Table 6
Service occupation employment share, 1949–2007
| 1949 | 1959 | 1969 | 1973 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | 2005 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service occupations (employment shares) | |||||||||
| Current Population Survey | 13.8% | 13.5% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 15.0% | 15.1% | |||
| Decennial Census/ACS* | 13.4% | 14.1% | – | 14.2% | 14.5% | 15.6% | – | 18.0% | |
| Occupation Employment Survey (OES) | 17.6% | 19.0% | 19.2% | ||||||
| Decennial Census/ACS** | 11.6% | 12.6% | 12.9% | 13.2% | 13.0% | ||||
| Service occupations (hours shares) | |||||||||
| Current Population Survey | 11.8% | 11.5% | 12.3% | 12.4% | 13.5% | 13.6% | |||
| Service occupations, excluding public safety (hours shares) | |||||||||
| All education groups | |||||||||
| Current Population Survey | – | – | – | 10.8% | 10.5% | 11.3% | 11.4% | 12.4% | 12.6% |
| Decennial Census/ACS | 10.7% | – | 10.7% | – | 9.9% | 10.5% | 11.6% | 12.9% | – |
| High school or less | |||||||||
| Current Population Survey | – | – | – | 13.7% | 13.7% | 16.3% | 17.9% | 19.5% | 19.8% |
| Decennial Census/ACS | 12.2% | – | 13.3% | – | 12.9% | 15.6% | 17.9% | 19.8% | – |
* Acemoglu and Autor.
** Katz and Margo.
Source: Decennial Census/ACS employment is from Acemoglu and Autor 2011 Table 2, rescaled to sum to 100. CPS is our ORG data, employment and hours, adjusted for coding changes 1982–1983 and 2002–2003 Decennial Census/ACS hours shares is Autor and Dorn (2012). Decennial Census/ACS data is from Katz and Margo (2013, Table 6). OES data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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