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Industries with the Largest Employment

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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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These are the industries with the largest employment in 2010. Select an industry to learn more about it in the Industry Profile.

Top 50 Industries with the Largest Employment

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#	Industry	Employment 2010
#	Industry	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
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections

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