Productivity: BLS Spotlight on Statistics

Changes over the decade in employment shares of sectors studied

Employment shares of sectors studied, 2000 and 2010 (in percent)
Industry	2000	2010
Mining	0.9	1.3
Utilities(1)	0.9	0.9
Manufacturing	28.6	22.0
Wholesale trade	10.0	10.4
Retail trade	26.7	28.4
Transportation and warehousing(1)	7.1	7.2
Information(1)	4.4	3.7
Accommodation and food services	16.9	21.1
Other services(1)	4.5	5.0
Footnotes: (1) Industry coverage is significant but less than 100 percent.