Thriving (And Not So Thriving) Businesses

The infographic below, put together by Masters-In-Human_Resources.com from data gathered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides some insight into businesses that appear to be thriving and those perhaps that are struggle in recent times. In the words of the people at Masters-In-Human_Resources, "Construction and healthcare-related fields are expected to see exponential growth in the next decade, while jobs at the Post Office and newspapers, well, may go the way of the dodo."

The infographic provides a nice visual of what businesses are "growing or dying" in their words. Further down the post are the actual national percentages of growth or decline within each industry. To see a full sized version of the graphic, see this web page .

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Largest Percentage of Growth and Decline by Industry

• Home health care services: 6.1%
• Individual and family services: 5.5 %
• Management, scientific, and technical consulting services: 4.7%
• Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing: 3.9 %
• Computer systems design and related services: 3.9 %
• Cement and concrete product manufacturing: 3.2 %
• Outpatient, laboratory, and other ambulatory care services: 3.2 %
• Offices of health practitioners: 3.2 %
• Software publishers: 3.1 %
• Construction: 2.9 %
• Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing: 2.9 %
• Other professional, scientific, and technical services: 2.9 %
• Facilities support services: 2.9 %
• Community and vocational rehabilitation services: 2.9 %
• Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works): 2.9 %
• Other educational services: 2.7 %
• Automotive repair and maintenance: 2.6 %
• Grantmaking and giving services and social advocacy organizations: 2.6 %
• Sawmills and wood preservation: 2.6 %
• Child day care services: 2.6 %
• Petroleum and coal products manufacturing: -1.3 %
• Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers: -1.3 %
• Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills: -1.4 %
• Fiber, yarn, and thread mills: -1.4 %
• Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing: -1.4 %
• Electrical equipment manufacturing: -1.5 %
• Metalworking machinery manufacturing: -1.6 %
• Glass and glass product manufacturing: -1.6 %
• Basic chemical manufacturing: -1.6 %
• Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing: -1.9 %
• Other miscellaneous manufacturing: -2.3 %
• Federal enterprises except the Postal Service and electric utilities: -2.4 %
• Metal ore mining: -2.5 %
• Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing: -2.5 %
• Pipeline transportation: -2.6 %
• Communications equipment manufacturing: -3.1 %
• Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing: -3.1 %
• Postal Service: -3.2 %
• Leather and hide tanning and finishing, and other leather and allied product manufacturing: -7.6 %
• Apparel knitting mills: -8.3%