The line graph compares how many jobs there were in four sectors of the US economy from 1960 to 2020.
Overall, manufacturing and agriculture experienced a downward trend. However, retail and healthcare were significantly developed throughout the period, and in the end, they reached the same point.
In 1960, manufacturing-related jobs accounted for 15 million, and a decade later, they reached a peak of 20 million. Despite being the most populous, it was overtaken by retail and healthcare services after the 2000s, and at the end of the period, this sector had roughly 13 million jobs. Similarly, agricultural workers also experienced a constant decline of 2 million until 2020 (from 5 million).
The other two sectors—retail and healthcare—bucked the foregoing trend. They both started the period relatively lower but witnessed drastic growth, with their respective figures starting at about 5 and 2 million in 1960. However, by 2020, they both had well above 15 million jobs, which were the dominant economic sectors in the US.