Figure A
Restaurant industry share of employment, 1990–2014
| Share of total employment | Share of private-sector employment | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990/01/01 | 5.98856965% | 7.18263907% |
| 1990/02/01 | 5.97265882% | 7.16234727% |
| 1990/03/01 | 5.96404826% | 7.15838560% |
| 1990/04/01 | 5.95042302% | 7.14798874% |
| 1990/05/01 | 5.91898978% | 7.12557130% |
| 1990/06/01 | 5.94422144% | 7.15224463% |
| 1990/07/01 | 5.96614861% | 7.17934110% |
| 1990/08/01 | 5.98505652% | 7.19689324% |
| 1990/09/01 | 5.99625656% | 7.20995082% |
| 1990/10/01 | 5.96757676% | 7.17805176% |
| 1990/11/01 | 5.98529519% | 7.20192583% |
| 1990/12/01 | 5.99615244% | 7.21717461% |
| 1991/01/01 | 5.96914865% | 7.18677193% |
| 1991/02/01 | 5.98004322% | 7.20463586% |
| 1991/03/01 | 5.99077153% | 7.22019336% |
| 1991/04/01 | 5.98863123% | 7.22024432% |
| 1991/05/01 | 5.98420177% | 7.21769071% |
| 1991/06/01 | 6.00241836% | 7.24339196% |
| 1991/07/01 | 5.98954775% | 7.23133862% |
| 1991/08/01 | 5.99567899% | 7.23615739% |
| 1991/09/01 | 6.01199926% | 7.25347172% |
| 1991/10/01 | 6.01018864% | 7.25510511% |
| 1991/11/01 | 6.02507872% | 7.27663039% |
| 1991/12/01 | 6.03504302% | 7.28945285% |
| 1992/01/01 | 6.06017826% | 7.32288995% |
| 1992/02/01 | 6.06501528% | 7.32973311% |
| 1992/03/01 | 6.05760003% | 7.32211973% |
| 1992/04/01 | 6.07959310% | 7.34842072% |
| 1992/05/01 | 6.08702855% | 7.35675910% |
| 1992/06/01 | 6.08327738% | 7.35201592% |
| 1992/07/01 | 6.10469712% | 7.38143665% |
| 1992/08/01 | 6.10805104% | 7.38891912% |
| 1992/09/01 | 6.12190959% | 7.40073444% |
| 1992/10/01 | 6.16537633% | 7.45064606% |
| 1992/11/01 | 6.16275027% | 7.44656856% |
| 1992/12/01 | 6.14417228% | 7.42418557% |
| 1993/01/01 | 6.13915578% | 7.41562528% |
| 1993/02/01 | 6.14882732% | 7.42399473% |
| 1993/03/01 | 6.10692922% | 7.37449364% |
| 1993/04/01 | 6.16448788% | 7.44221172% |
| 1993/05/01 | 6.17646261% | 7.45399577% |
| 1993/06/01 | 6.17909963% | 7.45612028% |
| 1993/07/01 | 6.17461933% | 7.45393671% |
| 1993/08/01 | 6.19006942% | 7.46778183% |
| 1993/09/01 | 6.18953621% | 7.46488475% |
| 1993/10/01 | 6.21172933% | 7.48778251% |
| 1993/11/01 | 6.20014464% | 7.47231817% |
| 1993/12/01 | 6.21996064% | 7.49522542% |
| 1994/01/01 | 6.22589556% | 7.50171240% |
| 1994/02/01 | 6.21999769% | 7.49212350% |
| 1994/03/01 | 6.21317816% | 7.48080971% |
| 1994/04/01 | 6.22815743% | 7.49676818% |
| 1994/05/01 | 6.21481423% | 7.47948071% |
| 1994/06/01 | 6.20593976% | 7.46538490% |
| 1994/07/01 | 6.20603015% | 7.46262707% |
| 1994/08/01 | 6.20546205% | 7.45868028% |
