Table 4. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2007 annual averages
(Percent distribution)
Gulf War era WW II,
Korean War, Other Non-
Industry and class of worker Veterans and Vietnam service veterans
Total Gulf War Gulf War era periods
era I era II
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 12,029 3,651 2,471 1,180 4,772 3,606 131,731
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 1.9 .5 .4 .7 3.2 1.7 1.4
Wage and salary workers.................................. .7 .4 .3 .5 1.0 .7 .8
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.2 .2 .1 .2 2.2 1.0 .5
Nonagricultural industries................................. 98.1 99.5 99.6 99.3 96.8 98.3 98.6
Wage and salary workers.................................. 89.9 95.7 94.9 97.4 85.4 89.8 92.1
Private industries..................................... 70.7 72.9 73.0 72.7 68.3 71.6 77.9
Mining............................................... .7 .9 .7 1.3 .7 .6 .5
Construction......................................... 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.0 6.4 7.5 6.5
Manufacturing........................................ 13.9 12.8 13.6 11.1 14.1 14.6 10.7
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.6 3.4 3.8 2.6 3.9 3.4 2.8
Retail trade......................................... 8.6 8.3 7.2 10.5 8.8 8.6 10.6
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.0 6.9 7.6 5.4 6.7 7.6 3.7
Information.......................................... 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.0 2.4 2.2
Financial activities................................. 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.5 5.2 5.2 6.7
Professional and business services................... 9.3 11.0 10.2 12.6 8.3 9.0 9.1
Education and health services........................ 6.8 7.7 8.0 6.9 6.0 6.8 13.5
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 3.2 4.0 3.6 4.7 2.8 2.9 7.5
Other services....................................... 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.0 4.1
Government............................................. 19.2 22.8 21.9 24.7 17.1 18.1 14.2
Federal.............................................. 7.6 10.3 9.3 12.5 6.0 7.0 1.9
State................................................ 4.6 5.2 5.1 5.5 4.3 4.2 4.4
Local................................................ 7.0 7.3 7.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.9
Self-employed workers.................................... 8.1 3.7 4.6 1.8 11.3 8.4 6.5
Unpaid family workers.................................... .1 - - - .1 .1 .1
MEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 10,997 3,143 2,123 1,020 4,633 3,222 66,166
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 2.1 .6 .5 .9 3.3 1.8 2.0
Wage and salary workers.................................. .8 .4 .3 .6 1.0 .8 1.3
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.3 .2 .1 .3 2.2 1.0 .7
Nonagricultural industries................................. 97.9 99.4 99.5 99.1 96.7 98.2 98.0
Wage and salary workers.................................. 89.4 95.7 94.9 97.3 85.2 89.3 90.5
Private industries..................................... 71.1 74.0 74.3 73.4 68.3 72.1 79.9
Mining............................................... .8 1.0 .8 1.5 .8 .7 .8
Construction......................................... 7.5 8.1 8.2 7.9 6.5 8.3 11.6
Manufacturing........................................ 14.5 13.9 14.9 11.8 14.4 15.3 14.4
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.8 3.8 4.2 2.9 4.0 3.5 3.8
Retail trade......................................... 8.6 8.3 7.4 10.4 8.8 8.5 10.1
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.4 7.6 8.5 5.8 6.8 8.2 5.4
Information.......................................... 2.4 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.0 2.4 2.5
Financial activities................................. 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.4 5.2 4.8 5.4
Professional and business services................... 9.4 11.2 10.3 13.2 8.3 9.2 9.7
Education and health services........................ 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.6
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 3.0 3.6 3.3 4.3 2.8 2.8 6.9
Other services....................................... 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.7
Government............................................. 18.4 21.7 20.6 23.9 16.9 17.2 10.6
Federal.............................................. 7.2 9.9 8.8 12.1 5.9 6.5 1.8
State................................................ 4.3 4.7 4.6 5.1 4.2 4.1 3.3
Local................................................ 6.8 7.1 7.3 6.6 6.7 6.6 5.5
Self-employed workers.................................... 8.5 3.7 4.6 1.7 11.4 8.9 7.5
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - .1 - -
WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 1,032 508 348 160 140 384 65,565
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... .6 .2 .3 - .7 1.1 .7
Wage and salary workers.................................. .2 .1 .2 - .2 .2 .4
Self-employed workers.................................... .5 .1 .1 - .5 1.0 .3
Nonagricultural industries................................. 99.4 99.8 99.7 100.0 99.3 98.9 99.3
Wage and salary workers.................................. 94.6 95.8 94.7 98.0 92.6 93.8 93.7
Private industries..................................... 66.9 65.9 64.9 68.1 67.4 68.1 75.9
Mining............................................... - - - - - .1 .1
Construction......................................... 1.7 2.0 2.3 1.3 2.5 1.0 1.4
Manufacturing........................................ 6.6 5.9 5.7 6.3 4.7 8.3 7.1
Wholesale trade...................................... 1.5 1.0 1.1 .7 1.3 2.3 1.8
Retail trade......................................... 9.0 8.0 6.5 11.1 10.3 9.8 11.0
Transportation and utilities......................... 2.5 2.3 2.0 3.0 1.8 3.0 1.9
Information.......................................... 2.4 2.4 1.8 3.7 2.9 2.1 1.9
Financial activities................................. 7.2 6.2 6.6 5.3 5.9 9.0 8.0
Professional and business services................... 8.8 9.7 10.1 8.8 8.6 7.6 8.5
Education and health services........................ 20.1 20.0 21.2 17.3 23.7 19.0 21.5
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 4.6 5.9 5.5 6.9 2.7 3.6 8.1
Other services....................................... 2.5 2.6 2.1 3.7 2.7 2.2 4.5
Government............................................. 27.7 29.8 29.8 29.9 25.3 25.7 17.8
Federal.............................................. 12.0 13.1 12.3 14.9 8.9 11.6 2.1
State................................................ 6.8 8.1 8.2 7.8 7.7 4.8 5.5
Local................................................ 8.9 8.6 9.3 7.2 8.7 9.3 10.3
Self-employed workers.................................... 4.6 4.0 4.9 2.0 6.7 4.6 5.5
Unpaid family workers.................................... .2 .1 .1 - - .5 .1
NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam era, the Gulf War era,
and all other service periods. Nonveterans are men and women who never served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Other service periods include the
periods between World War II and the Korean War, between the Korean War and the Vietnam era, and between the Vietnam era and the Gulf War era.
More detailed information appears in the Technical Note of this release. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
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