Off topic - More US health care employees than in manufacturing or retail - Jan 2018

Chart from the Atlantic

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  • " . . there are technically more jobs in “leisure and hospitality” than in health care. A supersector that includes restaurants, hotels, and amusement parks, leisure and hospitality has grown faster than the overall labor market every year since the turn of the century, mostly thanks to the growth in restaurant workers"
  • "The entire health-care sector is projected to account for a third of all new employment"
  • " Incredibly, health-care employment increased every month during the Great Recession."


US Govt 2.7 million civilians (includes 600,000 in Postal service and 800,000 in the Department of Defense)
US Military 1.4 million
Walmart global 2,300,000

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