Introduction

• Industry Definition
• Management summary
• Key figures at a glance
• SWOT analysis

• Total value of shipments over time
• Total value of shipments of selected industries
• Total value of shipments by subcategory
• Most over- and under-performing subcategories
• Development of imports, exports and trade balance over time
• Imports and exports by region
• Development of GDP and contribution by sector
• Share of GDP by sector
• Growth rate of GDP and growth rate of value added by industry over time
• States experiencing the industry's highest value added numbers

• Selected key players in the industry
• Total number of firms and establishments with paid employees over time
• Total number of firms and establishments with paid employees by subcategory
• Number of establishments with paid employees per state
• Number of establishment births over time
• Share of establishment births by enterprise size
• Number of establishment deaths over time
• Change in Employment due to establishment deaths over time

• Number of all employees over time
• Share of employees by gender over time
• Share of employees by sector
• Full-time equivalent employees over time
• Wage and salary accruals per full-time equivalent employee over time
• Unemployment rates over time
• Development in the number of unemployed
• Annual mean wage over time
• Occupations with the highest industry employment
• Annual mean wage by occupation
• Difference to industry mean wage
• Weekly earnings by occupation and sex
• Average weekly hours of all payroll employees over time
• Number of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees over time
• Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees by sex

• Comparison of R&D intensity of selected sectors and industries
• Spend for business R&D performed in the U.S. by funding source over time
• Domestic R&D employment over time and by gender
• Number of patents issued over time