,410.3 |
4,183.3 |
5,036.2 |
-227.0 |
852.9 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
-0.5 |
1.9 |
Information |
3,630.6 |
2,710.9 |
2,851.2 |
-919.7 |
140.3 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
-2.9 |
0.5 |
Financial activities |
7,687.5 |
7,630.2 |
8,410.6 |
-57.3 |
780.4 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
-0.1 |
1.0 |
Professional and business services |
16,666.1 |
16,688.0 |
20,497.0 |
21.9 |
3,809.0 |
11.4 |
11.7 |
12.5 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
Educational services |
2,390.6 |
3,149.6 |
3,968.8 |
759.0 |
819.2 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
2.3 |
Health care and social assistance |
12,718.3 |
16,414.5 |
22,053.9 |
3,696.2 |
5,639.4 |
8.7 |
11.5 |
13.5 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
Leisure and hospitality |
11,861.6 |
13,019.6 |
14,362.3 |
1,158.0 |
1,342.7 |
8.1 |
9.1 |
8.8 |
0.9 |
1.0 |
Other services |
5,885.7 |
6,031.3 |
6,850.7 |
145.6 |
819.4 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
Federal government |
2,865.0 |
2,968.0 |
2,596.0 |
103.0 |
-372.0 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
-1.3 |
State and local government |
17,925.0 |
19,513.1 |
21,154.8 |
1,588.1 |
1,641.7 |
12.3 |
13.6 |
12.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
| |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting |
2,396.2 |
2,135.5 |
2,005.3 |
-260.7 |
-130.2 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
-1.1 |
-0.6 |
Agriculture wage and salary |
1,354.0 |
1,282.1 |
1,236.1 |
-71.9 |
-46.0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
-0.5 |
-0.4 |
Agriculture self-employed and unpaid family workers |
1,042.2 |
853.4 |
769.3 |
-188.8 |
-84.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
-2.0 |
-1.0 |
| |
Nonagriculture self-employed and unpaid family worker |
9,313.7 |
8,943.8 |
9,720.6 |
-369.9 |
776.8 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
5.9 |
-0.4 |
0.8 |
Secondary wage and salary jobs in agriculture and private household industries, |
141.7 |
111.6 |
112.7 |
-30.1 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-2.4 |
0.1 |
Secondary jobs as a self-employed or unpaid family worker, |
1,959.4 |
1,441.7 |
1,521.7 |
-517.7 |
80.0 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
-3.0 |
0.5 |
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