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National Employment Matrix


19-1032 Foresters
Employment by industry, occupation, and percent distribution, 2019 and projected 2029.

Employment in thousands.
Industries with fewer than 50 jobs, confidential data, or poor-quality data are not displayed.

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
                     
Total employment TE1000 Summary 11.6 100.0 0.0 12.0 100.0 0.0 0.4 3.8 0

Self-employed workers

TE1100 Line Item 0.6 5.4 0.0 0.7 5.5 0.0 0.0 6.2 2 1

Total wage and salary employment

TE1200 Summary 11.0 94.6 0.0 11.4 94.5 0.0 0.4 3.7 3 1

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting

110000 Summary 2.0 17.5 0.1 2.2 18.3 0.1 0.2 8.2 4 2

Forestry and logging

113000 Summary 1.7 14.6 2.9 1.8 15.2 3.3 0.1 8.2 7 3

Forestry

1131-2 Line Item 0.6 5.1 7.5 0.9 7.3 7.7 0.3 47.5 8 4

Logging

113300 Line Item 1.1 9.4 2.2 1.0 7.9 2.1 -0.1 -13.1 9 4

Support activities for agriculture and forestry

115000 Line Item 0.3 3.0 0.3 0.4 3.1 0.3 0.0 8.2 11 3

Utilities

220000 Summary 0.4 3.8 0.1 0.4 3.6 0.1 0.0 -0.6 19 2

Utilities

221000 Summary 0.4 3.8 0.1 0.4 3.6 0.1 0.0 -0.6 20 3

Electric power generation, transmission and distribution

221100 Summary 0.4 3.7 0.1 0.4 3.5 0.1 0.0 -0.6 21 4

Electric power generation

221110 Summary 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 -26.2 22 5

Fossil fuel electric power generation

221112 Line Item 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 -26.2 24 6

Manufacturing

31-330 Summary 0.9 7.7 0.0 0.9 7.1 0.0 0.0 -4.7 60 2

Wood product manufacturing

321000 Summary 0.8 6.8 0.2 0.8 6.3 0.2 0.0 -4.6 80 3

Sawmills and wood preservation

321100 Line Item 0.7 5.7 0.7 0.6 5.1 0.7 0.0 -6.7 81 4

Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing

321200 Line Item 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 9.7 82 4

Paper manufacturing

322000 Summary 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 -4.9 84 3

Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills

322100 Line Item 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.0 -4.8 85 4

Wholesale trade

420000 Summary 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 2.9 143 2

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

423000 Summary 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.4 144 3

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods (4232,3,5,6,7,9)

4230A1 Line Item 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 150 4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

540000 Summary 0.7 6.3 0.0 0.9 7.5 0.0 0.2 22.6 279 2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

541000 Summary 0.7 6.3 0.0 0.9 7.5 0.0 0.2 22.6 280 3

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

541600 Line Item 0.7 6.0 0.0 0.9 7.1 0.0 0.2 23.3 290 4

Management of companies and enterprises

550000 Summary 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 7.4 299 2

Management of companies and enterprises

551000 Line Item 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 7.4 300 3

Educational services; state, local, and private

610000 Summary 0.4 3.4 0.0 0.4 3.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 322 2

Educational services; state, local, and private

611000 Summary 0.4 3.4 0.0 0.4 3.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 323 3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private

6112-3 Summary 0.4 3.2 0.0 0.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 328 4

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private

611300 Summary 0.4 3.2 0.0 0.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 333 5

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state

611302 Line Item 0.4 3.1 0.0 0.4 3.1 0.0 0.0 2.3 335 6

Other services (except public administration)

810000 Summary 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 22.5 430 2

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

813000 Summary 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 23.2 444 3

Grantmaking and giving services and social advocacy organizations

8132-3 Summary 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 25.0 446 4

Social advocacy organizations

813300 Line Item 0.1 1.1 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.0 24.7 448 5

Government

900000 Summary 5.9 51.3 0.1 6.0 49.7 0.1 0.0 0.7 455 2

Federal government

910000 Summary 1.4 11.9 0.0 1.3 11.0 0.0 -0.1 -3.9 456 3

Federal government, excluding postal service

999100 Line Item 1.4 11.9 0.1 1.3 11.0 0.1 -0.1 -3.9 458 4

State government, excluding education and hospitals

999200 Line Item 3.5 29.8 0.2 3.5 28.9 0.2 0.0 0.7 459 3

Local government, excluding education and hospitals

999300 Line Item 1.1 9.6 0.0 1.2 9.8 0.0 0.1 6.6 460 3