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Snapshot of Employment in all Major U.S. Industries in 2010

127,097,160

Total Employment

9.60 %

Unemployment Rate

$44,410

Average Annual Salary

INDUSTRIES WITH HIGHEST WAGES

1. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: $69,960

2. Management of Companies and Enterprises: $69,280

3. Utilities: $63,400

4. Information: $60,500

5. Finance and Insurance: $58,250

Table 1. Industries with the Highest Annual Salaries

INDUSTRIES WITH FASTEST GROWING WAGES

1. Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction: 0.06 %

2. Utilities: 0.03 %

3. Management of Companies and Enterprises: 0.03 %

4. Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation): 0.03 %

5. Finance and Insurance: 0.03 %

Table 2. Industries with the Fastest Growing Wages

INDUSTRIES WITH HIGHEST EMPLOYMENT LEVELS

1. Health Care and Social Assistance: 17,159,240

2. Retail Trade: 14,622,020

3. Educational Services: 12,826,190

4. Manufacturing: 11,494,240

5. Accommodation and Food Services: 11,104,450

Table 3. Industries with Highest Number of People in Employment

FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRIES

1. Health Care and Social Assistance: 0.02 %

2. Educational Services: 0.00 %

3. Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation): 0.00 %

4. Management of Companies and Enterprises: -0.01 %

5. Utilities: -0.01 %

Table 4. Industries with the Fastest Growing Employment

LOWEST UNENMPLOYMENT RATES

1. Utilities: 3.40 %

2. Health care and social assistance: 5.60 %

3. Educational services: 6.40 %

4. Professional and technical services: 6.50 %

5. Finance and insurance: 6.60 %

Table 5. Industries with the Lowest Unemployment Rates

HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

1. Construction: 20.60 %

2. Management, administrative, and waste services: 16.80 %

3. Accommodation and food services: 12.30 %

4. Arts, entertainment, and recreation: 11.60 %

5. Manufacturing: 10.60 %

Table 6. Industries with the Highest Unemployment Rates

MOST RACIALLY DIVERSIFIED

1. Management, administrative, and waste services: 41.20 %

2. Accommodation and food services: 40.20 %

3. Transportation and warehousing: 36.70 %

4. Health care and social assistance: 33.10 %

5. Other services: 32.30 %

Table 7. Industries with the Highest Percentage of Ethnic Minorities in Employment

LEAST RACIALLY DIVERSIFIED

1. Professional and technical services: 20.50 %

2. Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction: 21.50 %

3. Utilities: 22.20 %

4. Educational services: 23.60 %

5. Finance and insurance: 24.30 %

Table 8. Industries with Lowest Percentage of Ethnic Minorities in Employment

INDUSTRIES WITH HIGHEST FEMALE EMPLOYMENT

1. Health care and social assistance: 79.00 %

2. Educational services: 68.60 %

3. Finance and insurance: 57.30 %

4. Accommodation and food services: 52.90 %

5. Other services: 51.60 %

Table 9. Industries with Highest Percentage of Women in Employment

INDUSTRIES WITH LOWEST FEMALE EMPLOYMENT

1. Construction: 8.90 %

2. Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction: 13.80 %

3. Utilities: 21.70 %

4. Transportation and warehousing: 23.10 %

5. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting: 24.50 %

Table 10. Industries with the Lowest Percentage of Women in Employment

INDUSTRIES WITH LOWEST FEMALE UNEMPLOYMENT

1. Utilities: 3.70 %

2. Health care and social assistance: 5.70 %

3. Educational services: 6.20 %

4. Finance and insurance: 6.60 %

5. Real estate and rental and leasing: 7.30 %

Table 11. Industries with Lowest Unemployment Rates for Women

INDUSTRIES WITH HIGHEST FEMALE UNEMPLOYMENT

1. Management, administrative, and waste services: 17.00 %

2. Construction: 16.00 %

3. Accommodation and food services: 12.50 %

4. Manufacturing: 12.40 %

5. Information: 10.20 %

Table 12. Industries with the Highest Unemployment Rate for Women

INDUSTRIES WITH LOWEST MALE UNEMPLOYMENT

1. Utilities: 3.30 %

2. Health care and social assistance: 5.40 %

3. Professional and technical services: 5.70 %

4. Finance and insurance: 6.60 %

5. Educational services: 6.90 %

Table 13. Industries with Lowest Unemployment Rates for Men

INDUSTRIES WITH HIGHEST MALE UNEMPLOYMENT

1. Construction: 21.10 %

2. Management, administrative, and waste services: 16.70 %

3. Arts, entertainment, and recreation: 13.40 %

4. Accommodation and food services: 12.10 %

5. Retail trade: 10.00 %

Table 14. Industries with the Highest Unemployment Rate for Men

LARGEST PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

1. Health Care and Social Assistance: 3,996,900

2. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: 2,656,500

3. State and Local Government: 1,591,500

4. Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: 1,431,000

5. Construction: 1,337,100

Table 15. Industries with the Largest Projected Employment Growth (2008-2018)

