Table 2. Employment by major industry sector, 2000, 2010, and projected 2020
(In thousands)
Industry Sector Employment Change Percent Distribution Annual Growth
Rate (percent)
2000 2010 2020 2000- 2010- 2000 2010 2020 2000- 2010-
10 20 10 20
Total(1) 146,236.0 143,068.2 163,537.1 -3,167.8 20,468.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 -0.2 1.3
Nonagriculture wage and salary(2) 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(3) 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 workers(4,5) 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
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(4,6) 1,959.4 1,441.7 1,521.7 -517.7 80.0 1.3 1.0 0.9 -3.0 0.5
1 Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics 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 wage and salary data from the Current Employment Statistics survey, except private households, which is from the Current
Population Survey. Logging workers are excluded.
3 Includes agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting data from the Current Population Survey, except logging, which is from
Current Employment Statistics survey. Government wage and salary workers are excluded.
4 Due to methodological changes, these data are not comparable to previously published numbers for these categories of secondary workers.
5 Workers who hold a secondary wage and salary job in agricultural production, forestry, fishing, and private household industries.
6 Wage and salary workers who hold a secondary job as a self-employed or unpaid family worker.
