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FarCenter

(19,429 posts) Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:16 PM Jun 2012

Nearly Half Of The New Jobs In America Were Created By One Industry

The economy added a net 69K new jobs in May, according to this morning's Non-Farm Payrolls report.

And nearly half can be attributed to one industry: Healthcare.

Over 30K new jobs were created in this industry.

What's more, as you can see in the chart below (which measures the monthly change in the industry), there hasn't been a single negative month in this industry all through the recession and recovery.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/healthcare-employment-accounted-for-nearly-half-the-jobs-gained-2012-6

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