| 1994/09/01 | 6.20140040% | 7.45162434% |
| 1994/10/01 | 6.20786711% | 7.45713870% |
| 1994/11/01 | 6.21096413% | 7.45721094% |
| 1994/12/01 | 6.22217248% | 7.46874160% |
| 1995/01/01 | 6.26078447% | 7.51158719% |
| 1995/02/01 | 6.25918023% | 7.50781218% |
| 1995/03/01 | 6.26448727% | 7.51287364% |
| 1995/04/01 | 6.27204783% | 7.52040639% |
| 1995/05/01 | 6.27922671% | 7.52798517% |
| 1995/06/01 | 6.29810561% | 7.54969392% |
| 1995/07/01 | 6.31406789% | 7.56691643% |
| 1995/08/01 | 6.31430417% | 7.56340681% |
| 1995/09/01 | 6.32014251% | 7.56741659% |
| 1995/10/01 | 6.29442312% | 7.53725514% |
| 1995/11/01 | 6.31040114% | 7.55444361% |
| 1995/12/01 | 6.31417922% | 7.55753376% |
| 1996/01/01 | 6.31869014% | 7.56193540% |
| 1996/02/01 | 6.30151177% | 7.53863980% |
| 1996/03/01 | 6.31255200% | 7.55210166% |
| 1996/04/01 | 6.31175261% | 7.54781736% |
| 1996/05/01 | 6.31091769% | 7.54391932% |
| 1996/06/01 | 6.30019871% | 7.52748239% |
| 1996/07/01 | 6.30480967% | 7.53129914% |
| 1996/08/01 | 6.30605148% | 7.52745834% |
| 1996/09/01 | 6.29750803% | 7.51923458% |
| 1996/10/01 | 6.29871475% | 7.51668760% |
| 1996/11/01 | 6.30017524% | 7.51565412% |
| 1996/12/01 | 6.29727766% | 7.51060793% |
| 1997/01/01 | 6.29459063% | 7.50621383% |
| 1997/02/01 | 6.28948753% | 7.49691437% |
| 1997/03/01 | 6.28213115% | 7.48515509% |
| 1997/04/01 | 6.27182259% | 7.46908170% |
| 1997/05/01 | 6.27069547% | 7.46459446% |
| 1997/06/01 | 6.26471690% | 7.45865565% |
| 1997/07/01 | 6.23490429% | 7.42143168% |
| 1997/08/01 | 6.25637734% | 7.44247403% |
| 1997/09/01 | 6.24834148% | 7.43151311% |
| 1997/10/01 | 6.22025899% | 7.39844732% |
| 1997/11/01 | 6.21910488% | 7.39525313% |
| 1997/12/01 | 6.20493922% | 7.37536741% |
| 1998/01/01 | 6.20685508% | 7.37601829% |
| 1998/02/01 | 6.21106477% | 7.37998535% |
| 1998/03/01 | 6.20981090% | 7.37729522% |
| 1998/04/01 | 6.20101481% | 7.36543856% |
| 1998/05/01 | 6.21166815% | 7.37779709% |
| 1998/06/01 | 6.20194674% | 7.36422343% |
| 1998/07/01 | 6.20104066% | 7.36537157% |
| 1998/08/01 | 6.19616373% | 7.35774801% |
| 1998/09/01 | 6.19903035% | 7.36056029% |
| 1998/10/01 | 6.18134944% | 7.33856248% |
| 1998/11/01 | 6.18727334% | 7.34550549% |
| 1998/12/01 | 6.19051355% | 7.34800302% |
| 1999/01/01 | 6.18417550% | 7.33802791% |
| 1999/02/01 | 6.19368332% | 7.34899484% |
| 1999/03/01 | 6.19296029% | 7.34862504% |
| 1999/04/01 | 6.19659615% | 7.35361960% |
| 1999/05/01 | 6.20161297% | 7.35677059% |
| 1999/06/01 | 6.20317293% | 7.35875758% |
| 1999/07/01 | 6.18641383% | 7.34001394% |
| 1999/08/01 | 6.18106469% | 7.33432232% |
| 1999/09/01 | 6.17315530% | 7.32463638% |
