Economy of the United States by sector

The Economic Census provides statistics about sectors in the economy of the United States.

2002 statistics

Sectors of the U.S. Economy in 2002 - firms with payroll - All Sector Totals^[1]

Sector	Establishments	Sales, receipts, or shipments ($1,000)	Annual payroll ($1,000)	Paid employees
Mining	24,087	182,911,093	21,173,895	477,840
Utilities	17,103	398,907,044	42,417,830	663,044
Construction	710,307	1,196,555,587	254,292,144	7,193,069
Manufacturing	350,828	3,916,136,712	576,170,541	14,699,536
Wholesale trade	435,521	4,634,755,112	259,653,080	5,878,405
Retail trade	1,114,637	3,056,421,997	302,113,581	14,647,675
Transportation & warehousing	199,618	382,152,040	115,988,733	3,650,859
Information	137,678	891,845,956	194,670,163	3,736,061
Finance & insurance	440,268	2,803,854,868	377,790,172	6,578,817
Real estate & rental & leasing	322,815	335,587,706	60,222,584	1,948,657
Professional, scientific, & technical services	771,305	886,801,038	376,090,052	7,243,505
Management of companies & enterprises	49,308	107,064,264	178,996,060	2,605,292
Administrative & support & waste management & remediation service	350,583	432,577,580	206,439,329	8,741,854
Educational services	49,319	30,690,707	10,164,378	430,164
Health care & social assistance	704,526	1,207,299,734	495,845,829	15,052,255
Arts, entertainment, & recreation	110,313	141,904,109	45,169,117	1,848,674
Accommodation & food services	565,590	449,498,718	127,554,483	10,120,951
Other services (except public administration)	537,576	307,049,461	82,954,939	3,475,310
Totals	6,891,382	21,362,013,726	3,727,706,910	108,991,968

^ 2002 Economic Census - Summary Statistics by 2002 NAICS: http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/data/us/US000.HTM