Using the table containing the breakdown of all employees on nonfarm payrolls in the United States during March 2014, find the probability that a randomly selected U.S. worker was not in either Retail TradeRetail Trade or Financial ActivitiesFinancial Activities. Express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms or a decimal rounded to the nearest millionth.

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Using the table containing the breakdown of all employees on nonfarm payrolls in the United States during March 2014, find the probability that a randomly selected U.S. worker was not in either Retail TradeRetail Trade or Financial ActivitiesFinancial Activities.

Express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms or a decimal rounded to the nearest millionth.
 

Employees on Nonfarm Payrolls (in Thousands), March 2014

  Area of Employment Number of Employees (in Thousands)
Private sector
Goods-Producing 18,558.218,558.2
Wholesale Trade 5803.75803.7
Retail Trade 15,004.015,004.0
Transportation and Warehousing 4524.84524.8
Utilities 550.3550.3
Information 2653.02653.0
Financial Activities 7870.07870.0
Professional and Business Services 18,832.018,832.0
Education and Health Services 21,481.021,481.0
Leisure and Hospitality 14,143.014,143.0
Other Private Service-Providing Services 5464.05464.0
Public sector
Federal Government 2705.02705.0
State Government 5217.05217.0
Local Government 14,341.014,341.0
  Total Nonfarm Employees 137,147.0137,147.0
  Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail.” Accessed June 2014.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
 
 
 
 
 

 

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