The line graph illustrates the situation of employment in four different economic sectors in the US over six decades from 1960 to 2020.
Overall, while the number of jobs created in manufacturing and agriculture saw a downward trend, the opposite was true for the others. Additionally, the economy in this country depended mostly on all fields except agriculture.
In 1960, the number of jobs in manufacturing stood at 15 million. In the next 20 years, this figure increased significantly to 20 million before decreasing sharply to 13 million in 2020. Starting at just 3 million, people employed in the healthcare sector soared to above 15 million in the last year, becoming one of the two fields with the highest number of jobs at the end of the period.
Turning to retail and agriculture, both sectors offered 6 million to employees in 1960. The number of jobs in retail experienced a dramatic rise to 15 million between 1960 and 2000. It continued to grow marginally to above 15 million over the last 20 years. However, agriculture created fewer jobs than retail with 3 million from 1960 to 2000 and fell to 2 million in 2020.