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Industries with the Largest Employment

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#	Industry	Employment 2010
#	Industry	1	Elementary and secondary schools; local	7,429,900
2	Full-service restaurants	4,465,900
3	General medical and surgical hospitals; private	4,374,800
4	Limited-service eating places	4,001,400
5	Employment services	2,716,700
6	Grocery stores	2,463,600
7	Offices of physicians	2,315,800
8	Colleges, universities, and professional schools; State	2,020,900
9	Management of companies and enterprises	1,863,000
10	Depository credit intermediation	1,733,400
11	Nursing care facilities	1,660,800
12	Colleges, universities, and professional schools; private	1,592,400
13	Department stores	1,487,600
14	Other general merchandise stores	1,483,000
15	Computer systems design and related services	1,441,500
16	Legal services	1,113,700
17	Home health care services	1,080,600
18	Clothing stores	1,062,800
19	Automobile dealers	1,006,400
20	Building material and supplies dealers	1,001,200
21	Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	991,400
22	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services	888,300
23	General freight trucking	861,600
24	Child day care services	851,800
25	Elementary and secondary schools; private	851,400
26	Offices of dentists	829,100
27	Gasoline stations	816,400
28	Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers	805,100
29	Plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors	794,000
30	Community care facilities for the elderly	736,600
31	Electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors	723,200
32	Private households	717,400
33	Pharmacies and drug stores	713,500
34	Grocery and related product wholesalers	703,500
35	Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities	674,000
36	Investigation, guard, and armored car services	662,700
37	Nonresidential building construction	660,000
38	Postal service	656,400
39	Crop production	650,100
40	General medical and surgical hospitals; local	649,400
41	Insurance agencies and brokerages	638,300
42	Warehousing and storage	628,300
43	Landscaping services	612,300
44	Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	605,300
45	Personal care services	600,400
46	Wired telecommunications carriers	599,100
47	Residential building construction	571,600
48	Lessors of real estate	565,200
49	Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences	562,600
50	Activities related to real estate	546,400
51	Special food services	539,900
52	Direct insurance (except life, health, and medical) carriers	533,100
53	Other specialty trade contractors	512,400
54	Plastics product manufacturing	499,500
55	Animal slaughtering and processing	490,200
56	Automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores	489,600
57	Junior colleges; local	489,000
58	Printing and related support activities	486,900
59	Fitness and recreational sports centers	484,200
60	Couriers and express delivery services	480,500
61	Aerospace product and parts manufacturing	477,100
62	Securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage	461,000
63	Animal production	448,900
64	Scheduled air transportation	421,800
65	Telephone call centers	418,800
66	Motor vehicle parts manufacturing	415,100
67	Vocational rehabilitation services	413,700
68	Office administrative services	411,500
69	Advertising, public relations, and related services	408,300
70	Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing	406,000
71	Electric power generation, transmission and distribution	396,900
72	Civic and social organizations	393,800
73	Specialized freight trucking	382,400
74	Residential mental retardation facilities	379,600
75	Other nondepository credit intermediation, including real estate credit and consumer lending	375,100
76	Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing	369,700
77	Automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance	364,900
78	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	344,600
79	Other financial investment activities	332,300
80	Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers	321,200
81	Architectural and structural metals manufacturing	320,200
82	Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers	311,100
83	Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers	309,400
84	Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores	304,600
85	Drycleaning and laundry services	302,100
86	Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing	301,500
87	Other schools and instruction; private	299,400
88	Support activities for mining	294,100
89	Veterinary services	293,900
90	Highway, street, and bridge construction	289,000
91	Converted paper product manufacturing	284,100
92	Offices of real estate agents and brokers	283,900
93	Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists	280,600
94	Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing	276,500
95	Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing	276,200
96	Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers	273,800
97	Other support services	269,300
98	Other miscellaneous store retailers	263,800
99	Software publishers	259,800
100	Casino hotels	256,700
101	Activities related to credit intermediation	254,400
102	Newspaper publishers	254,100
103	Junior colleges; State	251,900
104	Other fabricated metal product manufacturing	248,800
105	Electronic shopping and mail-order houses	244,400
106	Data processing, hosting and related services	242,000
107	Machine shops	240,800
108	Sporting goods stores	235,300
109	Other insurance related activities	232,200
110	Other personal services	230,600
