Employment growth by industry U.S. 2031

By the year 2031, the number of employees working in health care and social assistance will have increased by about 2.61 million from the number employed in 2021. Federal government however, is projected to decrease by 105,000 employees by 2031.

Projected change in employment in the United States from 2021 to 2031, by major industry (in 1,000)

Major industry	Change in employment in thousands
Health care and social assistance	2,610
Leisure and hospitality	1,923.4
Professional and business services	1,549.4
Other services	527.3
Transportation and warehousing	466.5
Educational services	437.2
Financial activities	336.2
State and local government	299
Information	209.8
Construction	204.7
Nonagriculture self-employed	150.3
Wholesale trade	135.8
Mining	63.8
Agriculture wage and salary	59.9
Utilities	-34.6
Agriculture self-employed	-44.2
Federal government	-105
Manufacturing	-139.4
Retail trade	-332.7

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics survey, which counts jobs, whereas self-employed and agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting are from the Current Population Survey (household survey), which counts workers.

Figures are taken from accompanying data tables, available here.

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