Employment by Major Industry Group

North Carolina Occupational Trends

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Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Employment
in 2008 and Projected to 2018

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Industry
Air Transportation	12,710	13,510	0.60
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers	43,250	49,200	1.30
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores	39,200	41,700	0.60
Couriers and Messengers	14,890	15,080	0.10
Electronics and Appliance Stores	16,640	17,840	0.70
Food and Beverage Stores	74,140	79,580	0.70
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	18,280	19,040	0.40
Gasoline Stations	27,990	29,000	0.40
General Merchandise Stores	98,040	109,720	1.10
Health and Personal Care Stores	31,020	37,000	1.80
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	93,400	96,860	0.40
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	59,050	62,620	0.60
Miscellaneous Store Retailers	26,030	26,590	0.20
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	60,610	66,200	0.90
Nonstore Retailers	10,750	11,300	0.50
Postal services	21,060	19,500	-0.80
Rail Transportation	3,030	2,830	-0.70
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores	16,860	18,500	0.90
Support Activities for Transportation	13,910	16,300	1.60
Transit and Ground Passenger Transport	5,040	6,010	1.80
Truck Transportation	45,540	48,140	0.60
Utilities	12,730	12,250	-0.40
Warehousing and Storage	17,790	19,650	1.00
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	28,840	32,870	1.30