The statistic shows the distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in the United States from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, 1.57 percent of the workforce in the US was employed in agriculture, 19.34 percent in industry and 79.09 percent in services. See U.S. GDP per capita for more information. American workforce A significant majority of the American labor force is employed in the services sector, while the other sectors, industry and agriculture, account for less than 20 percent of the US economy. However, the United States is among the top exporters of agricultural goods – the total value of US agricultural exports has more than doubled since 2000. A severe plunge in the employment rate in the US since 1990 shows that the American economy is still in turmoil after the economic crisis of 2008. Unemployment is still significantly higher than it was before the crisis, and most of those unemployed and looking for a job are younger than 25; youth unemployment is a severe problem for the United States, many college or university graduates struggle to find a job right away. Still, the number of employees in the US since 1990 has been increasing slowly, with a slight setback during and after the recession. Both the number of full-time and of part-time workers have increased during the same period. When looking at the distribution of jobs among men and women, both project the general downward trend. A comparison of the employment rate of men in the US since 1990 and the employment rate of women since 1990 shows that more men tend to be employed than women.

The statistic shows the distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in Mexico from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, 11.96 percent of the workforce in Mexico were employed in agriculture, 25.03 percent in industry and 63 percent in services.

Graph and download economic data for Business Sector: Employment for All Workers (PRS84006013) from Q1 1947 to Q1 2025 about sector, business, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Manufacturing Sector: Employment for All Workers (PRS30006013) from Q1 1987 to Q1 2025 about sector, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

The employment indicator is a sentiment indicator for the Dutch private sector regarding the total employment of enterprises. When assessing the results, it can be assumed that the more optimistic or pessimistic the entrepreneurs are, the more the value of business confidence will deviate positively or negatively from the zero line. A positive figure for the indicator indicates an expansion of the workforce, a negative figure indicates a shrinking workforce.

The employment indicator in the total Dutch private sector is a weighted average of the confidence indicators of the underlying sectors/industries, which together form a representative reflection of the Dutch business community from an economic viewpoint.

The aggregation ‘all enterprises (no finance or energy)’ includes all available branches questioned in the Business Survey Netherlands. Because not every branch is questioned monthly, this aggregation will only have data available for the first month of each quarter. The aggregation ‘C industry, H-S services and 45+47’ includes all monthly questioned branches and serves as a subtotal of the monthly questionnaire.

Data available from: January 2012.

Status of the figures: The figures in this table are definite.

Changes as of May 27th 2025: Figures of May 2025 have been added.

When will new figures be published? Figures of June are expected to be published the 27th of June 2025.

Number of employees by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and type of employee, last 5 years.

The statistic shows the distribution of employment in Sweden by economic sector from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, 1.77 percent of the employees in Sweden were active in the agricultural sector, 17.29 percent in industry and 80.94 percent in the service sector.

VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR
Jobs by Industry (EC1)

FULL MEASURE NAME
Employment by place of work by industry sector

LAST UPDATED
December 2022

DESCRIPTION
Jobs by industry refers to both the change in employment levels by industry and the proportional mix of jobs by economic sector. This measure reflects the changing industry trends that affect our region’s workers.

DATA SOURCE
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) - https://www.bls.gov/cew/downloadable-data-files.htm
1990-2021

CONTACT INFORMATION
vitalsigns.info@bayareametro.gov

METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator)
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) employment data is reported by the place of work and represent the number of covered workers who worked during, or received pay for, the pay period that included the 12th day of the month. Covered employees in the private-sector and in the state and local government include most corporate officials, all executives, all supervisory personnel, all professionals, all clerical workers, many farmworkers, all wage earners, all piece workers and all part-time workers. Workers on paid sick leave, paid holiday, paid vacation and the like are also covered.

Besides excluding the aforementioned national security agencies, QCEW excludes proprietors, the unincorporated self-employed, unpaid family members, certain farm and domestic workers exempted from having to report employment data and railroad workers covered by the railroad unemployment insurance system. Excluded as well are workers who earned no wages during the entire applicable pay period because of work stoppages, temporary layoffs, illness or unpaid vacations.

