More than 1,600 companies employed more than 56,000 highly skilled workers throughout North America in the late 1990s.
In 2000 the industry employed 77,860 people.
The dairy products industry employed 144,410 in 2001
The stationery products industry employed a total of 8,271 people in 2000, down from 9,217 in 1997.
In 1996 the bread and cake products industry employed 183,000 workers
The canvas products industry employed 19,681 workers in 2000, up from 18,692 in 1997 and 14,000 in 1977.
The sawmill products industry employed 116,000 people and spent $3.3 billion on payroll in the early 2000s.
The global timber industry employs millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone, the industry employs over 60,000 people in logging and around 400,000 in wood products manufacturing.
In 2000, there were approximately 41,000 people employed in the precious metal industry in the United States.
In 2011, the tourist industry employed approximately 235 million people worldwide.
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About 300,000 people are employed by the health insurance industry.
As of 2021, there are approximately 1.15 million people employed in the securities industry in the United States.
A total of 23,896 workers were employed in the metal cutting machine tool industry in 2000. Of this total, 13,721 were production workers, who earned an average wage of $18.84 per hour.