| Line | | 1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| 1 | Hours worked by full-time and part-time employees | 210,161 | 216,596 | 222,346 | 226,894 | 230,609 |
| 2 | Domestic industries | 211,058 | 217,558 | 223,300 | 227,942 | 231,552 |
| 3 | Private industries | 177,990 | 184,313 | 189,735 | 194,225 | 197,180 |
| 4 | Agriculture, forestry, and fishing | 3,599 | 3,743 | 3,905 | 4,104 | 4,119 |
| 5 | Farms | 1,614 | 1,699 | 1,730 | 1,800 | 1,745 |
| 6 | Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing | 1,985 | 2,045 | 2,175 | 2,304 | 2,375 |
| 7 | Mining | 1,259 | 1,284 | 1,228 | 1,106 | 1,100 |
| 8 | Construction | 11,000 | 11,626 | 12,204 | 13,063 | 13,740 |
| 9 | Manufacturing | 36,396 | 37,065 | 36,974 | 36,727 | 36,194 |
| 10 | Durable goods | 21,456 | 22,101 | 22,228 | 22,117 | 21,919 |
| 11 | Nondurable goods | 14,940 | 14,964 | 14,746 | 14,610 | 14,275 |
| 12 | Transportation and public utilities | 11,718 | 11,983 | 12,305 | 12,823 | 12,843 |
| 13 | Transportation | 7,533 | 7,691 | 7,922 | 8,115 | 8,077 |
| 14 | Communications | 2,487 | 2,593 | 2,718 | 3,016 | 3,134 |
| 15 | Electric, gas, and sanitary services | 1,698 | 1,698 | 1,666 | 1,692 | 1,632 |
| 16 | Wholesale trade | 12,079 | 12,445 | 12,993 | 12,958 | 13,325 |
| 17 | Retail trade | 32,790 | 33,772 | 33,842 | 35,115 | 35,145 |
| 18 | Finance, insurance, and real estate | 12,225 | 12,862 | 13,321 | 13,670 | 13,458 |
| 19 | Services | 56,923 | 59,532 | 62,963 | 64,660 | 67,256 |
| 20 | Government | 33,068 | 33,245 | 33,565 | 33,717 | 34,372 |
| 21 | General government | 29,603 | 29,764 | 30,071 | 30,223 | 30,888 |
| 22 | Government enterprises | 3,465 | 3,481 | 3,494 | 3,494 | 3,484 |
| 23 | Rest of the world 1 | -897 | -962 | -954 | -1,048 | -943 |