The line graph illustrates the number of employees in four different sectors of the US economy, from 1960 to 2020.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that while employment rate in manufacturing and agriculture sectors has witnessed slight decline, both retail and healthcare numbers experienced upward trends during the period given. Additionally, the latter two figures reached the same level of approximately 15 million jobs by 2020.
To begin with, the number of people working in manufacturing industry was the largest out of all four – 15 million jobs precisely. It has been increasing for twenty years, but after hitting a peak of 20 million individuals in 1980, it fell to roughly 12.5 million as the period ended. Similarly, the agriculture sector also witnessed a downward trend and the figure dropped from nearly 6 million to almost zero workers. Unlike manufacturing, it remained relatively stable after 1980 with some minor fluctuations.
At the same time, retail became more popular with the employees and shifted from around 5 to over 15 million people in the field. Healthcare was also increasing steadily for 60 years and ended up having the exact same number of 15 million as well as retail did.
