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Leisure & hospitality share of jobs in United States
2014 – 2025 · 12 data points
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
12.6%
+0.0 pp
since 2024
First value · 2014
12.7%
since 2015
−0.2 pp
Leisure & hospitality share of jobs, 2014 – 2025 percent
−0.2 pp since 2015
0%
5%
10%
15%
2014
2018
2020
2022
2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
The series at a glance United States · 2014 – 2025
Latest value
12.6% · 2025
First value
12.7% · 2014
Highest
13.0% · 2019
Lowest
10.8% · 2020
Data points
12
By year
All years · 2014 – 2025
| Year | United States | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.6% | +0.0 pp |
| 2024 | 12.6% | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 12.5% | +0.3 pp |
| 2022 | 12.2% | +0.7 pp |
| 2021 | 11.5% | +0.7 pp |
| 2020 | 10.8% | −2.2 pp |
| 2019 | 13.0% | +0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 13.0% | +0.0 pp |
| 2017 | 13.0% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 12.9% | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 12.8% | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 12.7% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2014 – 2025
What it means
How much of the private job market is tourism and hospitality.
How it is calculated
Leisure and hospitality jobs divided by all private-sector jobs.
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