The graph below gives information about the number of Jobs in four sectors of the economy in the US between 1960 and 2020.

The line chart illustrates how many

jobs

there were in four areas of the US economy from 1960 to 2020.

It is clear that

while

the

number

of

jobs

in manufacturing and agriculture domains declined,

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those in the retail and

healthcare

sectors showed the reverse. Looking

firstly

at increases, about 6

million

jobs

were provided in the retail industry in 1960.

This

number

rose steadily over the next four decades and reached 15m, before

further

rising negligibly by a

million

in the final year.

Similarly

, a noticeable growth was noted in the

healthcare

sector. Increasing markedly from roughly 2m to approximately 16m over the timeframe, the

healthcare

area provided the same

number

of

jobs

as the retail sector by 2020. In stark contrast, the other two domains of the US economy witnessed a drop in the

number

of positions.

For example

, despite the initial climb from 15

million

to a table-high of 20

million

during the first 2 decades, the figure for the manufacturing industry declined sharply to 13

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million

over the period, giving dominance to retail and

healthcare

in the

last

year.

This

was true for the agriculture sector too, whose employment positions dropped appreciably from around 6m to about 3.5m between 1960 and 1980, plateaued at

this

level over the next 2 decades and

then

decreased marginally to about 2m in the

last

year.