Economic recovery from the recession in the U.S. - change in employment

The statistic shows the change in employment in the United States for men and women during the time of recovery from the recent recession for all economic sectors. Between June 2009 and May 2011, the number of men employed in mining and lodging increased by 13.8 percent.

Change in employment in the recovery from the recession in the United States between June 2009 and May 2011 by gender

Characteristic	Women	Men
Mining and logging	7.2%	13.8%
Construction	-11.8%	-7.3%
Manufacturing	-3.6%	1%
Wholesale trade	-2.4%	-0.2%
Retail trade	-2.2%	2.2%
Transportation and Warehousing	-1.9%	1.8%
Utilities	-5.1%	-0.2%
Information	-6.8%	-2.1%
Finance	-3.2%	0.3%
Professional and business services	2.9%	5.6%
Education and health services	3.2%	7%
Leisure and hospitality	0.4%	1.4%
Other services	1.1%	1.5%
Federal government	-3.5%	5.1%
State government	1.8%	-4.1%
Local government	-3.3%	-1.5%

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Release date

July 2011

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 2009 - May 2011

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

Data are seasonally adjusted. Estimates for May 2011 are preliminary and subject to revision. Changes for federal, state and local gorvernments are for June 2009 to April 2011.

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