year,employment_thousands,note
1990,2688,
1992,2650,
1995,2843,
1997,3100,
1999,3500,
2000,3630,
2001,3629,PEAK - never recovered
2003,3152,
2005,3050,
2007,3032,
2009,2760,
2010,2711,
2012,2740,
2015,2769,
2017,2800,
2019,2866,
2020,2750,
2022,2976,
2024,2870,
2026,2812,Still -23% from peak