Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — United States

Employment in services in the United States in 2025 — 79.6%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 6.9 pp.

2025 79.6% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 23of 182
Period maximum 79.6%2025
Period minimum 72.7%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — United States, 1991–2025727476788019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 72.7%1992: 73.2%1993: 73.8%1994: 73.8%1995: 73.7%1996: 73.9%1997: 73.9%1998: 74.2%1999: 74.8%2000: 74.9%2001: 75.3%2002: 75.6%2003: 75.8%2004: 75.9%2005: 76.1%2006: 76%2007: 76.3%2008: 76.9%2009: 78.4%2010: 78.7%2011: 78.6%2012: 78.6%2013: 78.5%2014: 78.4%2015: 78.4%2016: 78.5%2017: 78.6%2018: 78.5%2019: 78.5%2020: 78.8%2021: 79.2%2022: 79.1%2023: 79.1%2024: 79.4%2025: 79.6%
Change over the period: +6.9 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States

United States 79.6%
World 50.6%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 79.6 +0.2 pp
2024 79.4 +0.3 pp
2023 79.1 −0 pp
2022 79.1 −0.1 pp
2021 79.2 +0.3 pp
2020 78.8 +0.4 pp
2019 78.5 −0 pp
2018 78.5 −0.1 pp
2017 78.6 +0.1 pp
2016 78.5 +0.1 pp
2015 78.4 +0 pp
2014 78.4 −0.1 pp
2013 78.5 −0.2 pp
2012 78.6 +0.1 pp
2011 78.6 −0.1 pp
2010 78.7 +0.3 pp
2009 78.4 +1.4 pp
2008 76.9 +0.6 pp
2007 76.3 +0.3 pp
2006 76 −0.1 pp
2005 76.1 +0.2 pp
2004 75.9 +0.1 pp
2003 75.8 +0.2 pp
2002 75.6 +0.3 pp
2001 75.3 +0.4 pp
2000 74.9 +0.2 pp
1999 74.8 +0.5 pp
1998 74.2 +0.3 pp
1997 73.9 +0 pp
1996 73.9 +0.2 pp
1995 73.7 −0 pp
1994 73.8 −0.1 pp
1993 73.8 +0.6 pp
1992 73.2 +0.6 pp
1991 72.7

Northern America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CA Canada 80.1 US United States 79.6

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.