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Employment Projections
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Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines
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Industry Description |
Sector |
2017 NAICS |
Thousands of Jobs |
Change |
Compound Annual Rate of Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2018 |
2028 |
2018 - 2028 |
2018 - 2028 |
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|
Largest Growth |
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|
Food services and drinking places |
Leisure and hospitality |
722 |
11926.3 |
13315.8 |
1389.5 |
1.1 |
|
Construction |
Construction |
23 |
7289.3 |
8096.8 |
807.5 |
1.1 |
|
Individual and family services |
Health care and social assistance |
6241 |
2464.2 |
3255.7 |
791.5 |
2.8 |
|
Home health care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6216 |
1472.7 |
2186.4 |
713.7 |
4.0 |
|
Computer systems design and related services |
Professional and business services |
5415 |
2121.6 |
2642.3 |
520.7 |
2.2 |
|
Offices of physicians |
Health care and social assistance |
6211 |
2620.6 |
2970.5 |
349.9 |
1.3 |
|
Nursing and residential care facilities |
Health care and social assistance |
623 |
3362.2 |
3698.7 |
336.5 |
1.0 |
|
Outpatient care centers |
Health care and social assistance |
6214 |
934.4 |
1265.4 |
331.0 |
3.1 |
|
Hospitals |
Health care and social assistance |
622 |
5145.1 |
5467.8 |
322.7 |
0.6 |
|
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services |
Professional and business services |
5416 |
1483.2 |
1776.0 |
292.8 |
1.8 |
|
Offices of other health practitioners |
Health care and social assistance |
6213 |
930.2 |
1184.8 |
254.6 |
2.4 |
|
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools |
Educational services |
6112, 6113 |
1863.6 |
2085.2 |
221.6 |
1.1 |
|
Services to buildings and dwellings |
Professional and business services |
5617 |
2153.2 |
2350.8 |
197.6 |
0.9 |
|
Warehousing and storage |
Transportation and Warehousing |
493 |
1139.6 |
1309.0 |
169.4 |
1.4 |
|
Elementary and secondary schools |
Educational services |
6111 |
1083.3 |
1220.4 |
137.1 |
1.2 |
|
Other amusement and recreation industries |
Leisure and hospitality |
7139 |
1386.1 |
1508.8 |
122.7 |
0.9 |
|
Local government, other compensation |
State and local government |
NA |
4214.3 |
4335.7 |
121.4 |
0.3 |
|
Other educational services |
Educational services |
6114-7 |
780.6 |
895.4 |
114.8 |
1.4 |
|
Management of companies and enterprises |
Professional and business services |
55 |
2371.8 |
2481.8 |
110.0 |
0.5 |
|
Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities |
Financial activities |
5242 |
1168.9 |
1278.4 |
109.5 |
0.9 |
|
Largest Declines |
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|
Wired telecommunications carriers |
Information |
517311 |
547.3 |
420.1 |
-127.2 |
-2.6 |
|
Postal Service |
Federal government |
491 |
608.6 |
482.1 |
-126.5 |
-2.3 |
|
Wholesale trade |
Wholesale trade |
42 |
5852.5 |
5754.0 |
-98.5 |
-0.2 |
|
All other retail |
Retail trade |
442-4, 446-8, 451, 453-4 |
7619.9 |
7531.2 |
-88.7 |
-0.1 |
|
Printing and related support activities |
Manufacturing |
323 |
430.9 |
346.4 |
-84.5 |
-2.2 |
|
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers |
Information |
5111 |
324.7 |
247.9 |
-76.8 |
-2.7 |
|
Private households |
Other services |
814 |
777.8 |
702.2 |
-75.6 |
-1.0 |
|
General Merchandise stores |
Retail trade |
452 |
3104.9 |
3035.0 |
-69.9 |
-0.2 |
|
Textile mills and textile product mills |
Manufacturing |
313314 |
228.9 |
188.6 |
-40.3 |
-1.9 |
|
Apparel, leather and allied product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
315, 316 |
139.6 |
99.5 |
-40.1 |
-3.3 |
|
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3344 |
369.3 |
330.3 |
-39.0 |
-1.1 |
|
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3364 |
509.4 |
472.7 |
-36.7 |
-0.7 |
|
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3345 |
410.2 |
375.1 |
-35.1 |
-0.9 |
|
Food and beverage stores |
Retail trade |
445 |
3087.1 |
3057.2 |
-29.9 |
-0.1 |
|
Drycleaning and laundry services |
Other services |
8123 |
297.3 |
272.8 |
-24.5 |
-0.9 |
|
State government enterprises |
State and local government |
NA |
493.5 |
469.3 |
-24.2 |
-0.5 |
|
Communications equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3342 |
85.7 |
62.2 |
-23.5 |
-3.2 |
|
Travel arrangement and reservation services |
Professional and business services |
5615 |
219.0 |
195.9 |
-23.1 |
-1.1 |
|
Plastics product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3261 |
593.2 |
570.6 |
-22.6 |
-0.4 |
|
Converted paper product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3222 |
271.8 |
249.2 |
-22.6 |
-0.9 |
Last Modified Date: September 4, 2019