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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

Leisure & hospitality share of jobs, 2014 – 2025 percent
−0.2 pp since 2015

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

YearUnited StatesChange
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.