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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
16. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex and class of worker
[In thousands]
Industry and sex2018
Total
employed
Wage and salary workers(1)Self-
employed
workers,
unincor-
porated
Unpaid
family
workers
TotalPrivate
industries
Government

TOTAL

Total, nonagricultural industries

153,336144,326123,38420,9428,94169

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

7847747704100

Construction

11,1819,5279,1533741,6504

Manufacturing

15,56015,29415,203912589

Durable goods

9,8319,6699,593751585

Nondurable goods

5,7295,6255,609161004

Wholesale and retail trade

20,27019,44619,3697781212

Wholesale trade

3,6713,5603,548121101

Retail trade

16,59915,88615,8226470111

Transportation and utilities

8,5518,1046,7901,3144434

Transportation and warehousing

7,2076,7595,7531,0074434

Utilities

1,3451,3451,038307--

Information

2,9192,7742,5891861441

Financial activities

10,6499,9209,7381817246

Finance and insurance

7,3767,1317,0291022441

Real estate and rental and leasing

3,2732,7882,709794805

Professional and business services

18,95016,88516,4724122,05412

Professional and technical services

12,10510,94310,7042381,1576

Management, administrative, and waste services

6,8455,9425,7681748976

Education and health services

35,04333,96423,52410,4401,0727

Educational services

13,91013,6784,9038,7752320

Health care and social assistance

21,13320,28618,6211,6658407

Hospitals

7,1087,0896,377712172

Health services, except hospitals

10,63610,2029,7574454322

Social assistance

3,3892,9952,4875083912

Leisure and hospitality

14,26813,55913,1494117017

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3,3622,9032,5583454572

Accommodation and food services

10,90510,65610,590662446

Other services

7,7426,6616,627331,0757

Other services, except private households

6,9655,8835,850331,0757

Private households

777777777---

Public administration

7,4197,419-7,419--

Men

Total, nonagricultural industries

80,90275,45666,4409,0165,42322

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

676667664380

Construction

10,0798,5108,1883231,5681

Manufacturing

11,02210,86610,795711542

Durable goods

7,3687,2497,189601181

Nondurable goods

3,6543,6173,60611371

Wholesale and retail trade

11,20210,76410,728364326

Wholesale trade

2,6232,5432,5349800

Retail trade

8,5798,2218,195273526

Transportation and utilities

6,4686,0855,2198663811

Transportation and warehousing

5,4115,0284,4076213811

Utilities

1,0571,057812245--

Information

1,8011,6931,643501070

Financial activities

5,0514,6284,551774221

Finance and insurance

3,3173,1443,110341730

Real estate and rental and leasing

1,7341,4841,441422491

Professional and business services

11,0799,8599,5942651,2173

Professional and technical services

6,9926,3306,1741566610

Management, administrative, and waste services

4,0873,5293,4201095552

Education and health services

8,9858,7215,6713,0502622

Educational services

4,4104,3341,6852,649750

Health care and social assistance

4,5754,3863,9864011862

Hospitals

1,7781,7701,56021080

Health services, except hospitals

2,2612,1072,0001071541

Social assistance

53650942684242

Leisure and hospitality

6,9206,5326,2962353854

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

1,8581,6051,4002052521

Accommodation and food services

5,0624,9274,897301333

Other services

3,5953,1063,090164881

Other services, except private households

3,5423,0533,037164881

Private households

535353---

Public administration

4,0254,025-4,025--

Women

Total, nonagricultural industries

72,43568,87056,94511,9263,51847

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

108106106120

Construction

1,1021,01796651824

Manufacturing

4,5374,4284,407201037

Durable goods

2,4632,4202,40415403

Nondurable goods

2,0742,0082,0035633

Wholesale and retail trade

9,0688,6828,641413806

Wholesale trade

1,0481,0171,0143301

Retail trade

8,0207,6657,627383505

Transportation and utilities

2,0842,0191,572448623

Transportation and warehousing

1,7961,7311,346385623

Utilities

28828822662--

Information

1,1181,081946135371

Financial activities

5,5985,2925,1871053024

Finance and insurance

4,0583,9873,91968710

Real estate and rental and leasing

1,5401,3041,268372314

Professional and business services

7,8727,0256,8781478379

Professional and technical services

5,1134,6124,530824965

Management, administrative, and waste services

2,7582,4132,348653414

Education and health services

26,05825,24417,8537,3918104

Educational services

9,5019,3443,2176,1261570

Health care and social assistance

16,55815,90014,6361,2656534

Hospitals

5,3305,3194,81750292

Health services, except hospitals

8,3758,0957,7573382782

Social assistance

2,8532,4862,0614253661

Leisure and hospitality

7,3477,0286,8521763163

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

1,5051,2991,1591402050

Accommodation and food services

5,8435,7295,693351113

Other services

4,1483,5553,538175876

Other services, except private households

3,4232,8302,813175876

Private households

725725725---

Public administration

3,3943,394-3,394--

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 50,000).

 

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019