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Table III. EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY - Boston |
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Historic Trends | ||||||
Date | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 |
Total Employed persons 14 yrs & over | ||||||
Total Employed persons 16 yrs & over | - | - | 266,505 | 256,047 | 288,704 | 285,859 |
Agr./Mining | 1,874 | 1,376 | 977 | 658 | 1,582 | 296 |
Construction | 19,978 | 17,908 | 11,730 | 8,132 | 11,416 | 10,848 |
Manufacturing | 101,892 | 88,102 | 46,646 | 36,521 | 28,602 | 17,297 |
Transp/Com/Pub.Uts. | 37,183 | 41,120 | 20,167 | 18,682 | 20,069 | 11,645 |
Trade | 147,585 | 126,978 | 51,693 | 43,137 | 47,882 | 29,892 |
Fin./Ins/RE | 51,917 | 57,980 | 24,479 | 23,079 | 31,239 | 29,799 |
Services | 89,004 | 105,485 | 145,080 | 105,013 | 131,867 | 158,725 |
Govt. | 84,966 | 95,673 | 81,571 | - | - | - |
Pub Admin | - | - | 19,366 | 20,825 | 16,047 | 14,682 |
Other | - | - | 3,031 | - | - | - |
Information | - | - | - | - | - | 12,675 |