Year ,Employment 1913,1107000 1914,1038000 1915,935000 1916,981000 1917,1002000 1918,990000 1919,1136000 1920,1191000 1921, 1922,1085000 1923,1151000 1924,1163000 1925,1078000 1926, 1927,991000 1928,915000 1929,925000 1930,910000 1931,843000 1932,796000 1933,767000 1934,768000 1935,753000 1936,750000 1937,773000 1938,776000 1939,761000 1940,744000 1941,692000 1942,704000 1943,701000 1944,704000 1945,702000 1946,693000 1947,707000 1948,720000 1949,716000 1950,693000 1951,695000 1952,712000 1953,713000 1954,707000 1955,704000 1956,703000 1957,710000 1958,699000 1959,665000 1960,607000 1961,575000 1962,556000 1963,528000 1964,502000 1965,454700 1966,422000 1967,389500 1968,330900 1969,305700 1970,290000 1971,286100 1972,273600 1973,251800 1974,252800 1975,252000 1976,249700 1977,247900 1978,240400 1979,241600 1980,236900 1981,172000 1982,164000 1983,148000 1984,139000 1985,114000 1986,91000 1987,75000 1988,69000 1989,56000 1990,49000 1991,38000 1992,28000 1993,10000 1994,7000 1995,11657 1996,10315 1997,13768 1998,11113 1999,11973 2000,10939 2001,11439 2002,9578 2003,8250 2004,7772 2005,6054 2006,5431 2007,5538 2008,6157 2009,5912 2010,6014 2011,5972 2012,5827 2013,3715 2014,3601 2015,1975 2016,831 2017,620