The data displays the employment in different industries in the U.S. in 2017. In 2017, about 7.08 million Americans worked in government or other public administration jobs. At this time there were approx. 125.97 million full-time employees in the United States The number of full time employees has increased since 2010, when the 2008 financial crisis caused employment numbers to drop substantially.
Education and health services | 34483 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 20314 |
Professional and business services | 18835 |
Manufacturing | 15408 |
Leisure and hospitality | 14291 |
Construction | 10692 |
Financial activities | 10482 |
Transportation and utilities | 8159 |
Other services | 7485 |
Public administration | 7083 |
Information | 2903 |
Agriculture and related | 2454 |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 748 |