| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| 69.8% | 71.8% | 73.7% | 75.6% | 77.5% | 79.5% |  
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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% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 9.6% | 11.1% | 12.7% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| 0.6% | 3.8% | 7.0% | 10.2% | 13.3% | 16.6% |  
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| Percentage of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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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% | 0.38% | 0.76% | 1.14% | 1.52% | 1.90% |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: private (%): | 
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: self-employed (owns corporation) (%): | 
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| $32k | $46k | $61k | $75k | $89k | $104k |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: non-profit (%): | 
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| $45k | $62k | $78k | $94k | $109k | $126k |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: local government (%): | 
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| $44,100 | $47,900 | $51,700 | $55,500 | $59,200 | $63,100 |  
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: state government (%): | 
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| Median income of the population aged 16 and older employed in sector: federal government (%): | 
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| $62,640 | $62,840 | $63,040 | $63,240 | $63,440 | $63,650 |  
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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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