The 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (context)

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

Research report (context only)

Issued

2020-06-01 June 1, 2020

In force

June 1, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Limitation types

Other

Functions reached

• WF and HR context: 12.5 million nonprofit employees (2017)
• nonprofit share of NAICS 813

Collection

Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16

Operative words

as of 2017, the most recent year on which data are available, U.S. nonprofits employed the third largest workforce of any U.S. industry, behind only retail trade and accommodation and food service, but well ahead of all branches of manufacturing. In particular, with 12.5 million paid workers, nonprofits thus employed: More than twice as many workers as the nation's finance and insurance industry... Nearly 60% of private employment in religious, civic, and professional organizations.

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