The table illustrates the proportion of employment patterns across six various sectors namely, manufacturing, retail,health care, construction, education and tourism in Australia during a 20-year period. Overall,the percentage of employees experienced an upward trend for industries with the exception of those working in manufacturing and retail, which saw a decline. Noticeably, while the figures for manufacturing sector was the highest in 1989, employees from retail took the lead by 2009.
Focusing on the first given year, the largest proportion of employees worked in manufacturing, constituting about 15%. Closely followed by 11.8% for retail. The share of employees from retail was ranked third with 9.8%. Construction secured the next spot with 7.6% Whereas, education and tourism came last with only 7.5% and 7.3%, making them the least common career option during a 20 year period.
By stark contrast, by 2009, health care employed the highest share of workers at 11.3%, after undergoing a steady increase. Meanwhile, the percentage of retail workers dropped to 10.1%, though it remained the second-largest sector. Manufacturing experienced the most significant drop, falling to 9.8%. The remaining industries all registered modest growth, with construction reaching 8.3%, education rising to 7.5%, and tourism expanding to 7.3%.