Employment by industry, occupation, and percent distribution, 2008 and projected 2018.

29-1111 Registered nurses

(Employment in thousands)
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2008 2018
Percent Employment
Industry Percent Percent Percent Percent
Employment Employment change change
of ind of occ of ind of occ

TOT001 Total employment, all workers 2618.7 1.74 100.00 3200.2 1.93 100.00 22.20 581.5
WSE100 Total wage and salary employment 2602.0 1.87 99.36 3182.0 2.07 99.43 22.29 580.0
Wage and salary employment, except agriculture, forestry, fishing,
WSE110 hunting, and private households 2600.5 1.90 99.30 3180.4 2.10 99.38 22.30 579.9
220000 Utilities 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.0 0.01 0.00 -15.66 0.0
221000 Utilities 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.0 0.01 0.00 -15.66 0.0
221100 Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.0 0.01 0.00 -15.66 0.0
310000-330000 Manufacturing 2.2 0.02 0.08 2.0 0.02 0.06 -8.50 -0.2
311000 Food manufacturing 0.3 0.02 0.01 0.4 0.02 0.01 6.28 0.0
311600 Animal slaughtering and processing 0.3 0.05 0.01 0.3 0.06 0.01 8.09 0.0
313000 Textile mills 0.1 0.03 0.00 0.0 0.03 0.00 -45.31 0.0
322000 Paper manufacturing 0.1 0.03 0.01 0.1 0.03 0.00 -29.18 0.0
322100 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills 0.1 0.08 0.00 0.1 0.08 0.00 -34.36 0.0
325000 Chemical manufacturing 0.3 0.04 0.01 0.3 0.04 0.01 -7.31 0.0
325100 Basic chemical manufacturing 0.1 0.05 0.00 0.1 0.05 0.00 -33.16 0.0
Resin, synthetic rubber, and artificial synthetic fibers and
325200 filaments manufacturing 0.1 0.06 0.00 0.1 0.06 0.00 -9.12 0.0
325400 Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 0.2 0.05 0.01 0.2 0.05 0.01 5.35 0.0
331000 Primary metal manufacturing 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 -7.17 0.0
332000 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.1 0.01 0.00 -8.72 0.0
332900 Other fabricated metal product manufacturing 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 -7.57 0.0
333000 Machinery manufacturing 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.1 0.01 0.00 -4.86 0.0
334000 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 0.2 0.01 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.00 -15.14 0.0
Semiconductor and other electronic component
334400 manufacturing 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.0 0.01 0.00 -31.80 0.0
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control
334500 instruments manufacturing 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.13 0.0

