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National Employment Matrix


45-4011 Forest and conservation workers
Employment by industry, occupation, and percent distribution, 2020 and projected 2030.

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

Industry Title Industry Code Industry Type 2020 Employment 2020 Percent of Occupation 2020 Percent of Industry Projected 2030 Employment Projected 2030 Percent of Occupation Projected 2030 Percent of Industry Employment Change, 2020-2030 Employment Percent Change, 2020-2030 Industry Sort Display Level
                     
Total employment TE1000 Summary 12.6 100.0 0.0 11.6 100.0 0.0 -1.0 -8.0 0

Self-employed workers

TE1100 Line Item 2.2 17.1 0.0 1.8 15.2 0.0 -0.4 -18.2 2 1

Total wage and salary employment

TE1200 Summary 10.4 82.9 0.0 9.8 84.8 0.0 -0.6 -5.9 3 1

Forestry

1131-2 Line Item 3.2 25.2 26.9 2.7 23.5 25.7 -0.4 -14.0 8 4

Support activities for agriculture and forestry

115000 Line Item 0.6 4.6 0.6 0.7 6.3 0.5 0.1 25.9 11 3

Manufacturing

31-330 Summary 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 -3.2 60 2

Wood product manufacturing

321000 Summary 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 -2.5 80 3

Sawmills and wood preservation

321100 Line Item 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 -3.5 81 4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

540000 Summary 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.3 279 2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

541000 Summary 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.3 280 3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

710000 Summary 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 31.8 400 2

Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions

712000 Line Item 0.1 1.0 0.1 0.2 1.4 0.1 0.0 32.6 410 3

Other services (except public administration)

810000 Summary 0.7 5.5 0.0 0.8 6.8 0.0 0.1 14.4 430 2

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

813000 Summary 0.7 5.5 0.0 0.8 6.8 0.0 0.1 14.4 444 3

Grantmaking and giving services and social advocacy organizations

8132-3 Summary 0.7 5.3 0.2 0.8 6.6 0.1 0.1 14.0 446 4

Social advocacy organizations

813300 Line Item 0.6 4.9 0.3 0.7 6.1 0.2 0.1 14.0 448 5

Government

900000 Summary 4.9 39.2 0.0 4.5 39.1 0.0 -0.4 -8.3 455 2

State government, excluding education and hospitals

999200 Line Item 3.6 28.9 0.2 3.3 28.1 0.1 -0.4 -10.4 459 3

Local government, excluding education and hospitals

999300 Line Item 1.3 10.4 0.0 1.3 11.0 0.0 0.0 -2.5 460 3