Other Services Snapshot

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics:

The other services sector comprises establishments engaged in providing services not specifically provided for elsewhere in the North American Industry Classification System. Establishments in this sector are primarily engaged in activities, such as equipment and machinery repairing, promoting or administering religious activities, grant making, advocacy, and providing dry cleaning and laundry services, personal care services, death care services, pet care services, photofinishing services, temporary parking services and dating services.

Counts from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program show that, as a portion of the national economy, other services represents about 3.3 percent of all employment and 12.6 percent of all establishments.

Estimates from the Current Employment Statistics program show annual average employment in other services was 4,428,000 in 1994; during 2003, other services employment averaged 5,393,000, an all-time high.

The number of non-supervisory workers in other services was 3,689,000 in 1994; in 2003, the number of non-supervisory workers in other services averaged 4,419,000, slightly lower than the all-time high of the year before.

In 2003, the annual average of the average weekly hours of non-supervisory workers in other services was 31.4, lower than the 2003 private industry average of 33.7 for production and non-supervisory workers.

Average hourly earnings of non-supervisory workers in the other services sector were $13.84 in 2003; the average for production and non-supervisory workers in all private industry was $15.35.

Employment Projections data indicate that employment in the other services sector will increase 15.7 percent over the 2002-12 period. Total employment for all industry sectors is projected to grow 14.8 percent.