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Industries with the Largest Employment
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Employment is the number of jobs in this Industry.  Read more about Industry employment.

Percent change is the expected employment change for each industry.

Industry trends data are updated in two year cycles and are released in even-ending years. For more detailed information about the program or the survey, refer to the OES Projections webpage.

The model used to produce the occupation and industry trends data does include outsourcing. For more details about this, refer to an article about projections data and models in the Labor Market Review.



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These are the industries with the largest employment in 2006. Select an industry to learn more about it in the Industry Profile.

Top 50 Industries with the Largest Employment
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# Industry Employment
2006
1 Elementary and secondary schools, public and private 8,345,600 
2 General medical and surgical hospitals, public and private 4,988,300 
3 Full-service restaurants 4,447,000 
4 Limited-service eating places 4,018,700 
5 Employment services 3,656,600 
6 Colleges, universities, and professional schools, public and private 3,433,900 
7 Grocery stores 2,462,600 
8 Offices of physicians 2,153,600 
9 Management of companies and enterprises 1,809,400 
10 Depository credit intermediation 1,803,200 
11 Religious organizations 1,665,900 
12 Nursing care facilities 1,584,200 
13 Department stores 1,550,900 
14 Other general merchandise stores 1,362,000 
15 Computer systems design and related services 1,278,200 
16 Automobile dealers 1,246,700 
17 Building material and supplies dealers 1,176,100 
18 Legal services 1,173,400 
19 Clothing stores 1,090,400 
20 Residential building construction 1,017,500 
21 General freight trucking 1,003,900 
22 Plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors 982,500 
23 Management, scientific, and technical consulting services 920,900 
24 Electrical contractors 903,700 
25 Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services 889,300 
 

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections

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