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8 Worcester Business Journal | October 31, 2022 | wbjournal.com Accommodation, including hotels and motels 754 2,141 183.95% Primary metal manufacturing 119 260 118.49% Miscellaneous store retailers 1,130 1,940 71.68% Motion picture and sound recording industries 223 371 66.37% Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations 1,655 2,612 57.82% Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 567 891 57.14% Construction of buildings 2,647 4,103 55.01% Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 11,802 18,015 52.64% Accommodation and food services 15,478 23,400 51.18% Food services and drinking places 14,724 21,259 44.38% Transit and ground passenger transportation 1,318 1,901 44.23% Food manufacturing 983 1,383 40.69% Construction 11,569 16,253 40.49% Museums, historical sites, and similar institution 483 678 40.37% Specialty trade contractors 8,176 11,400 39.43% Social assistance 12,561 16,959 35.01% Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries 1,592 2,104 32.16% Personal and laundry services 2,244 2,878 28.25% Real estate, rental, and leasing 1,851 2,373 28.20% Waste management and remediation service 1,420 1,780 25.35% Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 2,798 3,497 24.98% Furniture and home furnishings stores 700 863 23.29% Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting 643 774 20.37% Warehousing and storage 2,269 2,730 20.32% Truck transportation 2,644 3,154 19.29% General merchandise stores 5,103 6,039 18.34% Fabricated metal product manufacturing 3,248 3,834 18.04% Arts, entertainment, and recreation 2,405 2,782 15.68% Transportation and warehousing 9,431 10,730 13.77% Health care and social assistance 55,116 62,058 12.60% Repair and maintenance 2,561 2,867 11.95% Computer and electronic product manufacturing 4,659 5,172 11.01% Professional, scientific, and technical services 12,505 13,812 10.45% Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 863 951 10.20% Manufacturing 21,558 23,727 10.06% Crop production 517 566 9.48% Retail trade 25,845 28,208 9.14% Educational services 29,434 31,845 8.19% Motor vehicle and parts dealers 3,751 4,040 7.70% Ambulatory health care services 14,677 15,800 7.65% Hospitals 17,550 18,878 7.57% Furniture and related product manufacturing 480 516 7.50% Building material, garden equipment, and supplies dealers 2,224 2,377 6.88% Printing and related support activities 210 222 5.71% Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 4,642 4,853 4.55% Insurance carriers and related activities 7,454 7,781 4.39% Finance and insurance 11,137 11,599 4.15% Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 970 1,007 3.81% Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 1,791 1,847 3.13% Miscellaneous manufacturing 778 793 1.93% Nursing and residential care facilities 10,328 10,421 0.90% Health and personal care stores 1,796 1,806 0.56% Heavy and civil engineering construction 746 750 0.54% Central Mass. industry growth through 2030 Employment 2020 Expected employment 2030 Percent change F A C T B O O K R E S T A U R A N T S & H O S P I T A L I T Y