| Employment by Major Industry Sector[3][4]
|
| Industry Sector |
Employee count (as of Jan. 2013)
|
| Total [A] |
145,000,000
|
| Total nonfarm |
133,074,000
|
| Total private |
111,342,000
|
| Goods-producing |
18,071,000
|
| Mining and logging |
838,000
|
| Logging |
48,900
|
| Mining |
800,500
|
| Oil and gas extraction |
192,300
|
| Mining, except oil and gas |
204,900
|
| Coal mining |
78,200
|
| Support activities for mining |
392,000
|
| Construction |
5,353,000
|
| Construction of buildings |
1,208,700
|
| Residential building |
565,100
|
| Nonresidential building |
192,300
|
| Heavy and civil engineering construction |
773,800
|
| Specialty trade contractors |
3,370,200
|
| Residential specialty trade contractors |
1,409,800
|
| Nonresidential specialty trade contractors |
1,960,400
|
| Manufacturing |
11,880,000
|
| Durable goods |
7,468,000
|
| Wood products |
340,700
|
| Nonmetallic mineral products |
354,600
|
| Primary metals |
397,900
|
| Fabricated metal products |
1,412,300
|
| Machinery |
1,100,900
|
| Computer and electronic products |
1,071,300
|
| Computer and peripheral equipment |
156,000
|
| Communications equipment |
104,500
|
| Semiconductors and electronic components |
377,500
|
| Electronic instruments |
394,000
|
| Electrical equipment and appliances |
373,800
|
| Transportation equipment |
1,488,900
|
| Motor vehicles and parts |
797,600
|
| Furniture and related products |
349,900
|
| Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing |
577,900
|
| Nondurable goods |
4,412,000
|
| Food manufacturing |
1,442,000
|
| Textile mills |
116,300
|
| Textile product mills |
115,500
|
| Apparel |
145,300
|
| Paper and paper products |
378,800
|
| Printing and related support activities |
452,700
|
| Petroleum and coal products |
109,700
|
| Chemicals |
787,100
|
| Plastics and rubber products |
644,800
|
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing |
219,900
|
| Private service-providing |
93,271,000
|
| Trade, transportation, and utilities |
25,505,000
|
| Wholesale trade |
5,663,000
|
| Durable goods |
2,841,300
|
| Nondurable goods |
1,955,800
|
| Electronic markets and agents and brokers |
865,900
|
| Retail trade |
14,852,100
|
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers |
1,737,200
|
| Automobile dealers |
1,107,100
|
| Furniture and home furnishings stores |
447,300
|
| Electronics and appliance stores |
515,700
|
| Building material and garden supply stores |
1,126,600
|
| Food and beverage stores |
2,883,700
|
| Health and personal care |
1,007,900
|
| Gasoline stations |
838,600
|
| Clothing and clothing accessories stores |
1,420,800
|
| Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores |
596,100
|
| General merchandise stores |
3,041,600
|
| Department stores |
1,377,400
|
| Miscellaneous store retailers |
778,400
|
| Nonstore retailers |
458,200
|
| Transportation and warehousing |
4,440,300
|
| Air transportation |
446,000
|
| Rail transportation |
230,200
|
| Water transportation |
62,600
|
| Truck transportation |
1,343,700
|
| Transit and ground passenger transportation |
460,000
|
| Pipeline transportation |
43,300
|
| Scenic and sightseeing transportation |
20,500
|
| Support activities for transportation |
591,000
|
| Couriers and messengers |
546,900
|
| Warehousing and storage |
696,100
|
| Utilities |
549,700
|
| Information |
2,635,000
|
| Publishing industries, except Internet |
732,100
|
| Motion picture and sound recording industries |
315,700
|
| Broadcasting, except Internet |
284,400
|
| Telecommunications |
853,500
|
| Data processing, hosting and related services |
263,000
|
| Other information services |
186,600
|
| Financial activities |
7,783,000
|
| Finance and insurance |
5,850,200
|
| Monetary authorities-central bank |
17,500
|
| Credit intermediation and related activities |
2,614,000
|
| Depository credit intermediation |
1,742,100
|
| Commercial banking |
1,322,400
|
| Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts |
854,500
|
| Insurance carriers and related activities |
2,364,200
|
| Real estate and rental and leasing |
1,932,400
|
| Real estate |
1,411,800
|
| Rental and leasing services |
497,100
|
| Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets |
23,500
|
| Professional and business services |
17,845,000
|
| Professional and technical services |
8,012,800
|
| Legal services |
1,122,800
|
| Accounting and bookkeeping services |
989,300
|
| Architectural and engineering services |
1,314,000
|
| Computer systems design and related services |
1,659,200
|
| Management and technical consulting services |
1,131,400
|
| Management of companies and enterprises |
2,059,800
|
| Administrative and waste services |
7,773,000
|
| Administrative and support services |
7,402,700
|
| Employment services |
3,031,800
|
| Temporary help services |
2,409,300
|
| Business support services |
7,783,000
|
| Services to buildings and dwellings |
1,681,000
|
| Waste management and remediation services |
369,300
|
| Education and health services |
20,791,000
|
| Educational services |
3,232,900
|
| Health care and social assistance |
17,558,500
|
| Health care |
14,365,700
|
| Ambulatory health care services |
6,389,000
|
| Offices of physicians |
2,414,400
|
| Outpatient care centers |
663,700
|
| Home health care services |
1,203,800
|
| Hospitals |
4,780,700
|
| Nursing and residential care facilities |
3,196,000
|
| Nursing care facilities |
1,651,300
|
| Social assistance |
3,192,800
|
| Child day care services |
855,000
|
| Leisure and hospitality |
13,324,000
|
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation |
1,768,600
|
| Performing arts and spectator sports |
364,300
|
| Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions |
126,400
|
| Amusements, gambling, and recreation |
1,277,900
|
| Accommodation and food services |
11,555,300
|
| Accommodation |
1,745,800
|
| Food services and drinking places |
9,809,500
|
| Other services |
5,388,000
|
| Repair and maintenance |
1,194,300
|
| Personal and laundry services |
1,315,200
|
| Membership associations and organizations |
2,878,400
|
| Government |
21,732,000
|
| Federal government |
2,786,000
|
| Federal government, except U.S. Postal Service |
2,185,200
|
| U.S. Postal Service |
600,600
|
| State government |
4,928,000
|
| State government education |
2,273,900
|
| State government, excluding education |
2,654,000
|
| Local government |
14,018,000
|
| Local government education |
7,880,000
|
| Local government, excluding education |
6,138,100
|
