Great Recession - change in employment of men by industry 2007-2009

This statistic shows change of employment of men during the Great Recession by industry. In December 2007, employment of men in the information sector was 1.74 million.

Change in employment of men during the Great Recession in the United States between December 2007 and June 2009 by industry (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	December 2007	June 2009
All government	9,613	9,661
Professional and business services	9,986	9,022
Manufacturing	9,774	8,362
Retail trade	7,749	7,160
Leisure and hospitality	6,428	6,218
Construction	6,550	5,203
Education and health services	4,209	4,337
Wholesale trade	4,195	3,879
Transportation and warehousing	3,436	3,196
Finance	3,343	3,154
Other services	2,640	2,533
Information	1,741	1,626
Mining and logging	643	589
Utilities	402	418

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Release date

July 2011

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 2007 to June 2009

Supplementary notes

Data are seasonally adjusted. Estimates for May 2011 are preliminary and subject to revision.
The recession is dated from december 2007 to June 2009.
The time of recovery is dated from june 2009 to may 2011.

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