Biopharmaceutical industry employee number by subsector U.S. 2017

“Subsector” is based on the NAICS category assigned to the establishment (i.e., the business location) captured in the BLS data, and is assigned based on the predominant activity at that location. Because all jobs within an establishment are assigned to the establishment’s NAICS, sector-based job counts may over- or under-state job functions to the extent multiple activities occur at a single establishment (e.g., co-located R&D and manufacturing). The total employment estimate is not affected, however.