The line graph highlights data regarding the quantity of US professions in four various sectors of the economy over 60 years, starting from 1960. The measurement is given in millions.
Overall, it is clear that figures for healthcare and retail went up, albeit both agriculture and manufacturing experienced a negligible decrease. While the agriculture sector within retail reached its highest point at the end of the period.
In detail, healthcare and retail showed a similar pattern of growth. There was a sharp increase in the number of US healthcare professionals, from approximately 5 in 1960; it almost tripled throughout the process and reached a peak in 2020, just over 15. Meanwhile, the number for retail rose sharply and became nearly half of retail in 1980; it continued growing and caught up, reaching the same peak within retail at the end.
In contrast, despite an initial marginal increase in the amount of manufacturing from 15 to 20 in five years, in the meantime, after a slight decline to under 5, the agriculture sector plateaued until 2000. Similarly, from 2000, both manufacturing and agriculture were going down to an all-time low in 2020.