| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 57.48% | 57.80% | 58.10% | 58.41% | 58.71% | 59.02% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 3.00% | 3.19% | 3.37% | 3.55% | 3.73% | 3.92% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 7.10% | 7.30% | 7.50% | 7.69% | 7.89% | 8.09% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 9.66% | 10.10% | 10.53% | 10.95% | 11.38% | 11.82% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 10.09% | 10.24% | 10.39% | 10.53% | 10.67% | 10.82% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%): | 
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| 4.74% | 4.82% | 4.89% | 4.95% | 5.02% | 5.09% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.141% | 0.155% | 0.168% | 0.181% | 0.194% | 0.207% |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| $41,000 | $43,400 | $45,800 | $48,200 | $50,600 | $53,000 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| $53,900 | $58,700 | $63,500 | $68,300 | $73,000 | $77,900 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| $40,700 | $43,300 | $45,800 | $48,400 | $50,900 | $53,500 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| $42,000 | $42,600 | $43,100 | $43,600 | $44,100 | $44,700 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| $34,300 | $36,100 | $38,000 | $39,800 | $41,600 | $43,500 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| $72,010 | $72,380 | $72,740 | $73,100 | $73,460 | $73,830 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%): | 
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| $26,900 | $31,000 | $35,100 | $39,200 | $43,200 | $47,300 |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 51.3% | 54.9% | 58.5% | 62.0% | 65.6% | 69.2% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 4.9% | 6.3% | 7.5% | 8.8% | 10.1% | 11.4% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 3.3% | 5.7% | 8.0% | 10.3% | 12.7% | 15.0% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 7.0% | 9.1% | 11.1% | 13.1% | 15.2% | 17.3% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: sole proprietor (and other unincorporated businesses) (%): | 
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.00% | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.62% | 0.83% | 1.05% |  
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A sector describes the organizational category of a person’s employing organization. On this page, all employed persons are categorized as working in one of the following sectors (bolded terms are used in the charts and maps on this page): 
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Private for-profit wage and salary workers:
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Private: Employee of private company workers
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Self-Employed: Self-employed in own incorporated business workers
 
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Non-Profit: Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
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Local Government: Local government workers
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State Government: State government workers
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Federal Government: Federal government workers
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Sole Proprietor: Self-employed in own not incorporated business workers
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Unpaid Family: Unpaid family workers
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