The line illustrates the number of employees in four different sectors of the economy of the US in 1960 and 2020.
Overall, while the number of employees in healthcare and retail increased, the opposite was true for manufacturing and agriculture. It’s also apparent that healthcare and retail took the lead from manufacturing and then became the most chosen works over the period.
Focusing on increases first, starting just around 3 million employees in 1960, the number of workers in healthcare is increased, averagely, slowly to 5 million in 1980 and after that the market share of this job got even bigger in 2000 booming above 10 million nurses, and finally reaching its highest point in 2020 with just above 15 million nurses. Furthermore, the retail almost exactly mirrored this rising trend, beginning with 5 million workers to just over 15 million by the end of the period.
With regard to decreases, in 1960, manufacturing was the most chosen job for majority of people. Despite a rapid increase in 1980 to around 20 million workers. This figure witnessed gradual decrease until the end of the period, finishing with around 12 million employees. On the other hand, just above 5 million people chose to work in agriculture. This trend then decline consistently until 2020, leaving only with 2 million people working in this field.