United States Nonagricultural Employment

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U.S. Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment1 by Major Sector* (000s)
1990 to 2012                
  2012p 2011r 2010r 2009r 2008r 2007r 2006r 2005r
Total 133,739 131,497 129,917 130,876 136,852 137,645 136,125 133,747
  Total Private 111,822 109,411 107,427 108,321 114,342 115,427 114,151 111,943
        Goods Producing 18,410 18,047 17,751 18,558 21,335 22,233 22,530 22,190
        Services Providing 93,411 91,363 89,676 89,764 93,008 93,194 91,621 89,753
    Mining & Logging 851 788 705 694 767 724 684 628
    Construction 5,641 5,533 5,518 6,016 7,162 7,630 7,691 7,336
    Manufacturing 11,919 11,726 11,528 11,847 13,406 13,879 14,155 14,227
    Wholesale Trade 5,673 5,543 5,452 5,587 5,943 6,015 5,905 5,764
    Retail Trade 14,875 14,668 14,440 14,522 15,283 15,520 15,353 15,280
    Transportation & Warehousing 4,415 4,302 4,191 4,236 4,508 4,541 4,470 4,361
    Utilities 554 553 553 560 559 553 549 554
    Information 2,678 2,674 2,707 2,804 2,984 3,032 3,038 3,061
    Financial Activities 7,786 7,697 7,695 7,838 8,206 8,348 8,367 8,197
    Professional & Business Serv. 17,930 17,332 16,728 16,579 17,735 17,942 17,566 16,954
    Educational & Health Services 20,319 19,883 19,531 19,193 18,838 18,322 17,826 17,372
    Leisure & Hospitality 13,746 13,353 13,049 13,077 13,436 13,427 13,110 12,816
    Other Services 5,437 5,360 5,331 5,367 5,515 5,494 5,438 5,395
  Government 21,917 22,086 22,490 22,555 22,509 22,218 21,974 21,804
  2004r 2003r 2002r 2001r 2000r 1999r 1998r 1997r
Total 131,509 130,100 130,450 131,919 131,881 129,098 126,033 122,853
  Total Private 109,888 108,517 108,937 110,800 111,091 108,791 106,124 103,190
        Goods Producing 21,882 21,816 22,557 23,873 24,649 24,465 24,354 23,886
        Services Providing 88,006 86,701 86,380 86,927 86,442 84,326 81,770 79,304
    Mining & Logging 591 572 583 606 599 598 645 654
    Construction 6,976 6,735 6,716 6,826 6,787 6,545 6,149 5,813
    Manufacturing 14,315 14,509 15,259 16,441 17,263 17,322 17,560 17,419
    Wholesale Trade 5,663 5,608 5,652 5,773 5,933 5,893 5,795 5,664
    Retail Trade 15,058 14,917 15,025 15,239 15,280 14,970 14,609 14,389
    Transportation & Warehousing 4,249 4,185 4,224 4,372 4,410 4,300 4,168 4,027
    Utilities 564 577 596 599 601 609 613 621
    Information 3,118 3,188 3,395 3,629 3,630 3,419 3,218 3,084
    Financial Activities 8,105 8,078 7,956 7,900 7,783 7,753 7,565 7,255
    Professional & Business Serv. 16,394 15,987 15,976 16,476 16,666 15,957 15,147 14,335
    Educational & Health Services 16,953 16,588 16,199 15,645 15,109 14,798 14,446 14,087
    Leisure & Hospitality 12,493 12,173 11,986 12,036 11,862 11,543 11,232 11,018
    Other Services 5,409 5,401 5,372 5,258 5,168 5,087 4,976 4,825
  Government 21,621 21,583 21,513 21,118 20,790 20,307 19,909 19,664
  1996r 1995r 1994r 1993r 1992r 1991r 1990
Total 119,757 117,336 114,333 110,876 108,745 108,377 109,487
  Total Private 100,218 97,904 95,058 91,887 89,958 89,832 91,072
        Goods Producing 23,409 23,156 22,774 22,219 22,095 22,588 23,723
        Services Providing 76,809 74,748 72,284 69,668 67,863 67,244 67,349
    Mining & Logging 637 641 659 666 689 739 765
    Construction 5,536 5,274 5,095 4,779 4,608 4,780 5,263
    Manufacturing 17,237 17,241 17,020 16,774 16,799 17,068 17,695
    Wholesale Trade 5,522 5,433 5,247 5,093 5,110 5,185 5,268
    Retail Trade 14,143 13,897 13,491 13,021 12,828 12,896 13,182
    Transportation & Warehousing 3,935 3,838 3,701 3,554 3,462 3,463 3,476
    Utilities 640 666 689 711 726 736 740
    Information 2,940 2,843 2,738 2,668 2,641 2,677 2,688
    Financial Activities 7,018 6,866 6,910 6,742 6,559 6,561 6,614
    Professional & Business Serv. 13,462 12,844 12,174 11,495 10,970 10,714 10,848
    Educational & Health Services 13,683 13,289 12,807 12,303 11,891 11,506 10,984
    Leisure & Hospitality 10,777 10,501 10,100 9,732 9,437 9,256 9,288
    Other Services 4,690 4,572 4,428 4,350 4,240 4,249 4,261
  Government 19,539 19,432 19,275 18,989 18,787 18,545 18,415
*   Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.
p  Preliminary.
r   Revised.
1   Nonagricultural wage and salary employment is on a place of work basis and excludes self-employed 
     persons, farm workers, household and unpaid family workers, and members of the Armed Forces. 
Source:  U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics (CES).
Table prepared by:  Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.