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.

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