Employment Share by Industry Group
This is a graph that compares Employment Share by Industry Group in 1989 and 1999.
In 1989 government employment share was 12.6 percent, in 1999 government employment share
was 14 percent.
In 1989 services employment share was 25.9 percent, in 1999 services employment share was
31.7 percent.
In 1989 FIRE* employment share was 9.2 percent, in 1999 FIRE employment share was 8.3
percent.
In 1989 Trade employment share was 22.4 percent, in 1999 trade employment share was 21.5
percent.
In 1989 Transportation and utilities employment share was 4.4 percent, in 1999
Transportation and utilities employment share was 4.5 percent.
In 1989 manufacturing employment share was 21.3 percent, in 1999 government employment
share was 16.3 percent.
In 1989 construction employment share was 4.3 percent, in 1999 government employment share
was 3.5 percent
*FIRE is an acronym for finance, insurance, and real estate
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics