August 16, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Educational and health services
employment most extensive in Northeast
In 1997, the Northeast region had
the highest proportions of its private-sector workers in the educational services and the
health services industries.
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Of all private nonagricultural wage and salary workers in
the Northeast, 3.6 percent were employed in educational services in 1997. The next highest
figure—2.6 percent—was for the Midwest. In the South the proportion of workers
in educational services was 2.2 percent and in the West it was slightly lower, at 2.0
percent.
The proportions of private workers in health services followed the same regional
pattern. The largest share—11.8 percent—was found in the Northeast and the next
highest in the Midwest—10.5 percent. Among workers in the South, 9.7 percent were in
health services and in the West, the percentage was 8.5 percent.
These data on employment are a product of the Current
Population Survey. Additional information is available from Geographic
Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 1997 (PDF,
966K), (BLS Bulletin 2515).
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