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Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines
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 2.4 Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines
Industry description |
Sector |
2007 NAICS |
Thousands of jobs |
Change |
Annual rate of change |
2010 |
2020 |
2010-20 |
2010-20 |
Largest growth |
Construction |
Construction |
23 |
5,525.6 |
7,365.1 |
1,839.5 |
2.9 |
Retail trade |
Retail trade |
44, 45 |
14,413.7 |
16,182.2 |
1,768.5 |
1.2 |
Offices of health practitioners |
Health care and social assistance |
6211, 6212, 6213 |
3,818.2 |
5,209.6 |
1,391.4 |
3.2 |
Hospitals |
Health care and social assistance |
622 |
4,685.3 |
5,563.6 |
878.3 |
1.7 |
Home health care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6216 |
1,080.6 |
1,952.4 |
871.8 |
6.1 |
Food services and drinking places |
Leisure and hospitality |
722 |
9,351.8 |
10,212.2 |
860.4 |
0.9 |
Individual and family services |
Health care and social assistance |
6241 |
1,215.0 |
2,066.4 |
851.4 |
5.5 |
Nursing and residential care facilities |
Health care and social assistance |
623 |
3,129.0 |
3,951.0 |
822.0 |
2.4 |
Wholesale trade |
Wholesale trade |
42 |
5,456.1 |
6,200.2 |
744.1 |
1.3 |
General Local government educational services compensation |
State and local government |
NA |
8,010.4 |
8,751.4 |
741.0 |
0.9 |
Computer systems design and related services |
Professional and business services |
5415 |
1,441.5 |
2,112.8 |
671.3 |
3.9 |
Employment services |
Professional and business services |
5613 |
2,716.7 |
3,348.0 |
631.3 |
2.1 |
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services |
Professional and business services |
5416 |
991.4 |
1,567.0 |
575.6 |
4.7 |
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools |
Educational services |
6112, 6113 |
1,694.0 |
2,171.1 |
477.1 |
2.5 |
Outpatient, laboratory, and other ambulatory care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6214, 6215, 6219 |
1,077.1 |
1,471.2 |
394.1 |
3.2 |
Architectural, engineering, and related services |
Professional and business services |
5413 |
1,276.6 |
1,635.1 |
358.5 |
2.5 |
Services to buildings and dwellings |
Professional and business services |
5617 |
1,742.5 |
2,044.8 |
302.3 |
1.6 |
Truck transportation |
Transportation and Warehousing |
484 |
1,244.0 |
1,544.0 |
300.0 |
2.2 |
General State government educational services compensation |
State and local government |
NA |
2,377.1 |
2,661.7 |
284.6 |
1.1 |
Child day care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6244 |
851.8 |
1,101.3 |
249.5 |
2.6 |
Largest declines |
Postal Service |
Federal government |
491 |
656.4 |
474.6 |
-181.8 |
-3.2 |
General Federal non-defense government compensation |
Federal government |
NA |
1,667.5 |
1,545.7 |
-121.8 |
-0.8 |
Apparel knitting mills |
Manufacturing |
3151 |
157.7 |
66.1 |
-91.6 |
-8.3 |
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers |
Information |
5111 |
501.3 |
439.7 |
-61.6 |
-1.3 |
Other miscellaneous manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3399 |
266.0 |
210.3 |
-55.7 |
-2.3 |
General Federal defense government compensation |
Federal government |
NA |
545.5 |
496.0 |
-49.5 |
-0.9 |
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3341 |
161.6 |
117.5 |
-44.1 |
-3.1 |
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3345 |
406.0 |
363.2 |
-42.8 |
-1.1 |
Crop production |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting |
111 |
629.5 |
589.3 |
-40.2 |
-0.7 |
Drycleaning and laundry services |
Other services |
8123 |
302.1 |
265.7 |
-36.4 |
-1.3 |
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution |
Utilities |
2211 |
396.9 |
361.4 |
-35.5 |
-0.9 |
State government enterprises |
State and local government |
NA |
517.8 |
484.6 |
-33.2 |
-0.7 |
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3344 |
369.7 |
336.9 |
-32.8 |
-0.9 |
Communications equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3342 |
118.0 |
85.7 |
-32.3 |
-3.1 |
Printing and related support activities |
Manufacturing |
323 |
486.9 |
454.7 |
-32.2 |
-0.7 |
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills |
Manufacturing |
3131 |
237.8 |
206.1 |
-31.7 |
-1.4 |
Motion picture, video, and sound recording industries |
Information |
512 |
372.0 |
347.0 |
-25.0 |
-0.7 |
Metalworking machinery manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3335 |
153.2 |
130.5 |
-22.7 |
-1.6 |
Basic chemical manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3251 |
142.4 |
121.6 |
-20.8 |
-1.6 |
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3363 |
415.1 |
394.9 |
-20.2 |
-0.5 |
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