Today's Labor Force - Employment By Industry
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In December 2005, according to BLS preliminary data, 113 million people were employed in service-providing industries, with 90.7 million of them employed in the private sector. These figures include 12.5 million employees who worked in ambulatory health care centers, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities providing health care services; 1.2 million workers who were employed in legal services; 858,200 who worked for accounting and bookkeeping services; about three million employees who provided education services; and 15.7 million employees who occupied retail trade positions. The leisure and hospitality industry accounted for 12.5 million jobs. (See Table 1.17.) A service industry, which provides a service to the economy but employs more than service workers, differs from a service occupation. For example, a restaurant is a service industry. It may employ workers involved in service, such as waiters, but also employs secretaries, managers, and accountants, whose occupations are not considered service occupations.
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