Winter 2001 Vol. 45, Number 4

Charting the projections: 2000-10

For over half a century, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has
developed projections of occupational employment, industry employment, economic growth, and the labor force. These projections provide information about future employment trends that aids decisionmakers in a variety of activities, including:

• Career counseling and career choice

• Training and education planning

• Policymaking and planning.

The charts in this issue of the Quarterly are presented in five sections. An introductory section includes charts showing total employment. Each of the remaining sections focuses on one of four primary components of the projections: occupational employment, industry employment, economic growth, or labor force. Because of rounding, numbers do not always sum to totals and percent distributions may not equal 100.