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Industries with Largest Employment

These are the industries with the largest employment in 2018. Select any industry to see a full report on the industry from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

We found 294 industries in United States.

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Rank	Industry	2018 Employment
Rank	Industry	1	Elementary and secondary schools; local	7,409,600
2	Local government, excluding education and hospitals	5,838,900
3	Full-service restaurants	5,539,000
4	General medical and surgical hospitals; private	4,724,400
5	General merchandise stores	3,104,900
6	Temporary help services	3,012,200
7	Grocery and specialty food stores	2,926,500
8	Offices of physicians	2,620,600
9	Management of companies and enterprises	2,371,800
10	State government, excluding education and hospitals	2,309,000

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