Appendix Table 3
Employment shares by gender and industry, 1979, 2024, and percentage point change
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 2024 | Ppt. change | 1979 | 2024 | Ppt. change | |
| Agriculture, mining, forestry and fisheries | 5.4% | 2.3% | -3.1 | 2.0% | 1.4% | -0.6 |
| Communications and utilities | 3.8% | 3.5% | -0.3 | 2.4% | 1.7% | -0.7 |
| Construction | 10.3% | 13.2% | 2.9 | 1.3% | 1.9% | 0.6 |
| Educational | 5.3% | 5.1% | -0.2 | 14.5% | 13.8% | -0.8 |
| Entertainment and recreation | 3.2% | 6.6% | 3.4 | 6.9% | 7.2% | 0.3 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate. Business, auto, repair, and other professional services | 12.2% | 25.0% | 12.9 | 14.7% | 21.8% | 7.1 |
| Manufacturing, durable goods | 18.8% | 8.7% | -10.1 | 8.9% | 3.4% | -5.5 |
| Manufacturing, nondurable goods | 9.7% | 4.1% | -5.6 | 9.0% | 2.9% | -6.1 |
| Personal services, including private household | 0.9% | 0.9% | -0.1 | 4.3% | 3.4% | -0.9 |
| Public administration | 7.0% | 5.5% | -1.5 | 4.6% | 5.3% | 0.7 |
| Retail trade | 8.7% | 9.0% | 0.3 | 11.6% | 8.8% | -2.8 |
| Social Services | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2 | 1.8% | 3.9% | 2.1 |
| Transportation | 5.8% | 7.4% | 1.6 | 2.0% | 2.9% | 0.9 |
| Wholesale trade | 5.3% | 2.6% | -2.6 | 2.5% | 1.3% | -1.2 |
| Hospital and medical | 3.1% | 5.4% | 2.3 | 13.6% | 20.3% | 6.7 |
Source: EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey (CPS) basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 2025.6.11, https://microdata.epi.org.
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