| 1999/10/01 | 6.19070296% | 7.34478516% |
| 1999/11/01 | 6.19697585% | 7.35177794% |
| 1999/12/01 | 6.20448393% | 7.36052904% |
| 2000/01/01 | 6.19473620% | 7.34862410% |
| 2000/02/01 | 6.19637329% | 7.35107066% |
| 2000/03/01 | 6.20382049% | 7.36392088% |
| 2000/04/01 | 6.19471845% | 7.35469120% |
| 2000/05/01 | 6.17814243% | 7.35545903% |
| 2000/06/01 | 6.18940897% | 7.35211850% |
| 2000/07/01 | 6.19155999% | 7.35150470% |
| 2000/08/01 | 6.21482641% | 7.37728905% |
| 2000/09/01 | 6.22598605% | 7.38238561% |
| 2000/10/01 | 6.17632615% | 7.32417080% |
| 2000/11/01 | 6.21758610% | 7.37189462% |
| 2000/12/01 | 6.24092101% | 7.40100071% |
| 2001/01/01 | 6.24218126% | 7.40485790% |
| 2001/02/01 | 6.25627043% | 7.42553191% |
| 2001/03/01 | 6.25624336% | 7.42835164% |
| 2001/04/01 | 6.28695455% | 7.47093336% |
| 2001/05/01 | 6.30861941% | 7.49957358% |
| 2001/06/01 | 6.33041809% | 7.53418619% |
| 2001/07/01 | 6.35718501% | 7.57056751% |
| 2001/08/01 | 6.35805181% | 7.57558528% |
| 2001/09/01 | 6.36502299% | 7.58820656% |
| 2001/10/01 | 6.37317997% | 7.60380835% |
| 2001/11/01 | 6.39173529% | 7.63279130% |
| 2001/12/01 | 6.39939232% | 7.64589452% |
| 2002/01/01 | 6.43606655% | 7.69288390% |
| 2002/02/01 | 6.41530364% | 7.67050236% |
| 2002/03/01 | 6.41738399% | 7.67608727% |
| 2002/04/01 | 6.41266317% | 7.67220533% |
| 2002/05/01 | 6.42339231% | 7.69013594% |
| 2002/06/01 | 6.41094716% | 7.67703799% |
| 2002/07/01 | 6.44843352% | 7.72256615% |
| 2002/08/01 | 6.45897797% | 7.73856389% |
| 2002/09/01 | 6.46646846% | 7.74518622% |
| 2002/10/01 | 6.49174379% | 7.77491519% |
| 2002/11/01 | 6.50081522% | 7.78723248% |
| 2002/12/01 | 6.50224937% | 7.79131808% |
| 2003/01/01 | 6.53318016% | 7.82999385% |
| 2003/02/01 | 6.52604622% | 7.82312175% |
| 2003/03/01 | 6.53879827% | 7.83991087% |
| 2003/04/01 | 6.55473353% | 7.85847180% |
| 2003/05/01 | 6.55782292% | 7.86028051% |
| 2003/06/01 | 6.56938064% | 7.87684230% |
| 2003/07/01 | 6.57275192% | 7.88256752% |
| 2003/08/01 | 6.60033193% | 7.91052748% |
| 2003/09/01 | 6.63117083% | 7.94245306% |
| 2003/10/01 | 6.65348113% | 7.97075894% |
| 2003/11/01 | 6.66178657% | 7.97882986% |
| 2003/12/01 | 6.67184844% | 7.99018709% |
| 2004/01/01 | 6.68275372% | 8.00071423% |
| 2004/02/01 | 6.69235651% | 8.01255939% |
| 2004/03/01 | 6.70706131% | 8.02894052% |
| 2004/04/01 | 6.71109521% | 8.03267188% |
| 2004/05/01 | 6.71367492% | 8.03207196% |
| 2004/06/01 | 6.71840489% | 8.03589585% |
| 2004/07/01 | 6.72109876% | 8.03910001% |
| 2004/08/01 | 6.70944609% | 8.02504284% |
| 2004/09/01 | 6.73657432% | 8.05620948% |
