Data source: Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH), Statistics Canada (Cansim Table 281-0023).
Chart: ConstructConnect.
Graph 4: An aging population has required the hiring of more caregivers. This effect will become more dramatic in the years ahead, especially from 2025 on when the first wave of ‘baby boomers’ will reach the age of 80. (It’s good news that healthier lifestyles are extending the period of independent living beyond what was the case in the past.)
Graph 4: U.S. Employment in Key Sub-Sectors
Community Care Facilities for the Elderly
(seasonally adjusted data)
Data source: Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH), Statistics Canada (Cansim Table 281-0023).
Chart: ConstructConnect.
Graph 5: Who feels safe anymore? Apparently few enough of us that the business of providing ‘investigation and security services’ has taken off. Since the turn of the millennium, employment in private-sector law enforcement has risen by half and is now approaching one million jobs.
Graph 5: U.S. Employment in Key Sub-Sectors
Investigation & Security Services
(seasonally adjusted data)
Data source: Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH), Statistics Canada (Cansim Table 281-0023).
Chart: ConstructConnect.
Graph 6: In a big nod to environmental concerns, the number of U.S. jobs in ‘waste management and remediation services’ has been climbing steadily. Again, the percentage rise from 2000 to the present has been close to 50%.
Graph 6: U.S. Employment in Key Sub-Sectors
Waste Management & Remediation Services
(seasonally adjusted data)
Data source: Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH), Statistics Canada (Cansim Table 281-0023).
Chart: ConstructConnect.
Graph 7: Some retailers have managed to withstand the onslaught of Internet platforms. Payrolls at ‘pet and pet supplies stores’ have continued to ‘pounce’ forward. Maybe it has something to do with the popularity of ‘cute pet trick’ videos on Facebook and Instagram.
Graph 7: U.S. Employment in Key Sub-Sectors
Pet & Pet Supplies Stores
(seasonally adjusted data)
Data source: Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH), Statistics Canada (Cansim Table 281-0023).
Chart: ConstructConnect.