The location quotient (LQ) is used to evaluate level of concentration or clustering of an industry within the Bay Area and within each county of the region. A location quotient greater than 1 means there is a strong concentration for of jobs in an industry sector. For the Bay Area, the LQ is calculated as the share of the region’s employment in a particular sector divided by the share of California's employment in that same sector. For each county, the LQ is calculated as the share of the county’s employment in a particular sector divided by the share of the region’s employment in that same sector.

Data is mainly pulled from aggregation level 73, which is county-level summarized at the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) supersector level (12 sectors). This aggregation level exhibits the least loss due to data suppression, in the magnitude of 1-2 percent for regional employment, and is therefore preferred. However, the supersectors group together NAICS 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; NAICS 21 Mining and NAICS 23 Construction. To provide a separate tally of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, the aggregation level 74 data was used for NAICS codes 11, 21 and 23.

QCEW reports on employment in Public Administration as NAICS 92. However, many government activities are reported with an industry specific code - such as transportation or utilities even if those may be public governmental entities. In 2021 for the Bay Area, the largest industry groupings under public ownership are Education and health services (58%); Public administration (29%) and Trade, transportation, and utilities (29%). With the exception of Education and health services, all other public activities were coded as government/public administration, regardless of industry group.

For the county data there were some industries that reported 0 jobs or did not report jobs at the desired aggregation/NAICS level for the following counties/years:

Farm:
(aggregation level: 74, NAICS code: 11) - Contra Costa: 2008-2010 - Marin: 1990-2006, 2008-2010, 2014-2020 - Napa: 1990-2004, 2013-2021 - San Francisco: 2019-2020 - San Mateo: 2013

Information:
(aggregation level: 73, NAICS code: 51) - Solano: 2001

Financial Activities:
(aggregation level: 73, NAICS codes: 52, 53) - Solano: 2001

Unclassified:
(aggregation level: 73, NAICS code: 99) - All nine Bay Area counties: 1990-2000 - Marin, Napa, San Mateo, and Solano: 2020 - Napa: 2019 - Solano: 2001

Employment by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Graph and download economic data for Manufacturing, Durable Goods Sector: Employment for All Workers (PRS31006011) from Q1 1988 to Q1 2025 about productivity, sector, durable goods, goods, manufacturing, employment, rate, and USA.

This dataset provides the number of labor force participants in the State of Qatar, classified by employment sector: private, government, mixed, and domestic. It includes total workforce figures and the annual growth rate by sector. This dataset supports analysis of labor market structure and trends across major employment sectors.

This table shows relevant economic data for trade and industry sectors, e.g. the number of persons employed, costs and revenues, turnover and other financial results. The figures can be divided by a number of sectors/ branches according to Statistics Netherlands' Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities 2008 (SIC 2008).

Data available from: 2009.

Status of the figures: All data in the table are definite.

Changes as of April 18, 2025:

Figures of 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?

Results are made available circa 15 months after the year under review. In March/April 2026, new figures will be published for 2024.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfarm Business Sector: Employment for All Workers (PRS85006013) from Q1 1947 to Q1 2025 about sector, nonfarm, business, employment, and USA.

France Employment: sa: TW: All Sectors: Tertiary data was reported at 331.865 Person th in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 328.820 Person th for Mar 2018. France Employment: sa: TW: All Sectors: Tertiary data is updated quarterly, averaging 204.739 Person th from Mar 2000 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 74 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 331.865 Person th in Jun 2018 and a record low of 173.388 Person th in Mar 2009. France Employment: sa: TW: All Sectors: Tertiary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Labour, Employment and Health. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.G011: Employment.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfinancial Corporations Sector: Employment for Employees (PRS88003011) from Q1 1948 to Q1 2025 about productivity, nonfinancial, sector, corporate, employment, rate, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Manufacturing Sector: Employment for All Workers (PRS30006012) from Q2 1987 to Q1 2025 about productivity, sector, manufacturing, employment, rate, and USA.

In 2023, there were estimated to be approximately *** million people employed worldwide in agriculture, compared to *** billion people in services, and *** million people in industry. Since 1991, the number of people working within the services sector has more than doubled.

US: Industrial Employment data was reported at 110,861.107 Person th in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 106,862.000 Person th for 2021. US: Industrial Employment data is updated yearly, averaging 98,772.500 Person th from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2022, with 42 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 110,861.107 Person th in 2022 and a record low of 73,562.045 Person th in 1982. US: Industrial Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.OECD.MSTI: Population, Labour Force and Employment: OECD Member: Annual.