335000 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 -13.18 0.0
336000 Transportation equipment manufacturing 0.5 0.03 0.02 0.4 0.03 0.01 -11.82 -0.1
336100 Motor vehicle manufacturing 0.1 0.06 0.00 0.1 0.06 0.00 -15.35 0.0
336300 Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 0.2 0.04 0.01 0.2 0.04 0.01 -15.93 0.0
336400 Aerospace product and parts manufacturing 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.62 0.0
339000 Miscellaneous manufacturing 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.1 0.01 0.00 23.02 0.0
420000 Wholesale trade 1.6 0.03 0.06 1.9 0.03 0.06 15.54 0.2
423000 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 0.6 0.02 0.02 0.6 0.02 0.02 -0.81 0.0
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies
423400 merchant wholesalers 0.4 0.06 0.01 0.4 0.06 0.01 -3.86 0.0
424000 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 1.0 0.05 0.04 1.3 0.06 0.04 24.38 0.3
424200 Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 1.0 0.48 0.04 1.3 0.51 0.04 24.86 0.2
440000-450000 Retail trade 1.6 0.01 0.06 2.0 0.01 0.06 22.24 0.4
446000 Health and personal care stores 1.3 0.12 0.05 1.6 0.13 0.05 24.82 0.3
446100 Health and personal care stores 1.3 0.12 0.05 1.6 0.13 0.05 24.82 0.3
446110 Pharmacies and drug stores 1.1 0.15 0.04 1.4 0.16 0.04 27.73 0.3
454000 Nonstore retailers 0.4 0.08 0.01 0.4 0.10 0.01 13.45 0.0
454100 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.4 0.15 0.01 0.4 0.15 0.01 13.45 0.0
480000-490000 Transportation and warehousing 0.2 0.00 0.01 0.2 0.00 0.01 20.46 0.0
481000 Air transportation 0.1 0.03 0.00 0.2 0.03 0.00 22.50 0.0
481200 Nonscheduled air transportation 0.1 0.25 0.00 0.1 0.27 0.00 23.17 0.0
510000 Information 0.2 0.01 0.01 0.3 0.01 0.01 23.49 0.0
511000 Publishing industries (except Internet) 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.1 0.01 0.00 -2.01 0.0
511110 Newspaper publishers 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.0 0.02 0.00 -20.00 0.0
Data processing, hosting, related services, and other
518000-9000 information services 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 51.32 0.0
518000 Data processing, hosting and related services 0.1 0.03 0.00 0.1 0.03 0.00 53.71 0.0
518200 Data processing, hosting, and related services 0.1 0.03 0.00 0.1 0.03 0.00 53.71 0.0
520000 Finance and insurance 24.9 0.41 0.95 25.5 0.40 0.80 2.32 0.6
524000 Insurance carriers and related activities 24.4 1.06 0.93 24.9 1.05 0.78 1.94 0.5
524100 Insurance carriers 20.1 1.43 0.77 19.6 1.46 0.61 -2.43 -0.5
524120 Direct insurance (except life, health, and medical) carriers 1.6 0.28 0.06 1.5 0.29 0.05 -4.89 -0.1
524200 Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities 4.3 0.48 0.17 5.3 0.51 0.17 22.14 1.0
524210 Insurance agencies and brokerages 0.3 0.05 0.01 0.4 0.05 0.01 13.57 0.0
524290 Other insurance related activities 4.0 1.69 0.15 4.9 1.76 0.15 22.88 0.9
525100 Insurance and employee benefit funds 0.5 0.92 0.02 0.5 0.95 0.02 21.40 0.1
530000 Real estate and rental and leasing 1.3 0.06 0.05 1.5 0.06 0.05 15.13 0.2
531000 Real estate 0.9 0.06 0.03 1.0 0.06 0.03 15.91 0.1
531100 Lessors of real estate 0.7 0.12 0.03 0.8 0.13 0.03 15.25 0.1
532000 Rental and leasing services 0.4 0.06 0.01 0.4 0.07 0.01 12.15 0.0
532200-300 Consumer goods rental and general rental centers 0.4 0.12 0.01 0.4 0.14 0.01 12.45 0.0
532200 Consumer goods rental 0.4 0.15 0.01 0.4 0.16 0.01 12.45 0.0
540000 Professional, scientific, and technical services 8.2 0.10 0.31 13.1 0.13 0.41 59.56 4.9
541000 Professional, scientific, and technical services 8.2 0.10 0.31 13.1 0.13 0.41 59.56 4.9
541100 Legal services 0.2 0.02 0.01 0.3 0.02 0.01 37.68 0.1
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll
541200 services 0.9 0.09 0.03 1.0 0.09 0.03 17.78 0.2
541300 Architectural, engineering, and related services 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.1 0.01 0.00 22.37 0.0
541380 Testing laboratories 0.1 0.03 0.00 0.1 0.04 0.00 13.92 0.0

