Inquiring minds are investigating job creation and losses during the economic recovery. Data for following Tableau Software interactive map is courtesy of Economic Modeling Specialists.



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Description 2007 Jobs 2008 Jobs 2009 Jobs 2010 Jobs 2011 Jobs 2012 Jobs Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 1,922,790 1,869,078 1,839,432 1,834,643 1,859,107 1,857,019 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 677,207 729,813 658,373 667,226 745,595 784,070 Utilities 549,539 557,983 560,714 551,287 549,921 556,529 Construction 9,954,961 9,423,176 8,214,435 7,633,863 7,607,315 7,594,530 Manufacturing 14,093,901 13,629,742 12,051,829 11,712,063 11,920,262 12,116,646 Wholesale Trade 6,180,035 6,133,949 5,738,315 5,634,236 5,711,683 5,817,036 Retail Trade 16,279,661 16,040,307 15,262,809 15,158,575 15,338,727 15,427,475 Transportation and Warehousing 4,942,074 4,904,568 4,601,110 4,544,128 4,664,351 4,763,272 Information 3,181,035 3,129,245 2,949,820 2,838,954 2,808,734 2,801,533 Finance and Insurance 6,462,141 6,308,789 6,058,519 5,976,245 6,042,862 6,081,019 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 2,767,868 2,699,430 2,553,130 2,477,330 2,439,220 2,467,061 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 8,970,748 9,110,964 8,789,436 8,744,022 8,951,222 9,202,138 Management of Companies and Enterprises 1,839,616 1,895,417 1,855,139 1,854,778 1,914,543 1,949,283 Admin and Support and Waste Management 9,301,860 8,892,117 8,081,998 8,311,872 8,626,800 8,934,731 Educational Services (Private) 3,317,313 3,413,586 3,504,764 3,575,972 3,666,851 3,760,523 Health Care and Social Assistance 16,304,386 16,716,857 17,036,693 17,301,036 17,506,396 17,848,232 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 2,375,489 2,389,692 2,337,992 2,313,773 2,336,448 2,342,772 Accommodation and Food Services 11,615,709 11,643,560 11,306,013 11,322,307 11,588,412 11,875,069 Other Services (except Public Administration) 7,502,059 7,522,620 7,451,832 7,398,326 7,478,030 7,525,044 Government 24,187,207 24,510,271 24,568,231 24,561,911 24,253,390 24,152,210 Unclassified Industry 216,926 208,532 173,872 152,667 173,741 186,339 Total 152,642,524 151,729,695 145,594,456 144,565,212 146,183,610 148,042,530

Description 2012 - 2007 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting -65,771 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 106,863 Utilities 6,990 Construction -2,360,431 Manufacturing -1,977,255 Wholesale Trade -362,999 Retail Trade -852,186 Transportation and Warehousing -178,802 Information -379,502 Finance and Insurance -381,122 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing -300,807 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 231,390 Management of Companies and Enterprises 109,667 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services -367,129 Educational Services (Private) 443,210 Health Care and Social Assistance 1,543,846 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation -32,717 Accommodation and Food Services 259,360 Other Services (except Public Administration) 22,985 Government -34,997 Unclassified Industry -30,587 Total -4,599,994

Healthcare gained jobs every year since 2007, a total of 1,543,846

1,543,846 Private Education Services gained every year since 2007, a total of 443,210

Mining and Quarrying gained every year since 2007, a total of 106,863

Construction lost jobs every year since 2007, a total of -2,360,431

Information lost jobs every year since 2007, a total of -379,502

Government lost jobs every year since 200, a total of -34,997

Real Estate lost jobs every year from 2007-2011, a total of -300,807 since 2007

Manufacturing has gained jobs two consecutive years but the 2007-2012 total is -1,977,255

Retail Trade has gained jobs two consecutive years but the 2007-2012 total is -852,186

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The three largest net losers (construction, manufacturing, retail trade) have a net combined total of -5,189,872 since 2007. Most of those jobs are lost and gone forever.Another 300,807 real estate jobs are lost and gone forever, as are 381,122 Finance and Insurance jobs, and 379,502 Information jobs.Data is yearly, so the period 2007-2012 is from the beginning of 2007 to the end of 2012. Snapshots below are from end-of year numbers.Data is from multiple sources as explained below so it will not exactly match BLS reported numbers.Thanks toand Mike Klaczynski atfor this post.Mike "Mish" Shedlockhttp://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com