The graph illustrates trends in the employment rate of three categories- agriculture,manufacturing and services- in the USA, from 1875 to 2025.
Overall, it is noticeable that there were downward trends in both the agriculture and the manufacturing, while the services experienced a upward trend over the period in the question.
Looking at the information in more detail, the number of workers in agriculture started at 80% in 1875, a figure that then declined significantly to around 25% in 1960.Despite a moderate fall from about 25% to 5 % in 2000, the number of workers remained stable by 2025.
Starting at 10%, the number of employes working in manufacturing rose gradually to 50% between 1875 and 1960,before a significant decline to just 20% over a five-year period.Then,the figure slightly decreased to its initial number until 2025.
The trend of services stayed constant at 10% until 1925.The number of employees in services increased considerably from 10% to 70% in 1975, and this was followed by a further growth to peak at about 85% in the final year.