| 2004/10/01 | 6.74328865% | 8.06164180% |
| 2004/11/01 | 6.75356631% | 8.07577754% |
| 2004/12/01 | 6.76388753% | 8.08665236% |
| 2005/01/01 | 6.77852855% | 8.10562251% |
| 2005/02/01 | 6.78777671% | 8.11448296% |
| 2005/03/01 | 6.79942310% | 8.12651500% |
| 2005/04/01 | 6.81808988% | 8.14552289% |
| 2005/05/01 | 6.79966184% | 8.12339676% |
| 2005/06/01 | 6.80536782% | 8.12601430% |
| 2005/07/01 | 6.80314562% | 8.12577274% |
| 2005/08/01 | 6.80029447% | 8.12049905% |
| 2005/09/01 | 6.78494184% | 8.10008873% |
| 2005/10/01 | 6.77290925% | 8.08359929% |
| 2005/11/01 | 6.78155980% | 8.09216052% |
| 2005/12/01 | 6.79563367% | 8.10854247% |
| 2006/01/01 | 6.81341487% | 8.12425697% |
| 2006/02/01 | 6.81830574% | 8.12867295% |
| 2006/03/01 | 6.84162151% | 8.15503006% |
| 2006/04/01 | 6.84929394% | 8.16322423% |
| 2006/05/01 | 6.83528876% | 8.14676748% |
| 2006/06/01 | 6.83715026% | 8.14781780% |
| 2006/07/01 | 6.85476899% | 8.17007676% |
| 2006/08/01 | 6.85885710% | 8.17554662% |
| 2006/09/01 | 6.84915989% | 8.16724040% |
| 2006/10/01 | 6.86966944% | 8.19067453% |
| 2006/11/01 | 6.89716066% | 8.22210237% |
| 2006/12/01 | 6.90773267% | 8.23309185% |
| 2007/01/01 | 6.92429137% | 8.25058733% |
| 2007/02/01 | 6.93098534% | 8.26012738% |
| 2007/03/01 | 6.92370248% | 8.25057322% |
| 2007/04/01 | 6.93168459% | 8.26104630% |
| 2007/05/01 | 6.93916460% | 8.26959128% |
| 2007/06/01 | 6.94421702% | 8.27579656% |
| 2007/07/01 | 6.95254522% | 8.28352603% |
| 2007/08/01 | 6.95965731% | 8.29612414% |
| 2007/09/01 | 6.96862799% | 8.30963774% |
| 2007/10/01 | 6.97643610% | 8.31929073% |
| 2007/11/01 | 6.98588819% | 8.33185241% |
| 2007/12/01 | 6.99168775% | 8.34066256% |
| 2008/01/01 | 6.98297980% | 8.33096217% |
| 2008/02/01 | 6.98500857% | 8.33646925% |
| 2008/03/01 | 6.98116484% | 8.33468675% |
| 2008/04/01 | 6.98075878% | 8.33721383% |
| 2008/05/01 | 6.98664035% | 8.34876864% |
| 2008/06/01 | 6.99130283% | 8.35884428% |
| 2008/07/01 | 7.00642551% | 8.38315064% |
| 2008/08/01 | 7.00259547% | 8.38160478% |
| 2008/09/01 | 7.00219443% | 8.38438160% |
| 2008/10/01 | 7.00783934% | 8.39779394% |
| 2008/11/01 | 7.02305290% | 8.42628265% |
| 2008/12/01 | 7.03711398% | 8.45158531% |
| 2009/01/01 | 7.06268287% | 8.49421439% |
| 2009/02/01 | 7.08917651% | 8.53494612% |
| 2009/03/01 | 7.11171847% | 8.57174057% |
| 2009/04/01 | 7.12457785% | 8.60562115% |
| 2009/05/01 | 7.17283941% | 8.66398882% |
| 2009/06/01 | 7.20407197% | 8.70487598% |
| 2009/07/01 | 7.22034651% | 8.72465216% |
| 2009/08/01 | 7.20699995% | 8.71282356% |
| 2009/09/01 | 7.19621430% | 8.69600735% |
| 2009/10/01 | 7.18901951% | 8.69597588% |
