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Industries with the Largest Employment

1 Largest Employment Industries

Employment is the number of jobs in this Industry. Read more about Industry employment.

Percent change is the expected employment change for each industry.

Industry trends data are updated in two year cycles and are released in even-ending years. For more detailed information about the program or the survey, refer to the OES Projections webpage.

The model used to produce the occupation and industry trends data does include outsourcing. For more details about this, refer to an article about projections data and models in the Labor Market Review.

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Now that you've identified industries with the largest employment, continue exploring industries with these tools:

Create an Industry profile with employment and wage trend information. Find industries with the largest employment and those projected to grow fastest. Includes employment and wage information at the national, state, metropolitan area and county levels.

Find the industries that are projected to grow the fastest. Includes past and projected industry employment levels and growth rates.

Create a list of industries with the largest projected declines in employment nationwide. Includes past and projected industry employment levels and growth rates.

Find the highest paying industries. Includes details of average weekly wages and average annual wages.

View the number of employees in each sector for each state or nationwide. Compare figures for the three most recent years of quantified data.

Find the projected employment changes for occupation and industry at the national level.

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