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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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| 58.7% | 59.9% | 60.9% | 62.0% | 63.1% | 64.3% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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| 5.6% | 6.8% | 8.0% | 9.2% | 10.4% | 11.7% | 
 
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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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| 0.118% | 0.143% | 0.168% | 0.193% | 0.218% | 0.243% | 
 
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Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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| $31,400 | $36,000 | $40,500 | $45,100 | $49,600 | $54,200 | 
 
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| $31,900 | $34,600 | $37,200 | $39,800 | $42,400 | $45,000 | 
 
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Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%):
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| $34,000 | $38,900 | $43,800 | $48,600 | $53,500 | $58,400 | 
 
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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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| $25,300 | $26,700 | $28,000 | $29,300 | $30,600 | $31,900 | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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| 48.5% | 51.4% | 54.2% | 57.1% | 59.9% | 62.8% | 
 
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| 4.6% | 6.1% | 7.6% | 9.0% | 10.5% | 12.0% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%):
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| 3.7% | 6.9% | 10.1% | 13.3% | 16.5% | 19.7% | 
 
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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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| 2.0% | 3.9% | 5.7% | 7.5% | 9.3% | 11.2% | 
 
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Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: unpaid family (%):
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| 0.00% | 0.18% | 0.36% | 0.54% | 0.72% | 0.91% | 
 
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Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%):
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| $31,400 | $35,300 | $39,200 | $43,100 | $47,000 | $51,000 | 
 
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| $51,600 | $55,500 | $59,400 | $63,300 | $67,200 | $71,200 | 
 
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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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