According to recent findings released by the INDEPENDENT SECTOR, nonprofit employment represented 9.5 percent of total employment in the United States in 2001, with total employees numbering 12.5 million. This represents more than double the number working in the nonprofit sector in 1977 (6.0 million).
The average annual growth rate for employment has been higher for nonprofits during the 1997-2001 period (2.5%) than either the business sector (1.8%) or the government sector (1.6%).
Nonprofit employment by sector includes 41.9% for health services, 21.9% for education/research, 18.3% for social and legal services, 11.8% for religious organizations, 3.9% for civic, social, and fraternal organizations, 1.9% for arts and culture, and 0.3% for foundations.
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