SMALLEST PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

1. Manufacturing: -1,206,000

2. Mining: -103,800

3. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting: -78,200

4. Utilities: -59,000

5. Federal Government: 94,800

Table 16. Industries with Smallest Projected Employment Growth (2008-2018)

FASTEST PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

1. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: 3%

2. Education Services: 2.4%

3. Health Care and Social Assistance: 2.3%

4. Construction: 1.7%

5. Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: 1.6%

Table 17. Industries with the Fastest Projected Annual Employment Growth Rate (2008-2018)

SLOWEST PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

1. Mining: -1.6%

2. Utilities: -1.1%

3. Manufacturing: -.9%

4. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting: -.4%

5. Federal Government: .3%

Table 18. Industries with the Slowest Projected Annual Employment Growth Rate (2008-2018)

LARGEST PROJECTED ECONOMIC OUTPUT

1. Manufacturing: $937,600,000,000

2. Information: $759,400,000,000

3. Wholesale Trade: $713,500,000,000

4. Retail Trade: $631,500,000,000

5. Health Care and Social Assistance: $559,500,000,000

Table 19. Industries with the Largest Projected Economic Output (2008-2018)

SMALLEST PROJECTED ECONOMIC OUTPUT

1. Mining: -$4,200,000,000

2. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting: $26,300,000,000

3. Education Services: $27,800,000,000

4. Utilities: $29,800,000,000

5. Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: $35,600,000,000

Table 20. Industries with Smallest Projected Economic Output (2008-2018)

FASTEST PROJECTED OUTPUT GROWTH

1. Finance and Insurance: 9.3%

2. Information: 5.4%

3. Wholesale Trade: 5.3%

4. Management of Companies and Enterprises: 4.3%

5. Retail Trade: 4.2%

Table 21. Industries with the Fastest Projected Annual Economic Output Growth Rate (2008-2018)

SLOWEST PROJECTED OUTPUT GROWTH

1. Mining: -.2%

2. Utilities: .9%

3. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting: .9%

4. Federal Government: 1.3%

5. State and Local Government: 1.4%

Table 22. Industries with the Slowest Projected Annual Economic Output Growth Rate (2008-2018)

LARGEST NUMER OF FIRMS

1. Professional, scientific, and technical services: 771,725

2. Construction: 761,474

3. Retail trade: 693,137

4. Other services (except public administration): 667,019

5. Health care and social assistance: 620,965

Table 23. Industries with the Largest Number of Registered Firms (2008)

SMALLEST NUMBER OF FIRMS

1. Utilities: 5,756

2. Industries not classified: 12,924

3. Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction: 21,288

4. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting: 21,911

5. Management of companies and enterprises: 27,609

Table 24. Industries with Smallest Number of Registered Firms (2008)

HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS

1. Utilities: 2.95

2. Finance and insurance: 1.98

3. Information: 1.95

4. Management of companies and enterprises: 1.87

5. Retail trade: 1.59

Table 25. Industries with the Highest Number of Establishments Per Firm (2008)

LOWEST CONCENTRATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS

1. Industries not classified: 1

2. Construction: 1.02

3. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting: 1.03

4. Arts, entertainment, and recreation: 1.08

5. Other services (except public administration): 1.1

Table 26. Industries with the Lowest Number of Establishments Per Firm (2008)

LARGEST EMPLOYMENT PER FIRM

1. Utilities: 111.08

2. Management of companies and enterprises: 104.58

3. Information: 47.21

4. Manufacturing: 46.5

5. Educational services: 39.96

Table 27. Industries with the Highest Number of Employees Per Firm (2008)

LOWEST EMPLOYMENT PER FIRM

1. Industries not classified: 1.19

2. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting: 7.62

3. Real estate and rental and leasing: 7.74

4. Other services (except public administration): 8.17

5. Construction: 9.25

Table 28. Industries with Lowest Employment Per Firm (2008)

HIGHEST ANNUAL PAYROLL PER FIRM

1. Management of companies and enterprises: $9,897,736

2. Utilities: $9,545,845

3. Information: $3,211,601

4. Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction: $2,232,973

5. Manufacturing: $2,209,550

Table 29. Industries with the Highest Annual Payroll Per Firm (2008)

LOWEST ANNUAL PAYROLL PER FIRM

1. Industries not classified: $22,115

2. Other services (except public administration): $214,584

3. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting: $255,819

4. Real estate and rental and leasing: $313,180

5. Accommodation and food services: $384,244

Table 30. Industries with the Lowest Annual Payroll Per Firm (2008)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor and U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

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