Among the service sector in the United States, the real estate, rental and leasing industry added the most value to the GDP in 2024. In that year, this industry added 4.03 trillion U.S. dollars to the national GDP. Gross domestic product is a measure of how much a country produces in a certain amount of time. Countries with a high GDP tend to have large economies, for example, the United States. However, GDP does not take into consideration the cost of living and inflation rates, so it cannot be used to calculate the standard of living. The annual GDP of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.

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.

Graph and download economic data for Gross Domestic Product: Private Services-Providing Industries in the United States (USPRISERVPRONGSP) from 1997 to 2024 about GSP, private industries, services, private, industry, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Employment Cost Index: Wages and salaries for Private industry workers in Service-providing; production, transportation, and material moving (CIU202S000500000I) from Q1 2001 to Q2 2025 about ECI, materials, transportation, salaries, workers, private industries, wages, production, services, private, industry, and USA.

In 2021, the agriculture sector contributed around 0.94 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the United States. In that same year, 17.61 percent came from industry, and the service sector contributed the most to the GDP, at 76.4 percent.

Graph and download economic data for Value Added by Industry: Professional and Business Services as a Percentage of GDP (VAPGDPPBS) from Q1 2005 to Q2 2025 about value added, professional, private industries, percent, business, services, private, industry, GDP, and USA.

GDP from Services in the United States increased to 17305.60 USD Billion in the second quarter of 2025 from 17156 USD Billion in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Gdp From Private Services Producing Industries- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Value Added by Industry: Private Services-Producing Industries as a Percentage of GDP (VAPGDPSPI) from Q1 2005 to Q2 2025 about value added, percent, services, private, industry, GDP, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Employment for Manufacturing: Commercial and Service Industry Machinery (NAICS 3333) in the United States (IPUEN3333W200000000) from 1987 to 2024 about machinery, NAICS, IP, commercial, services, manufacturing, employment, industry, and USA.

Monthly and long-term United States economic indicators data: historical series and analyst forecasts curated by FocusEconomics.

Graph and download economic data for Gross Output by Industry: Professional and Business Services (GOPBS) from Q1 2005 to Q2 2025 about output, professional, gross, private industries, business, services, private, industry, and USA.

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Graph and download economic data for Combined Inputs Costs for Manufacturing: Commercial and Service Industry Machinery (NAICS 3333) in the United States (IPUEN3333M020000000) from 1987 to 2022 about cost, machinery, NAICS, IP, commercial, services, manufacturing, industry, and USA.

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The average for 2023 based on 11 countries was 51.67 percent. The highest value was in Uruguay: 65.65 percent and the lowest value was in Guyana: 18.77 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

United States Texas Service Sector Outlook: Future Employment data was reported at 28.200 % in Nov 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 31.900 % for Oct 2018. United States Texas Service Sector Outlook: Future Employment data is updated monthly, averaging 24.200 % from Jan 2007 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 143 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43.700 % in Mar 2007 and a record low of -18.200 % in Nov 2008. United States Texas Service Sector Outlook: Future Employment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.S016: Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey.

Graph and download economic data for Capital Costs for Manufacturing: Commercial and Service Industry Machinery (NAICS 33331) in the United States (IPUEN33331C021000000) from 1988 to 2022 about cost, machinery, NAICS, capital, IP, commercial, services, manufacturing, industry, and USA.

Actual value and historical data chart for United States Trade In Services Percent Of GDP

Graph and download economic data for Labor Productivity for Manufacturing: Commercial and Service Industry Machinery (NAICS 3333) in the United States (IPUEN3333L001000000) from 1988 to 2024 about productivity, machinery, NAICS, IP, commercial, labor, services, manufacturing, industry, and USA.

This statistic shows the top 20 metropolitan areas with the highest share of employment in the service industry in the United States in 2017. Percentage employed in service sector is shown as a percent of total nonfarm employment. In 2017, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria in Washington D.C. was ranked first with about 20.6 percent of total nonfarm employees was working in professional, scientific or technical services.