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Table 5. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2022 annual averages

Table 5. Employed persons 18 years and over by industry, class of worker, sex, veteran status, and period of service, 2022 annual averages [Percent distribution]
Industry, class of worker, and sex Veterans Non-
veterans
Total Gulf War era WW II,
Korean
War, and
Vietnam
era
Other
service
periods
Total Gulf War
era II
Gulf War
era I

TOTAL

Total employed (in thousands)(1)

8,557 6,053 3,796 2,256 888 1,617 147,523

As a percent of total employed

Total employed(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Agriculture and related industries

1.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 6.4 1.7 1.4

Wage and salary workers(2)

0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 2.3 0.7 1.0

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

0.7 0.2 0.1 0.3 4.1 1.0 0.5

Nonagricultural industries

98.6 99.4 99.3 99.4 93.6 98.3 98.6

Wage and salary workers(2)

93.1 95.6 95.8 95.4 78.8 91.5 92.7

Private industries

70.3 70.2 70.0 70.5 66.5 72.6 79.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.4

Construction

6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 5.1 7.4 6.1

Manufacturing

12.0 12.2 11.5 13.2 7.7 13.5 9.3

Wholesale trade

2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.9 2.0

Retail trade

8.3 7.7 7.3 8.5 10.0 9.7 9.8

Transportation and utilities

7.6 7.3 7.0 7.8 5.9 9.5 5.0

Information

1.7 1.7 1.6 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.6

Financial activities

4.6 4.3 4.2 4.6 6.7 4.6 6.5

Professional and business services

11.3 11.9 12.5 10.9 10.3 9.9 11.7

Education and health services

8.9 9.2 9.4 8.8 8.0 8.2 15.8

Leisure and hospitality

3.7 3.9 4.3 3.2 3.7 2.9 7.5

Other services

3.0 2.8 3.0 2.4 4.5 3.2 4.1

Government

22.8 25.4 25.8 24.8 12.4 18.8 13.1

Federal

10.8 12.7 13.9 10.7 4.1 7.5 2.1

State

4.6 4.8 4.5 5.3 3.1 4.7 4.6

Local

7.4 7.9 7.4 8.9 5.2 6.6 6.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

5.4 3.7 3.5 4.0 14.7 6.8 5.8

MEN

Total employed (in thousands)(1)

7,400 5,107 3,155 1,951 848 1,445 75,756

As a percent of total employed

Total employed(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Agriculture and related industries

1.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 6.5 1.6 2.0

Wage and salary workers(2)

0.7 0.5 0.6 0.3 2.3 0.7 1.3

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

0.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 4.2 0.9 0.6

Nonagricultural industries

98.5 99.4 99.3 99.4 93.5 98.4 98.0

Wage and salary workers(2)

92.8 95.6 95.9 95.2 78.5 91.1 91.4

Private industries

70.9 71.0 70.4 72.0 66.4 73.2 81.3

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.6

Construction

7.3 7.3 7.5 7.1 5.4 8.2 10.5

Manufacturing

12.9 13.4 12.7 14.4 7.6 14.5 12.5

Wholesale trade

2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.6

Retail trade

8.3 7.7 7.3 8.4 10.2 9.5 9.6

Transportation and utilities

8.3 8.1 7.7 8.7 6.1 10.1 7.2

Information

1.8 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.6 2.0

Financial activities

4.4 4.0 3.5 4.8 6.8 4.5 5.9

Professional and business services

11.6 12.3 12.9 11.3 10.4 10.1 12.7

Education and health services

6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.4 6.6 7.0

Leisure and hospitality

3.5 3.7 4.1 2.9 3.8 2.8 7.1

Other services

3.0 2.8 3.1 2.3 4.5 2.9 3.7

Government

21.9 24.6 25.5 23.2 12.1 17.9 10.1

Federal

10.4 12.5 14.1 9.9 3.9 6.9 2.0

State

4.3 4.4 4.1 4.9 3.0 4.6 3.3

Local

7.2 7.7 7.2 8.4 5.2 6.4 4.8

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

5.7 3.7 3.4 4.2 14.9 7.3 6.6

WOMEN

Total employed (in thousands)(1)

1,158 946 641 305 39 172 71,768

As a percent of total employed

Total employed(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Agriculture and related industries

1.0 0.6 0.5 0.7 4.5 2.4 0.9

Wage and salary workers(2)

0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.9 0.6

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 3.0 1.5 0.3

Nonagricultural industries

99.0 99.4 99.5 99.3 95.5 97.6 99.1

Wage and salary workers(2)

95.3 95.9 95.6 96.5 85.3 94.5 94.0

Private industries

66.3 66.1 68.3 61.3 67.4 67.4 77.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1

Construction

1.9 2.2 2.0 2.6 0.0 0.9 1.5

Manufacturing

5.6 5.5 5.4 5.7 9.0 5.5 5.9

Wholesale trade

1.3 1.3 1.6 0.6 7.9 0.2 1.2

Retail trade

8.4 7.8 7.3 9.1 5.8 11.7 10.0

Transportation and utilities

3.0 2.8 3.2 1.9 2.5 4.5 2.7

Information

0.7 0.9 1.1 0.4 0.8 0.0 1.2

Financial activities

5.9 5.9 7.3 3.1 5.3 5.5 7.2

Professional and business services

9.5 9.7 10.5 8.1 8.0 8.3 10.5

Education and health services

21.9 22.0 22.1 21.9 22.9 21.2 25.0

Leisure and hospitality

4.8 5.1 5.3 4.6 1.5 3.8 8.0

Other services

3.3 2.8 2.6 3.1 3.6 5.8 4.4

Government

29.0 29.8 27.3 35.2 17.9 27.1 16.2

Federal

13.4 13.7 13.0 15.3 8.0 13.0 2.2

State

6.7 7.0 6.4 8.2 5.2 5.8 5.9

Local

8.9 9.1 7.9 11.7 4.7 8.3 8.1

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

3.7 3.5 3.9 2.8 10.2 3.0 5.0

Footnotes
(1) Total includes a small number of unpaid family workers, not shown separately.
(2) Includes self-employed workers whose business are incorporated.

NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans are counted in only one period of service, their most recent wartime period. Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified in the most recent one. Veterans who served in both a wartime period and any other service period are classified in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: March 21, 2023