Services as share of total employment in Puerto Rico 2019

In 2019, the employment level in services as a share of total employment in Puerto Rico remained nearly unchanged at around 83.7 percent. Nevertheless, 2019 still represents a peak in the share in Puerto Rico.

These figures refer to the share of the overall labor force working in service industries such as retail, hospitality, transport, IT, or communications.
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Services sector as percentage of total employment in Puerto Rico from 2010 to 2019

Characteristic	Share of employment
2019	83.7%
2018	83.52%
2017	83.19%
2016	82.88%
2015	82.58%
2014	82.28%
2013	82.01%
2012	81.73%
2011	81.48%
2010	81.17%

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Puerto Rico

Survey time period

2010 to 2019

Special properties

Estimates; Legally employed workforce*

Supplementary notes

* Data represents the number of people of working age legally employed in wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and hotels, transport, storage, and communications, financing, insurance, real estate, and business services, and community, social, and personal services.

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