This statistic depicts the number of people employed by the U.S. scrap recycling industry in 2019, broken down by stream. There were over 164,000 people employed directly by the scrap recycling industry in the country as of this year.
Number of scrap recycling industry jobs in the U.S. in 2019, by sector
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ISRI, & John Dunham and Associates. (August 28, 2019). Number of scrap recycling industry jobs in the U.S. in 2019, by sector [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/742446/employment-in-the-us-scrap-recycling-industry-by-sector/
ISRI, und John Dunham and Associates. "Number of scrap recycling industry jobs in the U.S. in 2019, by sector." Chart. August 28, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/742446/employment-in-the-us-scrap-recycling-industry-by-sector/
ISRI, John Dunham and Associates. (2019). Number of scrap recycling industry jobs in the U.S. in 2019, by sector. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/742446/employment-in-the-us-scrap-recycling-industry-by-sector/
ISRI, and John Dunham and Associates. "Number of Scrap Recycling Industry Jobs in The U.S. in 2019, by Sector." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/742446/employment-in-the-us-scrap-recycling-industry-by-sector/
ISRI & John Dunham and Associates, Number of scrap recycling industry jobs in the U.S. in 2019, by sector Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/742446/employment-in-the-us-scrap-recycling-industry-by-sector/ (last visited May 18, 2022)