10 Industries That Are Currently Seeing the Biggest Job Growth With over 20 million jobs lost in the United States in April, the month of May proved to be a surprising turnaround.
Economists had predicted an increase in unemployment of nearly 20 percent and a loss of eight million jobs in May.
Instead, the unemployment rate declined from 14.7 percent to 13.3 percent and the U.S. added 2.5 million jobs in May.
Here are the 10 industries that saw the biggest job growth between the April and May reports, according to Business Insider.
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Food Services and Drinking Places (1,370,600 jobs added) 2.
Dentists’ Offices (244,800 jobs added) 3.
Personal and Laundry Services (182,300 jobs added) 4.
Nonresidental Specialty Trade Contractors (164,900 jobs added) 5.
Residential Specialty Trade Contractors (160,400 jobs added) 6.
Clothing and Accessories Stores (94,800 jobs added) 7.
Automobile Dealers (84,700 jobs added) 8.
Repair and Maintenance (77,200 jobs added) 9.
Other Health Practitioners’ Offices (73,100 jobs added) 10.
Services to Buildings and Dwellings (68,400 jobs added)