Employment by major industry sector.

Employment by major industry sector

Table 1. Employment by major industry sector. 1992, 2002, and projected 2012
Industry sector	Thousands of jobs			Numeric change		Percent distribution			Average annual rate of change
Industry sector	1992	2002	2012	1992-2002	2002-12	1992	2002	2012	1992-2002	2002-12

Total ⁽¹⁾	123,325	144,014	165,319	20,689	21,305	100	100	100	1.6	1.4

Nonfarm wage and salary	19,526	131,063	152,690	21,537	21,627	88.8	91	92.4	1.8	1.5

Goods-Producing, excluding agriculture	22,016	22,550	23,346	534	796	17.9	15.7	14.1	0.2	0.3
Mining	610	512	451	-98	-61	0.5	0.4	0.3	-1.7	-1.3
Construction	4,608	6,732	7,745	2,124	1,014	3.7	4.7	4.7	3.9	1.4
Manufacturing	16,799	15,307	15,149	-1,492	-158	13.6	10.6	9.2	-0.9	-0.1

Service-Providing	87,510	108,513	129,344	21,003	20,831	71	75.3	78.2	2.2	1.8
Utilities	726	600	565	-126	-34	0.6	0.4	0.3	-1.9	-0.6
Wholesale trade	5,110	5,641	6,279	531	638	4.1	3.9	3.8	1	1.1
Retail trade	12,828	15,047	17,129	2,219	2,082	10.4	10.4	10.4	1.6	1.3
Transportation and warehousing	3,462	4,205	5,120	744	914	2.8	2.9	3.1	2	2
Information	2,641	3,420	4,052	779	632	2.1	2.4	2.5	2.6	1.7
Financial activities	6,540	7,843	8,806	1,303	964	5.3	5.4	5.3	1.8	1.2
Professional and business services	10,969	16,010	20,876	5,040	4,866	8.9	11.1	12.6	3.9	2.7
Education and health services	11,891	16,184	21,329	4,293	5,145	9.6	11.2	12.9	3.1	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	9,437	11,969	14,104	2,532	2,135	7.7	8.3	8.5	2.4	1.7
Other services	5,120	6,105	7,065	985	960	4.2	4.2	4.3	1.8	1.5
Federal government	3,111	2,767	2,779	-344	12	2.5	1.9	1.7	-1.2	0
State and local government	15,675	18,722	21,240	3,047	2,518	12.7	13	12.8	1.8	1.3


Agriculture ⁽²⁾	2,639	2,245	1,905	-394	-340	2.1	1.6	1.2	-1.6	-1.6

Nonagriculture self-employed and unpaid family workers	9,009	9,018	9,162	10	144	7.3	6.3	5.5	0	0.2
Secondary wage and salary jobs in agricultural production, forestry, fishing, and private household industries ⁽³⁾	178	143	128	-35	-15	0.1	0.1	0.1	-2.2	-1.1
Secondary jobs as a self-employed or unpaid family worker ⁽⁴⁾	1,973	1,545	1,434	-428	-111	1.6	1.1	0.9	-2.4	-0.7

Footnotes: (1) Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics (payroll) survey,which counts jobs, whereas self-employed, unpaid family workers, and agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting are from the Current Population Survey (household survey), which counts workers. (2) Includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting data from the Current Population survey, except logging, which is from the Current Employment Survey and government wage and salary workers, which are excluded. (3) Workers who hold a secondary wage and salary job in agricultural production, forestry, fishing, and private household industries. (4) Wage and salary workers who hold a secondary job as a self-employed or unpaid family worker.

Last Modified Date: February 13, 2004

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