Employment Statistics by Major Sector of the Economy
Each chart shows quarterly changes in seasonally adusted employment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The sectors defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
NOTE:Numbers are in thousands of people (000).
5/xx/08 - check back in a couple of weeks to drill down to sector components.
Chart 1. Includes mining, oil & gas exploration/extraction, coal mining.
Chart 2. Includes commercial, residential construction, infrastructure and utility construction.
Chart 3. Includes durable and non-durable manufacturing but no farming.
Chart 4. Includes wholesale trade.
Chart 5. Includes retail trade.
Chart 6. Includes airlines, air, sea, rail, & trucking freight and inventory storage.
Chart 7. Includes all electrical power generation, water and sewer.
Chart 8. Includes newspapers, book publishing, telecommunications, motion pictures, radio, and television, cable, internet and data processing.
Chart 9. Includes finance, insurance, banking, credit cards, mortgages and securities brokerage.
Chart 10. Includes legal, accounting, architecture, building and home services, computer systems design, management and technical consulting, science, veterinary, employment and waste services, travel services, and security services.
Chart 11. Includes schools and universities, hospitals, physicians practices, clinics, medical labs.
Chart 12. Includes lodging and food services, arts, entertainment, sports, museums, amusment parks, gambling.
Chart 13. Includes automotive and other repair, laundry services, personal care, funeral, membership associations, unions.
Chart 14. Includes federal, state and local government.
