Employment Trends
Here is a quick glance at some of job market statistics reported by the U.S. Department of Labor and Statistics. This wage and employment trend information can prove useful in planning your career direction. These figures also serve as useful benchmarks during the salary negotiation process.
1996 National Occupational Employment and Wage Data
|
Employment by major industry division,average annual rate of change
|
Industry |
Average annual rate of change
|
| |
1996-2006 |
|
Nonfarm wage and salary |
1.4 |
|
Goods producing |
0.0 |
|
Mining |
-2.5 |
|
Construction |
0.9 |
|
Manufacturing |
-0.2 |
|
Durable |
-0.2 |
|
Nondurable |
-0.1 |
| |
|
|
Service producing |
1.7 |
|
Transportation, communications, utilities |
1.3 |
|
Wholesale trade |
1.1 |
|
Retail trade |
1.0 |
|
Finance, insurance, and real estate |
1.0 |
|
Services |
2.9 |
|
Federal government |
0.3 |
|
State and local government |
1.0 |
| |
|
|
Agriculture |
-0.1 |
|
Private household wage and salary |
-1.8 |
|
Nonagricultural self-employed and unpaid family workers |
1.2 |
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The ten industries with the fastest employment growth,
1996-2006
Numbers in thousands of jobs
|
Industry description |
Employment |
Change, 1996-2006 |
|
1996 |
2006 |
Number |
Percent |
|
Computer and data processing services |
1,208 |
2,509 |
1,301 |
108 |
|
Health services, nec. |
1,172 |
1,968 |
796 |
68 |
|
Management and public relations |
873 |
1,400 |
527 |
60 |
|
Miscellaneous transportation services |
204 |
327 |
123 |
60 |
|
Residential care |
672 |
1,070 |
398 |
59 |
|
Personnel supply services |
2,646 |
4,039 |
1,393 |
53 |
|
Water and sanitation |
231 |
349 |
118 |
51 |
|
Individual and miscellaneous social services |
846 |
1,266 |
420 |
50 |
|
Offices of health practitioners |
2,751 |
4,046 |
1,295 |
47 |
|
Amusement and recreation services, nec. |
1,109 |
1,565 |
457 |
41 |
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