The bar chart below illustrates the percentage of American adults in different fields of employment between 2003 and 2013.
Overall, it is clear that there was an increase in the percentage of adults working in education training, hotel industry, building, whereas a downward trend can be seen in the figures for those employing medical and business. In addition, the unemployment and self-employed rates grew significantly during the period.
The percentage of adult population working in education training started at 8% in 2003, after which it experienced a rise to 18% in 2013. Similar changes can be seen in the figures for those working in the construction and hotel industry, starting at 12% and 4% in 2003, and ending at 22% and 19% in 2013, respectively. Additionally, beginning at 13% in 2003, the proportion of self-employed people went up to 33% in 2013.
Conversely, 44% of adult population chose to work in the business sector in 2003, with a subsequent decline to 33% in 2013. Similarly, the figure for those who were self-employed started at 15% in 2003 and ended at 33% in 2013. An opposite trend can be observed in the statistics for adults without job.