This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from US statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from US statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information.
| Actual indicator available | Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment |
|---|---|
| Actual indicator available - description | Total employment in all manufacturing activities divided by total employment in all economic activities. |
| Date of national source publication | February 2018 |
| Method of computation | |
| Periodicity | Annual |
| Scheduled update by national source | February 2019 (for release of 2018 annual data) |
| U.S. method of computation | Manufacturing employment data cover the following worker categories: employees (with source data from the BLS Current Establishment Statistics (CES) program), and self-employed workers (with source data from the BLS Current Population Survey (CPS)). Total economy employment data cover the following worker catetories: nonfarm employees (with source data from CES); self-employed workers, unpaid family workers, farm workers, and private household employees (with source data from CPS); and armed forces personnel (with source data from Department of Defense). The latest full methodology report is available here: https://www.bls.gov/lpc/lpcmethods.pdf |
| Comments and limitations | |
| Date metadata updated | February 2018 |
| Disaggregation geography | |
| Unit of measurement | The ratio itself is simply the ratio of two employment series. The two employment series which are used to calculate this ratio are in millions of jobs. |
| Disaggregation categories | |
| International and national references | |
| Time period | 2000 to 2017 |
| Scheduled update by SDG team |