Table 1. Employee-only labor share, nonfarm business subsectors, 1997 to 2014
Sector 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Change, 1997 to 2014

Mining

 0.37 0.44 0.41 0.33 0.31 0.31 0.26 0.25 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.18 0.22 0.21 0.20 0.22 0.21 0.22 -0.15

Utilities

 .24 .26 .26 .28 .29 .30 .28 .27 .28 .26 .27 .28 .27 .25 .26 .27 .27 .26 .02

Construction

 .67 .66 .66 .67 .67 .66 .64 .61 .59 .60 .62 .66 .64 .64 .64 .63 .63 .64 -.04

Durable goods

 .62 .64 .66 .66 .70 .66 .64 .63 .62 .61 .61 .62 .62 .57 .58 .57 .57 .57 -.06

Nondurable goods

 .49 .49 .48 .48 .46 .46 .45 .42 .41 .39 .38 .39 .35 .34 .34 .34 .34 .34 -.15

Wholesale trade

 .50 .51 .52 .52 .53 .53 .52 .51 .50 .50 .50 .50 .49 .47 .48 .48 .47 .47 -.03

Retail trade

 .58 .57 .58 .58 .58 .58 .57 .57 .56 .56 .58 .58 .56 .55 .56 .55 .55 .55 -.03

Transportation and warehousing

 .65 .65 .66 .67 .68 .68 .65 .63 .62 .59 .62 .60 .61 .58 .58 .59 .58 .58 -.07

Information

 .43 .44 .45 .52 .49 .42 .41 .38 .38 .38 .37 .35 .36 .34 .36 .37 .36 .37 -.06

Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing

 .23 .24 .24 .25 .24 .24 .23 .24 .24 .25 .25 .26 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .23 .00

Educational services, health care, and social assistance

 .41 .40 .39 .38 .34 .34 .36 .39 .38 .38 .39 .39 .38 .38 .40 .42 .41 .42 .01

Professional and business services

 .70 .72 .72 .75 .73 .71 .70 .70 .70 .71 .71 .70 .70 .70 .71 .72 .73 .74 .04

Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services

 .56 .58 .58 .57 .59 .58 .58 .58 .58 .57 .58 .59 .58 .58 .58 .59 .58 .59 .03

Other services (except government)

 .39 .39 .38 .38 .41 .39 .44 .43 .41 .39 .42 .43 .44 .40 .44 .42 .44 .44 .05
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.