| 2009/11/01 | 7.18127260% | 8.68741681% |
| 2009/12/01 | 7.17458188% | 8.67916608% |
| 2010/01/01 | 7.16957712% | 8.67269760% |
| 2010/02/01 | 7.16902549% | 8.67176057% |
| 2010/03/01 | 7.17404534% | 8.67912395% |
| 2010/04/01 | 7.16981132% | 8.67525025% |
| 2010/05/01 | 7.15411478% | 8.68300708% |
| 2010/06/01 | 7.16716747% | 8.68184519% |
| 2010/07/01 | 7.17588865% | 8.67867478% |
| 2010/08/01 | 7.19592184% | 8.69066921% |
| 2010/09/01 | 7.23667649% | 8.72741577% |
| 2010/10/01 | 7.24116534% | 8.73289665% |
| 2010/11/01 | 7.23847131% | 8.72679632% |
| 2010/12/01 | 7.25014341% | 8.73803949% |
| 2011/01/01 | 7.25337308% | 8.74081102% |
| 2011/02/01 | 7.26422513% | 8.74716162% |
| 2011/03/01 | 7.27885971% | 8.76036621% |
| 2011/04/01 | 7.28263266% | 8.76070174% |
| 2011/05/11 | 7.28998093% | 8.76303724% |
| 2011/06/11 | 7.29201432% | 8.76504376% |
| 2011/07/11 | 7.29661518% | 8.76013431% |
| 2011/08/11 | 7.31054640% | 8.77499455% |
| 2011/09/01 | 7.31957516% | 8.77914989% |
| 2011/10/11 | 7.33777214% | 8.79902959% |
| 2011/11/20 | 7.36700042% | 8.82974878% |
| 2011/12/30 | 7.37329479% | 8.83263289% |
| 2012/01/12 | 7.38174610% | 8.83771102% |
| 2012/02/12 | 7.39300223% | 8.84807220% |
| 2012/03/12 | 7.41420202% | 8.87003222% |
| 2012/04/12 | 7.41157208% | 8.86516070% |
| 2012/05/12 | 7.41198091% | 8.86255840% |
| 2012/06/12 | 7.41248666% | 8.86305209% |
| 2012/07/12 | 7.42071866% | 8.86987522% |
| 2012/08/12 | 7.45041375% | 8.90453639% |
| 2012/09/12 | 7.48352204% | 8.94217521% |
| 2012/10/12 | 7.48289973% | 8.93614191% |
| 2012/11/12 | 7.48780126% | 8.93874877% |
| 2012/12/12 | 7.51243855% | 8.96532834% |
| 2013/01/12 | 7.52678156% | 8.97817364% |
| 2013/02/12 | 7.53771921% | 8.98898450% |
| 2013/03/12 | 7.54359458% | 8.99237406% |
| 2013/04/12 | 7.55572727% | 9.00543812% |
| 2013/05/12 | 7.57627642% | 9.02557952% |
| 2013/06/12 | 7.59188465% | 9.04162261% |
| 2013/07/12 | 7.60961344% | 9.05918693% |
| 2013/08/12 | 7.61607483% | 9.06606379% |
| 2013/09/12 | 7.61630117% | 9.06513190% |
| 2013/10/12 | 7.62815882% | 9.07547121% |
| 2013/11/12 | 7.62881342% | 9.07297215% |
| 2013/12/12 | 7.63281051% | 9.07651829% |
| 2014/01/12 | 7.63681574% | 9.07775675% |
| 2014/02/12 | 7.64781034% | 9.08970908% |
| 2014/03/12 | 7.65837465% | 9.09997588% |
| 2014/04/12 | 7.66214887% | 9.10272713% |
| 2014/05/12 | 7.67366802% | 9.11365702% |
| 2014/06/12 | 7.67722180% | 9.11638890% |
| 2014/07/12 | 7.67905960% | 9.11685827% |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics public data series
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