The line graph compares how many employments there were in particular fields in the USA, measured in millions, from 1960 to 2020.
In general, the figure for Manufacturing and Agriculture recorded a continuous decline, while the number of jobs in the field of Retail and Healthcare increased markedly even surpassed the Manufacturing, which once was a dominant.
In 1960, Manufacturing-related jobs accounted for 15 millions and a decade later it reached a peak of 20 millions. Despite being the most populous, it was overtaken by Retail and Healthcare services after 2000’s and at the end of the period this sector had roughly 13 millions jobs. Similarly, Agricultural workers also experienced a constantly decline by 2 millions until 2020 (from 5 millions).
The other two sectors-Retail and Healthcare- bucked the foregoing trend. They both started the period relatively lower but witnessed a drastic growth, with their respective figures starting at about 5 and 2 millions in 1960. However, by 2020, they both had well above 15 millions employments, which were the dominant economy sectors in the US.