111	Automotive body, paint, interior, and glass repair	229,200
112	Medical and diagnostic laboratories	226,300
113	Other general purpose machinery manufacturing	225,800
114	Home furnishings stores	219,900
115	Hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	218,900
116	Furniture stores	216,500
117	Rail transportation	214,900
118	Specialty food stores	210,600
119	Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing	208,400
120	Other automotive repair and maintenance	205,600
121	Social advocacy organizations	205,600
122	Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals; private	204,900
123	Consumer goods rental	201,300
124	Drywall and insulation contractors	199,900
125	Other wood product manufacturing	195,100
126	School and employee bus transportation	191,200
127	Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers	190,900
128	Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers	189,900
129	Residential mental health and substance abuse facilities	189,200
130	Grantmaking and giving services	188,900
131	General medical and surgical hospitals; State	186,400
132	Shoe stores	183,200
133	Outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers	174,600
134	Cement and concrete product manufacturing	171,800
135	Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing	171,400
136	Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance	171,300
137	Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)	170,500
138	Roofing contractors	169,200
139	Freight transportation arrangement	168,900
140	Beverage manufacturing	165,800
141	Other food manufacturing	164,600
142	Other residential care facilities	162,800
143	Automotive equipment rental and leasing	162,600
144	Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers	161,800
145	Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing	161,600
146	Painting and wall covering contractors	160,900
147	Oil and gas extraction	158,900
148	Apparel manufacturing	157,700
149	Amusement parks and arcades	157,400
150	Support activities for agriculture and forestry	153,400
151	Metalworking machinery manufacturing	153,200
152	Ambulance services	152,800
153	Support activities for air transportation	151,500
154	Motor vehicle manufacturing	151,300
155	Poured concrete foundation and structure contractors	148,700
156	Testing laboratories	146,500
157	Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services	143,800
158	Basic chemical manufacturing	142,400
159	Waste collection	141,700
160	Other information services	141,500
161	Book, periodical, and music stores	140,400
162	Spectator sports	140,300
163	Power and communication line and related structures construction	139,400
164	Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals; State	139,200
165	Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers	138,000
166	Beer, wine, and liquor stores	136,300
167	Electrical equipment manufacturing	136,300
168	Facilities support services	134,000
169	Direct selling establishments	132,400
170	Masonry contractors	131,900
171	Death care services	131,600
172	Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores	130,500
173	Motion picture and video exhibition	128,900
174	Other motor vehicle dealers	128,400
175	Dairy product manufacturing	127,900
176	Gambling industries	127,700
177	Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions	127,300
178	Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers	126,500
179	Technical and trade schools; private	126,300
180	Ship and boat building	125,500
181	Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores	124,500
182	Household and institutional furniture manufacturing	124,100
183	Used merchandise stores	123,900
184	Rubber product manufacturing	123,700
185	Labor unions and similar labor organizations	123,600
186	Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing	123,400
187	Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities	122,000
188	Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers	120,000
189	Remediation and other waste management services	119,700
190	Textile mills	119,300
191	Other telecommunications	118,600
192	Offices of chiropractors	118,500
193	Textile product mills	118,500
194	Television broadcasting	118,400
195	Communications equipment manufacturing	118,000
196	Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing	117,900
197	Other building equipment contractors	116,100
198	Security systems services	114,600
199	Petroleum and coal products manufacturing	114,000
200	Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing	113,500
201	Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills	112,700
202	Specialized design services	110,800
203	Foundries	110,600
204	Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers	110,400
205	Offices of optometrists	109,900
206	Natural gas distribution	108,000
207	Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing	107,600
208	Computer and software stores	105,800
209	Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals; private	105,600
210	Offices of all other health practitioners	103,000
211	Junior colleges; private	101,600
212	Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation manufacturing	101,200
213	Educational support services; private	100,800
214	Industrial machinery manufacturing	99,500
215	Wood kitchen cabinet and countertop manufacturing	99,300
216	All other ambulatory health care services	98,400
217	Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance	97,900
218	Farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers	97,900
219	Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing	97,500
220	Other heavy and civil engineering construction	97,500
