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Table 1. Employment by major industry division, 1988, 1998, and projected 2008
Thousands of jobs Change Percent Change Percent distribution
Industry 1988 1998 2008 1988-98 1998-2008 1988-98 1998-2008 1988 1998 2008
Total 1/ 120,010 140,514 160,795 20,503 20,281 17 14 100.0 100.0 100.0
Nonfarm wage and salary 2/ 104,570 124,887 144,526 20,316 19,640 19 16 87.1 88.9 89.9
Goods producing 25,125 25,347 25,694 222 347 1 1 20.9 18.0 16.0
Mining 713 590 475 -123 -115 -17 -19 .6 .4 .3
Construction 5,098 5,985 6,535 887 550 17 9 4.2 4.3 4.1
Manufacturing 19,314 18,772 18,684 -542 -89 -3 0 16.1 13.4 11.6
Durable 11,363 11,170 11,277 -193 107 -2 1 9.5 7.9 7.0
Nondurable 7,951 7,602 7,406 -349 -196 -4 -3 6.6 5.4 4.6
Service producing 79,445 99,540 118,832 20,094 19,293 25 19 66.2 70.8 73.9
Transportation,
communications, and
utilities 5,512 6,600 7,541 1,088 941 20 14 4.6 4.7 4.7
Wholesale trade 6,030 6,831 7,330 802 499 13 7 5.0 4.9 4.6
Retail trade 19,023 22,296 25,363 3,273 3,067 17 14 15.9 15.9 15.8
Finance, insurance, and
real estate 6,629 7,408 8,367 778 960 12 13 5.5 5.3 5.2
Services 2/ 24,866 36,586 48,543 11,720 11,957 47 33 20.7 26.0 30.2
Government 17,386 19,819 21,688 2,433 1,869 14 9 14.5 14.1 13.5
Federal government 2,971 2,686 2,550 -285 -136 -10 -5 2.5 1.9 1.6
State and local
government 14,415 17,133 19,138 2,718 2,005 19 12 12.0 12.2 11.9
Agriculture 3/ 3,355 3,576 3,526 287 -51 9 -1 2.8 2.5 2.2
Private household wage
and salary 1,153 962 759 -191 -203 -17 -21 1.0 0.7 0.5
Nonagricultural
self-employed and
unpaid family workers 4/ 8,731 9,029 9,925 298 896 3 10 7.3 6.4 6.2
Secondary wage and salary
jobs in agriculture
(except agricultural
services); forestry,
fishing, hunting, and
trapping; and private
households 5/ 211 163 158 -48 -5 -23 -3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Secondary jobs as a
self-employed or
unpaid family worker 6/ 1,990 1,897 1,901 -94 5 -5 0 1.7 1.3 1.2
1/ Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly, Current
Employment Statistics (payroll survey), which counts jobs, whereas self-employed, unpaid family worker,
agricultural, and private household data are from the Current Population Survey (household survey), which
counts workers.
2/ Excludes SIC 074,5,8 (agricultural services) and 99 (nonclassifiable establishments) and is therefore not
directly comparable with data published in the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly periodical, Employment
and Earnings.
3/ Excludes government wage and salary workers and includes private sector for SIC 08,09 (forestry, fishing,
hunting, and trapping).
4/ Excludes SIC 08,09 (forestry, fishing, hunting, and trapping).
5/ Workers who hold a secondary wage and salary job in agriculture (except agricultural services); forestry,
fishing, hunting and trapping; and private households.
6/ Wage and salary workers who hold a secondary job as a self-employed or unpaid family worker.
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