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541500 Computer systems design and related services 0.2 0.02 0.01 0.3 0.02 0.01 45.24 0.1
541600 Management, scientific, and technical consulting services 4.1 0.41 0.16 7.9 0.43 0.25 92.06 3.8
541700 Scientific research and development services 2.4 0.39 0.09 3.1 0.40 0.10 29.33 0.7
Research and development in the physical, engineering,
541710 and life sciences 2.4 0.42 0.09 3.1 0.43 0.10 29.84 0.7
Research and development in the social sciences and
541720 humanities 0.1 0.10 0.00 0.1 0.10 0.00 9.93 0.0
541900 Other professional, scientific, and technical services 0.2 0.04 0.01 0.3 0.04 0.01 16.03 0.0
550000 Management of companies and enterprises 9.6 0.51 0.37 10.4 0.52 0.32 8.11 0.8
551000 Management of companies and enterprises 9.6 0.51 0.37 10.4 0.52 0.32 8.11 0.8
551100 Management of companies and enterprises 9.6 0.51 0.37 10.4 0.52 0.32 8.11 0.8
Administrative and support and waste management and
560000 remediation services 91.7 1.14 3.50 113.4 1.20 3.54 23.73 21.8
561000 Administrative and support services 91.7 1.19 3.50 113.4 1.26 3.54 23.72 21.7
561100 Office administrative services 5.6 1.38 0.21 6.9 1.43 0.22 24.82 1.4
561200 Facilities support services 0.6 0.49 0.02 0.9 0.51 0.03 38.02 0.2
561300 Employment services 84.9 2.70 3.24 104.9 2.80 3.28 23.58 20.0
561400 Business support services 0.4 0.05 0.01 0.5 0.05 0.01 22.91 0.1
561420 Telephone call centers 0.3 0.07 0.01 0.4 0.08 0.01 20.49 0.1
561900 Other support services 0.2 0.07 0.01 0.2 0.07 0.01 9.51 0.0
610000 Educational services, public and private 88.0 0.65 3.36 98.8 0.65 3.09 12.29 10.8
611000 Educational services, public and private 88.0 0.65 3.36 98.8 0.65 3.09 12.29 10.8
620000 Health care and social assistance 2211.0 13.13 84.43 2729.0 13.08 85.28 23.43 518.0
621000-3000 Health care 2192.4 15.29 83.72 2704.8 15.40 84.52 23.37 512.4
621000 Ambulatory health care services 459.9 8.12 17.56 662.6 8.63 20.71 44.07 202.7
621100-300 Offices of health practitioners 235.6 6.34 9.00 348.8 7.01 10.90 48.08 113.3
621100 Offices of physicians 220.8 9.75 8.43 327.3 10.77 10.23 48.21 106.5
621200 Offices of dentists 1.3 0.15 0.05 1.6 0.15 0.05 24.44 0.3
621300 Offices of other health practitioners 13.5 2.15 0.52 20.0 2.25 0.62 48.17 6.5
621310 Offices of chiropractors 0.3 0.24 0.01 0.4 0.25 0.01 35.33 0.1
621320 Offices of optometrists 0.3 0.25 0.01 0.3 0.26 0.01 25.77 0.1
Offices of mental health practitioners (except
621330 physicians) 1.0 1.70 0.04 1.4 1.66 0.04 38.70 0.4
Offices of physical, occupational and speech
621340 therapists, and audiologists 3.8 1.49 0.14 6.1 1.57 0.19 63.68 2.4
621390 Offices of all other health practitioners 8.2 8.68 0.31 11.7 9.09 0.37 43.41 3.6
621600 Home health care services 132.4 13.82 5.06 176.4 12.61 5.51 33.26 44.0
621400, 500, 900 Outpatient, laboratory, and other ambulatory care 92.0 9.29 3.51 137.4 10.58 4.29 49.35 45.4
621400 Outpatient care centers 79.3 14.90 3.03 123.3 16.71 3.85 55.42 44.0
Outpatient mental health and substance abuse
621420 centers 6.3 3.72 0.24 6.3 3.55 0.20 0.72 0.0
621500 Medical and diagnostic laboratories 2.2 0.99 0.08 2.9 0.94 0.09 33.19 0.7
621900 Other ambulatory health care services 10.5 4.40 0.40 11.2 4.40 0.35 6.82 0.7
621910 Ambulance services 2.6 1.87 0.10 2.9 1.94 0.09 12.09 0.3
621990 All other ambulatory health care services 7.9 7.90 0.30 8.3 7.91 0.26 5.09 0.4
622000 Hospitals, public and private 1570.0 27.70 59.95 1844.2 29.56 57.63 17.47 274.2
623000 Nursing and residential care facilities 162.5 5.40 6.20 198.0 5.43 6.19 21.86 35.5
623100 Nursing care facilities 124.7 7.73 4.76 156.4 7.79 4.89 25.44 31.7
623200-900 Residential care facilities 37.8 2.71 1.44 41.6 2.54 1.30 10.03 3.8
Residential mental retardation, mental health and
623200 substance abuse facilities 10.1 1.86 0.39 10.5 1.67 0.33 3.66 0.4
623210 Residential mental retardation facilities 5.9 1.64 0.23 5.9 1.41 0.18 -0.52 0.0
Residential mental health and substance abuse
623220 facilities 4.1 2.30 0.16 4.5 2.18 0.14 9.67 0.4
623300 Community care facilities for the elderly 25.5 3.73 0.98 28.6 3.50 0.89 12.07 3.1
623900 Other residential care facilities 2.2 1.30 0.08 2.5 1.31 0.08 15.73 0.3
624000 Social assistance 18.6 0.74 0.71 24.2 0.73 0.75 30.14 5.6
Individual, family, community, and vocational rehabilitation
624100-300 services 17.7 1.07 0.68 23.1 1.00 0.72 30.85 5.5
624100 Individual and family services 14.7 1.32 0.56 19.3 1.18 0.60 31.42 4.6
624120 Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities 10.5 1.79 0.40 14.2 1.40 0.44 35.66 3.7
624200-300 Community and vocational rehabilitation services 3.0 0.56 0.12 3.9 0.58 0.12 28.07 0.8
Community food and housing, and emergency and
624200 other relief services 0.7 0.52 0.03 0.9 0.54 0.03 25.41 0.2
624300 Vocational rehabilitation services 2.3 0.57 0.09 3.0 0.59 0.09 28.91 0.7
624400 Child day care services 0.9 0.10 0.03 1.0 0.10 0.03 15.96 0.1
710000 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.5 0.03 0.02 0.6 0.02 0.02 13.98 0.1
711000 Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries 0.2 0.04 0.01 0.2 0.04 0.01 17.56 0.0
711200 Spectator sports 0.2 0.13 0.01 0.2 0.14 0.01 17.68 0.0
713000 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries 0.3 0.02 0.01 0.4 0.02 0.01 12.03 0.0
713100 Amusement parks and arcades 0.2 0.14 0.01 0.2 0.14 0.01 8.37 0.0
713900 Other amusement and recreation industries 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.1 0.01 0.00 18.40 0.0
713940 Fitness and recreational sports centers 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 18.40 0.0
720000 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.00 0.01 0.2 0.00 0.01 11.54 0.0
721000 Accommodation, including hotels and motels 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.2 0.01 0.01 11.54 0.0
Hotels (except casino), motels, and all other traveler
721110,90,300 accommodation 0.1 0.01 0.00 0.1 0.01 0.00 6.61 0.0
810000 Other services (except government and private households) 4.1 0.08 0.16 4.9 0.08 0.15 17.65 0.7
812000 Personal and laundry services 0.2 0.02 0.01 0.3 0.02 0.01 29.45 0.1
812100 Personal care services 0.2 0.03 0.01 0.3 0.03 0.01 29.59 0.1
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar
813000 organizations 3.9 0.13 0.15 4.6 0.14 0.14 17.00 0.7

