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Selected Charts on Young Worker Employment, Injuries and Illnesses

 

Figure 3.
 


This pie chart shows the distribution of employed youth ages 15-17 years by industry sector in 2007. The industry sector with the largest numbers of employed youth was the leisure and hospitality sector, accounting for 45% of all youth employment. This was followed by the retail trade sector with 24% of youth employment, then the educational and health services sector with 8% of youth employment.

Figure 3. Distribution of Employed Youth (Ages 15-17) by Industry Sector, United States, 2007
This pie chart shows the distribution of employed youth ages 15-17 years by industry sector in 2007.  The industry sector with the largest numbers of employed youth was the leisure and hospitality sector, accounting for 45% of all youth employment. This was followed by the retail trade sector with 24% of youth employment, then the educational and health services sector with 8% of youth employment. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey. NIOSH analyses using public microdata files.)

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Page last updated: March 12, 2009
Page last reviewed: March 12, 2009
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Safety Research

 


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