Table III. Employees by Major Category
Five City/Town Comparison
 
  Boston % Brookline % Cambridge % Newton % Chelsea %
Employees by Major Category 617,092 % base 24,585 % base 126,085 % base 55,163 % base 18,947 % base
 
Agricultural, Forestry, Fishing 1,941 0% 114 0% 306 0% 210 0% 17 0%
Mining 132 0% 0 0% 7 0% 0 0% 4 0%
Construction 12,957 2% 611 2% 2,930 2% 2,089 4% 421 2%
Manufacturing 25,966 4% 206 1% 6,561 5% 3,640 7% 1,314 7%
Transport & Communications 23,697 4% 484 2% 2,310 2% 1,852 3% 1,757 9%
Wholesale Trade 13,765 2% 181 1% 1,270 1% 1,570 3% 1,764 9%
Retail Trade 72,499 12% 6,190 25% 16,790 13% 9,393 17% 3,793 20%
Finance, Insur. & Real Estate 97,904 16% 1,605 7% 5,896 5% 3,904 7% 672 4%
Services 318,879 52% 14,086 57% 83,699 66% 30,675 56% 5,971 32%
Public Admin. 41,529 7% 801 3% 4,315 3% 1,403 3% 3,155 17%
Unclassified 7,823 1% 307 1% 2,001 2% 427 1% 79 0%
 
Top 5 Categories Services 52% Services 57% Services 66% Services 56% Services 32%
  FIRE 16% Retail Trade 25% Retail Trade 13% Retail Trade 17% Retail Trade 20%
  Retail Trade 12% FIRE 7% Manuf. 5% FIRE 7% Pub. Admin. 17%
  Pub. Admin. 7% Pub. Admin. 3% FIRE 5% Manuf. 7% Whol.Trade 9%
  Manuf. 4% Construction 2% Pub. Admin. 3% Construction 4% Trans. & Com. 9%
 
Data: AGS 2009 Courtesy: Tetrad Computer Applications

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