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Employment by industry, occupation, and percent distribution, 2019 and projected 2029.

Employment in thousands.
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Industry Title	Industry Code	Industry Type	2019 Employment	2019 Percent of Occupation	2019 Percent of Industry	Projected 2029 Employment	Projected 2029 Percent of Occupation	Projected 2029 Percent of Industry	Employment Change, 2019-2029	Employment Percent Change, 2019-2029	Industry Sort	Display Level
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Total employment	TE1000	Summary	14.2	100.0	0.0	14.9	100.0	0.0	0.6	4.4		0
Total wage and salary employment	TE1200	Summary	14.2	99.8	0.0	14.8	99.8	0.0	0.6	4.4	3	1
Crop production	111000	Line Item	0.2	1.2	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.0	0.0	10.8	5	3
Support activities for agriculture and forestry	115000	Line Item	0.2	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.6	0.2	0.0	8.2	11	3
Manufacturing	31-330	Summary	7.8	55.1	0.1	8.1	54.4	0.1	0.2	3.2	60	2
Food manufacturing	311000	Summary	7.1	50.3	0.4	7.4	49.6	0.4	0.2	3.0	61	3
Animal food manufacturing	311100	Line Item	0.3	2.3	0.5	0.4	2.8	0.5	0.1	25.0	62	4
Grain and oilseed milling	311200	Line Item	1.1	8.0	1.9	1.1	7.2	1.9	-0.1	-5.9	63	4
Sugar and confectionery product manufacturing	311300	Line Item	0.3	2.4	0.4	0.3	1.9	0.4	0.0	-14.7	64	4
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty food manufacturing	311400	Line Item	0.8	5.6	0.5	0.7	4.9	0.5	-0.1	-7.6	65	4
Dairy product manufacturing	311500	Line Item	1.3	9.3	0.8	1.4	9.1	0.9	0.0	2.7	66	4
Animal slaughtering and processing	311600	Line Item	0.5	3.6	0.1	0.5	3.6	0.1	0.0	3.5	67	4
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing	311800	Line Item	0.7	4.6	0.2	0.6	4.2	0.2	0.0	-3.1	69	4
Other food manufacturing	311900	Line Item	2.0	14.2	0.9	2.3	15.5	0.9	0.3	14.1	70	4
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing	312000	Summary	0.4	3.2	0.2	0.5	3.2	0.2	0.0	5.4	71	3
Beverage manufacturing	312100	Line Item	0.4	3.1	0.2	0.5	3.2	0.2	0.0	5.8	72	4
Chemical manufacturing	325000	Summary	0.2	1.5	0.0	0.2	1.5	0.0	0.0	4.2	89	3
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing	325400	Line Item	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.0	5.6	90	4
Chemical manufacturing (3251,2,3,9)	3250A1	Line Item	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1	92	4
Wholesale trade	420000	Summary	0.9	6.2	0.0	0.9	6.1	0.0	0.0	2.2	143	2
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods	424000	Summary	0.8	5.9	0.0	0.8	5.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	151	3
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods (4242,6)	4240A2	Line Item	0.2	1.4	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.1	0.0	1.5	154	4
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods (4244,8)	4240A1	Line Item	0.6	4.0	0.1	0.6	3.9	0.1	0.0	3.1	155	4
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods (4241,7,9)	4240A3	Line Item	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	-4.7	156	4
Professional, scientific, and technical services	540000	Summary	2.0	13.9	0.0	2.1	14.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	279	2
Professional, scientific, and technical services	541000	Summary	2.0	13.9	0.0	2.1	14.3	0.0	0.1	7.1	280	3
Architectural, engineering, and related services	541300	Summary	0.5	3.5	0.0	0.5	3.4	0.0	0.0	2.1	283	4
Testing laboratories	541380	Line Item	0.5	3.5	0.3	0.5	3.4	0.3	0.0	2.1	287	5
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	541600	Line Item	0.3	1.9	0.0	0.3	2.2	0.0	0.1	23.3	290	4
Scientific research and development services	541700	Summary	1.2	8.1	0.2	1.2	8.1	0.2	0.1	4.6	291	4
Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences	541710	Line Item	1.1	7.8	0.2	1.2	7.9	0.2	0.1	4.6	292	5
Management of companies and enterprises	550000	Summary	1.5	10.4	0.1	1.6	10.7	0.1	0.1	7.4	299	2
Management of companies and enterprises	551000	Line Item	1.5	10.4	0.1	1.6	10.7	0.1	0.1	7.4	300	3
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services	560000	Summary	0.1	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	301	2
Administrative and support services	561000	Summary	0.1	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	302	3
Employment services	561300	Summary	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0	-5.6	305	4
Educational services; state, local, and private	610000	Summary	1.0	6.9	0.0	1.0	6.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	322	2
Educational services; state, local, and private	611000	Summary	1.0	6.9	0.0	1.0	6.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	323	3
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private	6112-3	Summary	1.0	6.9	0.0	1.0	6.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	328	4
Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private	611300	Summary	1.0	6.9	0.0	1.0	6.9	0.0	0.0	4.5	333	5
Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state	611302	Line Item	0.7	4.9	0.0	0.7	4.8	0.0	0.0	2.3	335	6
Government	900000	Summary	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	455	2
Federal government	910000	Summary	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	-3.9	456	3
Federal government, excluding postal service	999100	Line Item	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0	-3.9	458	4
State government, excluding education and hospitals	999200	Line Item	0.2	1.1	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	459	3

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