As of June 2025, there were about 22.6 million people working in the professional and business services industry in the United States. The health care and social assistance industry employed the most people in the U.S., with over 23.3 million people working in this industry.

Employment counts by SIC and NAICS codes, county, and quarter since 2000 from Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Service-Providing (SRVPRD) from Jan 1939 to Aug 2025 about establishment survey, employment, industry, and USA.

In August 2025, the average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in the United States stood at 36.53 U.S. dollars. The data have been seasonally adjusted. Employed persons are employees on nonfarm payrolls and consist of: persons who did any work for pay or profit during the survey reference week; persons who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-operated enterprise; and persons who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs because of illness, vacation, bad weather, industrial dispute, or various personal reasons.

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program is a Federal-State cooperative effort in which monthly surveys are conducted to provide estimates of employment, hours, and earnings based on payroll records of business establishments. The CES survey is based on approximately 119,000 businesses and government agencies representing approximately 629,000 individual worksites throughout the United States.

CES data reflect the number of nonfarm, payroll jobs. It includes the total number of persons on establishment payrolls, employed full- or part-time, who received pay (whether they worked or not) for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month. Temporary and intermittent employees are included, as are any employees who are on paid sick leave or on paid holiday. Persons on the payroll of more than one establishment are counted in each establishment. CES data excludes proprietors, self-employed, unpaid family or volunteer workers, farm workers, and household workers. Government employment covers only civilian employees; it excludes uniformed members of the armed services.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for the concepts, definitions, technical procedures, validation, and publication of the estimates that State workforce agencies prepare under agreement with BLS.

Graph and download economic data for Full-time equivalent employees: Domestic industries (A4302C0A173NBEA) from 1929 to 2023 about full-time, domestic, employment, industry, GDP, and USA.

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

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Total Private (USPRIV) from Jan 1939 to Aug 2025 about headline figure, establishment survey, private industries, private, employment, industry, and USA.

Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in World was reported at 23.69 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. World - Employment in industry (% of total employment) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

This horizontal bar chart displays employees (people) by employee type using the aggregation sum. The data is filtered where the industry is Automobiles. The data is about companies.

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

The United States' Bureau of Labor Statistics accounted for ***** million people working in the hospitality and leisure industry in the U.S. as of December 2024. This figure shows an increase over the previous year's figure of ***** million.

The number of employees in different industries participating in the employee trends survey, and it is released according to the scale and education level of employees in public and private enterprises.

Graph and download economic data for Producer Price Index by Industry: Employee Leasing Services (PCU5613356133) from Dec 2003 to Aug 2025 about leases, services, employment, PPI, industry, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

This horizontal bar chart displays employees (people) by industry using the aggregation sum in Kirkland. The data is about companies.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees, Manufacturing (MANEMP) from Jan 1939 to Aug 2025 about headline figure, establishment survey, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

No of Employee: Electricity, Heat Production & Supply data was reported at 2,459.000 Person th in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,458.000 Person th for Feb 2025. No of Employee: Electricity, Heat Production & Supply data is updated monthly, averaging 2,500.600 Person th from Dec 1998 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 246 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,940.932 Person th in Dec 2013 and a record low of 2,152.400 Person th in Dec 1998. No of Employee: Electricity, Heat Production & Supply data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table CN.GB: No of Employee: by Industry: Monthly.

This horizontal bar chart displays employees (people) by industry using the aggregation sum in Wiesbaden. The data is about companies.

This horizontal bar chart displays employees (people) by industry using the aggregation sum in Italy. The data is about companies.

Annual railway industry employees and employee compensation (average number of employees) by major occupational group (general services, road maintenance, equipment maintenance and transportation).