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Home > Professionals > Charts & Tables > Projected Change in Employment by Occupational Group and Industry, 1998-2008
PROJECTED CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT BY MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL GROUP AND SELECTED INDUSTRY, 1998-2008

(In Thousands)
Total, All Occupations Executive, Administrative & Managerial Professional Specialty Technicians and Related Support Marketing and Sales Admin. Support, Including Clerical Service Occupations Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing and Related Occupations Precision Production, Craft and Repair Operators, Fabricators and Laborers
Total Employed 19,535 2,064 5,054 1,075 2,338 2,214 3,638 211 1,186 1,750
S E R V I C E    S E C T O R
Transportation, Communications and Public Utilities 940 107 72 38 91 108 41 0 96 383
Communications 298 66 57 7 47 42 0 0 75 1
Wholesale and Retail Trade 3,565 243 130 35 1,339 208 1,111 25 162 308
Finance, Insurance & Real Estate 959 362 147 11 164 191 21 7 49 4
Services 12,916 1,221 4,328 1,006 718 1,892 2,093 91 543 1,021
Business Services 4,561 425 1,203 306 450 647 569 20 211 726
Health Services 2,785 163 876 459 9 368 393 1 5 7
Education, Public and Private 1,709 85 1,082 19 2 0 438 4 4 5
Social Services 1,033 107 421 26 8 81 335 3 17 30
Motion Pictures 62 3 23 1 20 2 1 0 3 8
Engineering and Management 1,074 285 367 116 41 162 32 5 41 22
Government 707 63 210 3 2 -15 390 11 32 6
G O O D S    P R O D U C I N G    S E C T O R
Mining -114 -19 -10 -5 0 -16 -1 0 -41 -18
Construction 550 60 7 2 12 - 7 0 14 382 76
Manufacturing -88 19 154 -22 5 -157 -18 2 -39 -32
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 98 5 13 5 4 11 -938 57 0 1

Professional occupations provide the largest projected occupational growth. They will account for almost 26% of all employment growth from 1998-2008.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unpublished data provided by the Office of Projections.
Note: Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding and the exclusion of both self-employed and unpaid workers.

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