Where the Jobs Are: The Rise of the Service Sector (cont.)

Estimated Percentage Change in Employment by

Sector, 1990-2005*

Fig. 1-2b

Services

Retail Trade

Construction

Government

Transportation and Utilities

Wholesale Trade

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing

Manufacturing

Mining

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Note: Wage and salary employment, except for agriculture, forestry, and fishing,

which includes self-employed and unpaid family workers.