Employment by Major Sector (millions)

	Percent Small Business	Last Five Years					Last Five Months
	Percent Small Business	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Nov-03	Dec-03	Jan-04	Feb-04	Mar-04
Goods-producing Industries	54.1	24.47	24.65	23.88	22.56	21.82	21.69	21.67	21.70	21.68	21.77
Natural resources and mining	50.6	0.60	0.60	0.61	0.58	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.58
Construction	85.1	6.54	6.79	6.83	6.72	6.72	6.77	6.77	6.81	6.79	6.86
Manufacturing	41.6	17.32	17.27	16.44	15.26	14.52	14.34	14.32	14.31	14.32	14.33
Service-producing Industries	49.2	104.53	107.14	107.96	107.79	108.12	108.34	108.37	108.50	108.59	108.85
Trade, transportation and utilities	47.1	25.77	26.22	25.99	25.50	25.28	25.26	25.21	25.31	25.33	25.41
Wholesale trade	62.9	5.89	5.93	5.77	5.65	5.61	5.59	5.60	5.61	5.61	5.62
Retail trade	43.4	14.97	15.28	15.24	15.02	14.92	14.92	14.88	14.94	14.96	15.01
Information	26.5	3.42	3.63	3.63	3.39	3.20	3.17	3.18	3.16	3.17	3.17
Financial activities	40.2	7.65	7.69	7.81	7.85	7.97	7.99	7.98	7.98	7.99	8.00
Professional and business services	44.2	15.95	16.67	16.48	15.98	15.99	16.11	16.16	16.17	16.20	16.25
Education and health services	47.5	14.79	15.11	15.65	16.20	16.58	16.71	16.73	16.75	16.67	16.81
Leisure and hospitality	61.2	11.54	11.86	12.03	11.99	12.13	12.18	12.19	12.22	12.23	12.26
Other services	85.5	5.09	5.17	5.26	5.37	5.39	5.38	5.37	5.38	5.38	5.39
Government	0	20.31	20.79	21.12	21.51	21.57	21.54	21.54	21.53	21.54	21.57

Note: Seasonally adjusted. All annual figures represent mean. Shaded area represents a recession. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code equivalents for each sector
Sources: Office of Advocacy, using data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment by Major Sector (millions) - First Quarter 2004