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Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, Seasonally adjusted:
Percent of all Employees

   
    Jan 1959    
 
 
    Sep 2019
Percent
Name Sep 2019 Aug 2019 Sep 2018
Total nonfarm 		49.9 49.9 49.7
Total private 		48.6 48.5 48.3
Goods-producing 		22.5 22.4 22.2
Mining and logging 		13.7 13.4 12.5
Construction 		13.0 13.0 12.9
Manufacturing 		28.6 28.4 28.1
Durable goods 		24.3 24.2 23.8
Nondurable goods 		35.8 35.6 35.4
Private service-providing 		53.7 53.6 53.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 		40.1 40.1 40.1
Wholesale trade 		30.2 30.1 29.9
Retail trade 		49.5 49.5 49.7
Transportation and warehousing 		25.7 25.6 24.9
Utilities 		24.0 24.0 23.3
Information 		39.9 40.0 39.5
Financial activities 		56.4 56.4 56.5
Professional and business services 		45.6 45.6 45.3
Education and health services 		77.3 77.3 77.2
Leisure and hospitality 		53.2 53.0 52.7
Other services 		53.3 53.4 53.2
Government 		57.8 57.8 57.6
   

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