221	Promoters of performing arts, sports, and similar events	96,400
222	Waste treatment and disposal	95,300
223	Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers	94,400
224	Exterminating and pest control services	94,200
225	Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers	92,600
226	Radio broadcasting	92,500
227	Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing	91,300
228	Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing	91,300
229	Support activities for water transportation	89,900
230	Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial synthetic fibers and filaments manufacturing	89,700
231	Forging and stamping	89,200
232	Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing	86,300
233	Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying	85,900
234	Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing	85,400
235	Cable and other subscription programming	83,700
236	Travel agencies	83,400
237	Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing	82,900
238	Sawmills and wood preservation	81,300
239	Glass and glass product manufacturing	80,700
240	Coal mining	80,600
241	Support activities for road transportation	80,500
242	Other transit and ground passenger transportation	80,300
243	Business schools and computer and management training; private	77,700
244	Elementary and secondary schools; State	77,600
245	Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers	76,400
246	Turned product and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing	71,200
247	Photographic services	69,800
248	Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing	69,500
249	Taxi and limousine service	68,200
250	Florists	68,100
251	Personal and household goods repair and maintenance	67,900
252	Other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing	65,600
253	Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing	64,700
254	Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians)	61,300
255	Household appliance manufacturing	60,700
256	Theater companies and dinner theaters	58,600
257	Grain and oilseed milling	58,300
258	Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing	57,900
259	Research and development in the social sciences and humanities	57,600
260	RV (recreational vehicle) parks and recreational camps	57,100
261	Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing	55,800
262	Alumina and aluminum production and processing	54,900
263	Land subdivision	52,000
264	Steel product manufacturing from purchased steel	51,900
265	Animal food manufacturing	50,400
266	Logging	49,500
267	Insurance and employee benefit funds	48,500
268	Water, sewage and other systems	46,900
269	Local messengers and local delivery	46,600
270	Electric lighting equipment manufacturing	45,700
271	Independent artists, writers, and performers	43,500
272	Urban transit systems	42,800
273	Nonscheduled air transportation	42,300
274	Spring and wire product manufacturing	42,300
275	Colleges, universities, and professional schools; local	41,100
276	General rental centers	40,800
277	Cutlery and handtool manufacturing	40,700
278	Clay product and refractory manufacturing	40,400
279	Vending machine operators	39,300
280	Other investment pools and funds	38,400
281	Seafood product preparation and packaging	38,300
282	Deep sea, coastal, and great lakes water transportation	37,500
283	Other furniture related product manufacturing	36,500
284	Metal ore mining	36,400
285	Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing	35,300
286	Other transportation equipment manufacturing	34,300
287	Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals; State	31,400
288	Charter bus industry	30,800
289	Jewelry and silverware manufacturing	29,300
290	Leather and allied product manufacturing	27,800
291	Fishing, hunting, and trapping	27,600
292	Pipeline transportation of natural gas	26,800
293	Other support activities for transportation	26,500
294	Inland water transportation	25,300
295	Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)	25,200
296	Educational support services; local	25,000
297	Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media	24,900
298	Hardware manufacturing	23,200
299	Support activities for rail transportation	22,700
300	Monetary authorities-central bank	20,800
301	Technical and trade schools; State	20,200
302	Audio and video equipment manufacturing	19,900
303	Agents and managers for artists, athletes, entertainers, and other public figures	19,400
304	Interurban and rural bus transportation	19,100
305	Railroad rolling stock manufacturing	19,000
306	Tobacco manufacturing	16,500
307	Sound recording industries	15,300
308	Forestry	14,200
309	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, water	14,100
310	Lime and gypsum product manufacturing	13,500
311	Technical and trade schools; local	12,300
312	Satellite telecommunications	11,500
313	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land	10,800
314	Other schools and instruction; local	10,300
315	Pipeline transportation of crude oil	8,900
316	Securities and commodity exchanges	7,600
317	Other pipeline transportation	6,700
318	Business schools and computer and management training; State	3,300
319	Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals; local	3,300
320	Other schools and instruction; State	2,900
321	Business schools and computer and management training; local	2,800
322	Scenic and sightseeing transportation, other	2,400
323	Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals; local	900

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections

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