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813200-300 Grantmaking services and social advocacy organizations 1.0 0.30 0.04 1.2 0.31 0.04 14.33 0.1
813200 Grantmaking and giving services 0.6 0.38 0.02 0.7 0.39 0.02 14.46 0.1
813300 Social advocacy organizations 0.4 0.23 0.02 0.5 0.24 0.02 14.15 0.1
813400-900 Civic, social, professional, and similar organizations 1.1 0.12 0.04 1.3 0.12 0.04 20.14 0.2
813400 Civic and social organizations 0.1 0.02 0.00 0.1 0.02 0.00 18.92 0.0
Business, professional, labor, political, and similar
813900 organizations 1.0 0.19 0.04 1.2 0.20 0.04 20.25 0.2
930000 Government 155.1 1.41 5.92 176.7 1.49 5.52 13.91 21.6
931000 Federal government 62.3 2.25 2.38 71.0 2.48 2.22 14.00 8.7
491100 Postal service 0.2 0.02 0.01 0.1 0.02 0.00 -11.96 0.0
931100 Federal government, excluding postal service 62.2 3.08 2.37 70.9 3.21 2.22 14.07 8.7
932000 State and local government, excluding education and hospitals 92.8 1.12 3.54 105.7 1.18 3.30 13.84 12.8
933300 State government, excluding education and hospitals 42.4 1.73 1.62 48.3 1.81 1.51 14.00 5.9
934300 Local government, excluding education and hospitals 50.5 0.87 1.93 57.4 0.91 1.79 13.71 6.9
Wage and salary employment in agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting,
WSE120 and private households 1.5 0.07 0.06 1.6 0.07 0.05 6.33 0.1
814000 Private households; all jobs 1.5 0.17 0.06 1.6 0.16 0.05 6.33 0.1
SE1000 Self-employed and unpaid family workers, all jobs 16.7 0.14 0.64 18.2 0.15 0.57 8.81 1.5
SE1300 Self-employed workers, all jobs 16.5 0.14 0.63 18.0 0.15 0.56 8.80 1.5
SE1400 Unpaid family workers, all jobs 0.2 0.17 0.01 0.2 0.17 0.01 9.96 0.0

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