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Employment, payroll employment, by industry

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Employment, payroll employment, by industry
(All industries)
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  number
All industries including unclassified enterprises 14,260,902 14,570,441 14,845,011 14,575,759 14,701,362
Unclassified enterprises 228,740 208,281 210,088 250,252 326,739
All industries excluding unclassified enterprises 14,032,161 14,362,160 14,634,923 14,325,508 14,374,623
Forestry, logging and support 57,998 54,421 47,615 39,374 39,561
Mining and oil and gas extraction 180,993 192,237 202,436 181,501 186,460
Utilities 116,325 118,246 120,146 118,625 118,072
Construction 736,571 785,844 829,700 794,366 822,096
Manufacturing 1,820,265 1,758,325 1,673,639 1,485,733 1,465,147
Wholesale trade 738,532 757,680 758,473 730,702 729,154
Retail trade 1,769,101 1,835,082 1,894,251 1,863,612 1,852,677
Transportation and warehousing 664,847 686,662 693,904 676,824 670,675
Information and cultural industries 318,428 328,833 331,919 324,313 325,006
Finance and insurance 611,394 637,897 663,243 673,730 682,095
Real estate and rental and leasing 244,041 247,501 252,802 243,657 242,571
Professional, scientific and technical services 711,226 743,835 770,810 753,476 756,969
Management of companies and enterprises 101,327 106,856 116,072 111,847 106,588
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services 745,659 763,085 774,042 723,349 731,467
Educational services 1,084,942 1,111,718 1,137,454 1,153,367 1,163,562
Health care and social assistance 1,446,724 1,484,624 1,528,024 1,581,191 1,618,419
Arts, entertainment and recreation 236,379 240,519 241,916 249,242 245,010
Accommodation and food services 1,008,605 1,046,486 1,078,596 1,070,088 1,062,471
Public administration 948,320 963,870 1,010,660 1,044,492 1,049,702
Other services 490,483 498,439 509,221 506,018 506,922

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