| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 70.53% | 70.90% | 71.26% | 71.63% | 72.00% | 72.37% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| 2.46% | 2.77% | 3.07% | 3.38% | 3.68% | 3.99% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| 8.1% | 8.7% | 9.3% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 10.9% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 4.96% | 5.09% | 5.21% | 5.34% | 5.46% | 5.59% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| 3.52% | 3.70% | 3.88% | 4.06% | 4.24% | 4.42% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| 1.68% | 1.80% | 1.93% | 2.05% | 2.17% | 2.29% |  
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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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| 4.02% | 4.22% | 4.42% | 4.61% | 4.81% | 5.01% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%): | 
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| 0.0500% | 0.0510% | 0.0520% | 0.0529% | 0.0539% | 0.0549% |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| $39,400 | $41,700 | $43,900 | $46,100 | $48,300 | $50,600 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| $61,500 | $62,000 | $62,600 | $63,100 | $63,700 | $64,300 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| $43,400 | $44,700 | $46,000 | $47,300 | $48,600 | $49,900 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| $52,480 | $52,770 | $53,060 | $53,350 | $53,650 | $53,940 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| $57,100 | $60,100 | $63,000 | $65,800 | $68,700 | $71,700 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| $56,000 | $56,090 | $56,190 | $56,280 | $56,380 | $56,480 |  
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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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| $32,000 | $35,600 | $39,100 | $42,600 | $46,100 | $49,700 |  
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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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