Net U.S. jobs created or displaced by goods trade with China, by industry, 2001–2017
Total | Share of total jobs displaced | |
---|---|---|
Total* | -3,360,600 | |
Subtotal, nonmanufacturing | -860,100 | 25.6% |
Subtotal, manufacturing | -2,500,500 | 74.4% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 76,500 | -2.3% |
Mining | 1,300 | 0.0% |
Oil and gas | 4,400 | -0.1% |
Minerals and ores | -3,000 | 0.1% |
Utilities | -9,500 | 0.3% |
Construction | -13,500 | 0.4% |
Manufacturing | -2,500,500 | 74.4% |
Nondurable goods | -332,900 | 9.9% |
Food | -6,400 | 0.2% |
Beverage and tobacco products | 0 | 0.0% |
Textile mills and textile product mills | -119,100 | 3.5% |
Apparel | -169,000 | 5.0% |
Leather and allied products | -38,500 | 1.1% |
Industrial supplies | -226,700 | 6.7% |
Wood products | -29,600 | 0.9% |
Paper | -24,000 | 0.7% |
Printed matter and related products | -28,400 | 0.8% |
Petroleum and coal products | -900 | 0.0% |
Chemicals | -32,400 | 1.0% |
Plastics and rubber products | -78,700 | 2.3% |
Nonmetallic mineral products | -32,800 | 1.0% |
Durable goods | -1,940,800 | 57.8% |
Primary metals | -53,200 | 1.6% |
Fabricated metal products | -144,100 | 4.3% |
Machinery | -108,700 | 3.2% |
Computer and electronic parts | -1,209,900 | 36.0% |
Computer and peripheral equipment | -661,300 | 19.7% |
Communications, audio, and video equipment | -247,800 | 7.4% |
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments | -16,600 | 0.5% |
Semiconductors and other electronic components, and reproducing magnetic and optical media | -284,200 | 8.5% |
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | -145,300 | 4.3% |
Transportation equipment | -17,800 | 0.5% |
Motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts | -44,700 | 1.3% |
Aerospace products and parts | 32,500 | -1.0% |
Railroad, ship, and other transportation equipment | -5,700 | 0.2% |
Furniture and related products | -135,200 | 4.0% |
Miscellaneous manufactured commodities | -126,600 | 3.8% |
Wholesale trade | -184,000 | 5.5% |
Retail trade | -43,200 | 1.3% |
Transportation and warehousing | -92,700 | 2.8% |
Information | -43,100 | 1.3% |
Finance and insurance | -62,600 | 1.9% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | -12,300 | 0.4% |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | -104,400 | 3.1% |
Management of companies and enterprises | -122,900 | 3.7% |
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services | -161,700 | 4.8% |
Education services | -1,800 | 0.1% |
Healthcare and social assistance | -1,600 | 0.0% |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | -10,100 | 0.3% |
Accommodation and food services | -34,400 | 1.0% |
Other services (except public administration) | -26,700 | 0.8% |
Public administration | -13,600 | 0.4% |
* Subcategory and overall totals may vary slightly due to rounding.
Source: Authors’ analysis of U.S. Census Bureau 2013, U.S. International Trade Commission 2018, and Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program 2017a and 2017b. For a more detailed explanation of data sources and computations, see the appendix.