The graph illustrates the employment figures across four sectors of the economy in the US between 1960 and 2020.
Overall, retail and healthcare showed a great rise in the given period, while manufacturing and agriculture experienced a slight decline. By 2020 retail and healthcare had emerged as the largest sector.
In 1960, both retail and agriculture accounted for an identical number of approximately 6 millions jobs. After 1960, the figure for retail started to increase, reaching around 10 million jobs in 1980. However, the trend for agriculture was opposite, dropping to about 2.5 million jobs. By 2020, retail’s number skyrocketed to around 16 million jobs, making it among the largest sector.
Turning to manufacturing and healthcare. In 1960, manufacturing was the largest sector, having 15 million jobs. Healthcare saw substantial growth in the given period, starting at approximately 2 million jobs. By 2020, healthcare reached to about 16 million jobs, emerging as one of the largest sector. Manufacturing peaked at 20 million jobs in 1980, becoming absolute leader in this period. However, after 1980, manufacturing declined about to 13 millions jobs.
