Share of employment of persons with a disability U.S. by industry 2021

In 2021, the education and health services industry employed 20.7 percent of all employed persons with a disability in the United States. The mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry employed only 0.3 percent of all employed persons with a disability in the United States.

The persons with a disability section of the Current Population Survey, (CPS) is a set of six questions to identify persons have physical, mental, or emotional conditions that cause serious difficulty with their daily activities.

Share of employment of persons with a disability in the United States in 2021, by industry

Characteristic	Share of employment of persons with a disability
Education and health services	20.7%
Retail trade	13%
Professional and business services	12.3%
Manufacturing	9.7%
Leisure and hospitality	8.7%
Financial activities	6.6%
Construction	6.6%
Transportation and utilities	6.2%
Public administration	5.3%
Other services	5%
Agriculture and related industries	2.5%
Wholesale trade	1.9%
Information	1.3%
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	0.3%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

full-time and part-time employees

Supplementary notes

The source noted: "Data on persons with a disability are collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 households that provides statistics on employment and unemployment in the United States."

The figures are based on the employment-population ratio.

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