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Fastest Growing Industries in Los Angeles County
By Job Growth, 2001-2008

Industry
Annual Average Employment

Employment Change

2001*

2008

Number

Percent

TOTAL NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
4,093,900

4,474,500

380,600

9.3

Business Services
335,100

430,100

95,000

28.3

General Building Contractors
29,300

37,400

8,100

27.6

Water Transportation
15,100

19,100

4,000

26.5

Retail Building Materials & Garden Supplies
21,100

26,200

5,100

24.2

Drug Manufacturing
7,200

8,800

1,600

22.2

Special Construction Trades
93,800

109,800

16,000

17.1

Private Educational Services
86,600

101,100

14,500

16.7

Nondepository Financial Institutions
20,600

23,900

3,300

16.0

Transportation (Other than Trucking, Water & Air)
46,900

54,200

7,300

15.6

Amusement & Recreation Services
56,400

64,700

8,300

14.7

Instruments & Related Manufacturing (Other than Search/Navigation & Measuring/Control Devices)
12,500

14,200

1,700

13.6

Local Education
260,900

294,500

33,600

12.9

Engineering & Management Services
122,900

138,400

15,500

12.6

Communications
57,400

64,400

7,000

12.2

Heavy Construction
10,200

11,400

1,200

11.8

Industry
Annual Average Employment

Employment Change

2001*

2008

Number

Percent

Real Estate
56,000

62,500

6,500

11.6

Eating & Drinking Places
246,500

274,700

28,200

11.4

Apparel & Accessory Stores
40,400

45,000

4,600

11.4

Security & Commodity Brokers
22,000

24,500

2,500

11.4

Trucking & Warehousing
53,800

59,800

6,000

11.2

Personal Services
39,000

43,200

4,200

10.8

Other Retail Trade (Other than Building, Automotive, Food, Apparel, Eating)
128,500

142,200

13,700

10.7

Retail Trade
642,000

707,000

65,000

10.1

Wholesale-Nondurable Trade
117,600

129,400

11,800

10.0

Hotels & Other Lodging Places
40,900

44,900

4,000

9.8

Motion Pictures (Other than Production)
14,400

15,800

1,400

9.7

Holding & Investment Services
10,800

11,800

1,000

9.3

Health Services
277,000

302,000

25,000

9.0

Employment and projections contained in these tables are considered estimates. Employment is reported by place of work and excludes self-employed persons, unpaid family workers, domestics, volunteers and those involved in labor-management trade disputes. These data are based on 1987 Standard Industrial Classifications. Annual average industry detail may not add up to totals due to independent rounding. Government data include all civilian government employees regardless of the activities in which they are engaged.
* March 2001 benchmark

Source: California Employment Development Department

For details, see Employment Projections by Industry, L.A. County, 1997-2004

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