Table 4. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2008 annual averages
Table 4. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service,
2008 annual averages
(Percent distribution)
Gulf War era WW II,
Korean Other Non-
Industry and class of worker Veterans War, and service veterans
Total Gulf War Gulf War Vietnam periods
era I era II era
TOTAL
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 11,795 3,782 2,479 1,303 4,492 3,522 131,578
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 1.7 .6 .4 1.0 2.9 1.5 1.4
Wage and salary workers.................................. .6 .4 .2 .8 .8 .6 .9
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.1 .2 .1 .2 2.1 .9 .6
Nonagricultural industries................................. 98.3 99.4 99.6 99.0 97.1 98.5 98.6
Wage and salary workers.................................. 90.7 95.8 95.6 96.2 86.2 90.8 92.2
Private industries..................................... 70.6 72.2 72.3 71.9 68.8 71.4 77.9
Mining............................................... .8 1.1 .9 1.5 .7 .7 .5
Construction......................................... 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.3 6.8 6.0
Manufacturing........................................ 13.8 12.4 13.5 10.5 13.6 15.6 10.5
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.5 3.0 2.6
Retail trade......................................... 8.7 8.8 7.7 10.9 8.7 8.4 10.7
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.3 7.2 7.8 6.0 7.2 7.6 3.7
Information.......................................... 2.4 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 2.3 2.2
Financial activities................................. 4.7 4.5 4.8 3.9 4.9 4.7 6.6
Professional and business services................... 9.2 10.8 10.4 11.5 8.9 7.9 9.1
Education and health services........................ 7.2 7.9 7.8 8.0 6.5 7.3 13.9
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 3.7 4.5 4.1 5.3 3.1 3.6 7.8
Other services....................................... 3.2 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.3 3.6 4.2
Government............................................. 20.0 23.7 23.3 24.3 17.5 19.4 14.4
Federal.............................................. 8.0 11.0 9.5 13.8 6.1 7.2 2.0
State................................................ 4.4 4.9 5.4 3.9 4.3 4.1 4.3
Local................................................ 7.6 7.8 8.4 6.6 7.1 8.1 8.1
Self-employed workers.................................... 7.6 3.6 4.1 2.8 10.8 7.7 6.3
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - - - .1
MEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 10,739 3,256 2,147 1,109 4,349 3,134 65,821
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... 1.8 .6 .4 1.1 3.0 1.5 2.1
Wage and salary workers.................................. .6 .5 .2 .9 .8 .6 1.3
Self-employed workers.................................... 1.2 .2 .2 .2 2.2 .9 .8
Nonagricultural industries................................. 98.2 99.4 99.6 98.9 97.0 98.5 97.9
Wage and salary workers.................................. 90.2 95.6 95.4 96.0 86.0 90.4 90.5
Private industries..................................... 70.9 72.7 72.7 72.7 68.8 72.0 79.8
Mining............................................... .8 1.2 .9 1.8 .7 .6 .9
Construction......................................... 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.0 6.5 7.4 10.6
Manufacturing........................................ 14.5 13.5 14.6 11.2 13.7 16.7 14.3
Wholesale trade...................................... 3.3 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.2 3.5
Retail trade......................................... 8.7 9.0 8.0 11.0 8.7 8.4 10.3
Transportation and utilities......................... 7.8 8.0 8.7 6.8 7.3 8.1 5.6
Information.......................................... 2.5 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.0 2.4 2.5
Financial activities................................. 4.6 4.1 4.2 3.8 5.0 4.5 5.4
Professional and business services................... 9.1 10.6 10.1 11.6 8.9 7.8 9.8
Education and health services........................ 5.8 5.8 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.7
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 3.5 4.1 3.8 4.6 3.0 3.7 7.3
Other services....................................... 3.3 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.8
Government............................................. 19.3 22.9 22.7 23.3 17.2 18.5 10.7
Federal.............................................. 7.5 10.4 9.2 12.9 5.9 6.7 1.8
State................................................ 4.3 4.7 5.1 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.3
Local................................................ 7.5 7.7 8.4 6.4 7.0 7.8 5.6
Self-employed workers.................................... 7.9 3.8 4.2 2.9 11.0 8.0 7.4
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - - - -
WOMEN
Total, 18 years and over (in thousands)..................... 1,057 526 332 194 143 388 65,757
Percent..................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries......................... .6 .2 .1 .2 1.1 1.0 .8
Wage and salary workers.................................. .4 .1 - .2 .9 .5 .4
Self-employed workers.................................... .2 .1 .1 - .3 .5 .3
Nonagricultural industries................................. 99.4 99.8 99.9 99.8 98.9 99.0 99.2
Wage and salary workers.................................. 95.1 97.1 96.8 97.8 92.6 93.3 93.9
Private industries..................................... 67.9 68.8 69.4 67.6 68.2 66.6 75.9
Mining............................................... .6 .4 .7 - - .9 .1
Construction......................................... 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.0 1.6 1.6 1.4
Manufacturing........................................ 6.5 6.2 5.8 7.0 8.0 6.3 6.7
Wholesale trade...................................... 1.4 1.0 1.2 .7 2.0 1.8 1.7
Retail trade......................................... 8.0 7.4 5.8 10.0 8.9 8.5 11.0
Transportation and utilities......................... 2.6 2.0 2.3 1.3 3.6 3.2 1.8
Information.......................................... 1.6 1.7 1.1 2.8 1.9 1.4 1.9
Financial activities................................. 6.1 7.2 8.8 4.6 2.1 6.2 7.7
Professional and business services................... 10.5 12.0 12.7 10.9 8.7 9.0 8.4
Education and health services........................ 21.5 20.8 21.7 19.4 23.1 21.9 22.2
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 5.1 7.0 5.9 9.0 4.4 2.8 8.4
Other services....................................... 2.5 1.5 1.8 1.1 3.9 3.2 4.6
Government............................................. 27.2 28.4 27.3 30.1 24.3 26.7 18.0
Federal.............................................. 12.7 14.3 11.5 19.1 11.4 11.0 2.2
State................................................ 5.5 5.8 7.0 3.8 4.2 5.5 5.3
Local................................................ 9.0 8.2 8.8 7.3 8.7 10.2 10.5
Self-employed workers.................................... 4.3 2.7 3.1 2.1 6.3 5.6 5.2
Unpaid family workers.................................... - - - - - .1 .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.
Last Modified Date: March 23, 2009
