—NUTSHELL:
The Bureau classifies jobs by occupation and by industry. The occupational totals presented in the charts represent the sum of jobs in all industries where that occupation appears. The industry totals show the sum of jobs in all occupations in each industry.

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Employment totals shown in this section include those for wage-and-salary workers and for self-employed workers. Occupational data also include both groups of workers, but industry data include nonfarm wage-and-salary workers only.

When one component of a total grows faster than another, the percent distribution of the total changes. For example, faster employment growth of some minority and ethnic groups increases their proportion of the labor force.

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