Work and Jobs in Sweden, New York (NY) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in Sweden are: Educational services (19.8% of civilian employees), Accommodation & food services (10.0% of civilian employees), Health care (8.3% of civilian employees). 60.9% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 4.6% less than the rate of 63.7% across the entire state of New York.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Educational services | 19.8% (1,432) | 15.3% (558) | 24.3% (874) |
| Accommodation and food services | 10.0% (725) | 9.1% (331) | 11.0% (394) |
| Health care | 8.3% (599) | 1.7% (61) | 15.0% (538) |
| Machinery | 4.5% (323) | 6.7% (244) | 2.2% (79) |
| Construction | 4.1% (297) | 7.3% (265) | 0.9% (32) |
| Food and beverage stores | 4.0% (286) | 4.2% (154) | 3.7% (132) |
| Public administration | 3.8% (278) | 4.9% (180) | 2.7% (98) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 3.8% (276) | 5.3% (191) | 2.4% (85) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3.5% (255) | 3.5% (129) | 3.5% (126) |
| Chemicals | 3.3% (236) | 5.3% (191) | 1.3% (45) |
| Finance and insurance | 2.5% (183) | 1.8% (66) | 3.3% (117) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.9% (137) | 1.2% (44) | 2.6% (93) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.9% (135) | 2.2% (81) | 1.5% (54) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.7% (124) | 1.5% (55) | 1.9% (69) |
| Social assistance | 1.5% (112) | 0.6% (22) | 2.5% (90) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.4% (103) | 1.1% (39) | 1.8% (64) |
| Personal and laundry services | 1.4% (101) | 0.7% (27) | 2.1% (74) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.2% (90) | 2.5% (90) | 0.0% (0) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.2% (90) | 1.3% (48) | 1.2% (42) |
| Metal and metal products | 1.2% (87) | 2.0% (72) | 0.4% (15) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 1.1% (82) | 0.5% (20) | 1.7% (62) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.9% (66) | 0.5% (18) | 1.3% (48) |
| Repair and maintenance | 0.9% (63) | 1.6% (59) | 0.1% (4) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.8% (61) | 1.0% (38) | 0.6% (23) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.8% (58) | 0.2% (8) | 1.4% (50) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 0.8% (58) | 0.6% (22) | 1.0% (36) |
| Transportation equipment | 0.8% (56) | 0.7% (24) | 0.9% (32) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.7% (54) | 1.0% (37) | 0.5% (17) |
| Truck transportation | 0.7% (51) | 1.2% (45) | 0.2% (6) |
| Printing and related support activities | 0.7% (49) | 0.9% (32) | 0.5% (17) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.7% (48) | 1.0% (35) | 0.4% (13) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.7% (48) | 1.1% (41) | 0.2% (7) |
| U. S. Postal service | 0.6% (43) | 0.4% (15) | 0.8% (28) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 0.6% (40) | 0.7% (26) | 0.4% (14) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.5% (39) | 0.3% (10) | 0.8% (29) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.5% (37) | 0.8% (29) | 0.2% (8) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.5% (36) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (36) |
| Food | 0.5% (33) | 0.5% (17) | 0.4% (16) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.4% (30) | 0.8% (30) | 0.0% (0) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (29) | 0.5% (19) | 0.3% (10) |
| Utilities | 0.4% (28) | 0.8% (28) | 0.0% (0) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.4% (27) | 0.7% (27) | 0.0% (0) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.4% (26) | 0.1% (5) | 0.6% (21) |
| Computer and electronic products | 0.4% (26) | 0.3% (12) | 0.4% (14) |
| Music stores | 0.3% (21) | 0.6% (21) | 0.0% (0) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.3% (20) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (20) |
| Retail florists | 0.3% (20) | 0.2% (8) | 0.3% (12) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (18) | 0.5% (18) | 0.0% (0) |
| Vending machine operators | 0.2% (17) | 0.3% (11) | 0.2% (6) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (17) | 0.5% (17) | 0.0% (0) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.2% (16) | 0.4% (16) | 0.0% (0) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (16) | 0.2% (9) | 0.2% (7) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.2% (16) | 0.4% (16) | 0.0% (0) |
| Book stores and news dealers | 0.2% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (15) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (14) | 0.3% (10) | 0.1% (4) |
| Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.2% (14) | 0.2% (8) | 0.2% (6) |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 0.2% (12) | 0.3% (12) | 0.0% (0) |
| Rail transportation | 0.1% (8) | 0.2% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (8) | 0.2% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.1% (7) | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (7) | 0.2% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
| Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (6) | 0.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.1% (6) | 0.2% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.1% (5) | 0.1% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in Sweden
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 11.6%Males
- 9.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 6.1%Males
- 20.0%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 17.2%Males
- Unemployment rate for other race residents
- 23.1%Males
- 9.3%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 16.2%Males
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 25.2%Males
- 26.4%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| Sweden: | 2.6% (187) |
| New York: | 2.4% (194,562) |
5:30am:
| Sweden: | 2.4% (168) |
| New York: | 2.1% (174,328) |
6am:
| Sweden: | 3.7% (263) |
| New York: | 3.1% (253,826) |
6:30am:
| Sweden: | 6.9% (494) |
| New York: | 7.0% (573,349) |
7am:
| Sweden: | 9.4% (672) |
| New York: | 8.6% (706,982) |
7:30am:
| Sweden: | 13.6% (970) |
| New York: | 14.0% (1,147,579) |
8am:
| Sweden: | 12.9% (916) |
| New York: | 14.8% (1,213,706) |
8:30am:
| Sweden: | 7.4% (528) |
| New York: | 13.9% (1,144,298) |
9am:
| Sweden: | 5.1% (361) |
| New York: | 7.5% (614,475) |
10am:
| Sweden: | 5.6% (396) |
| New York: | 7.2% (593,377) |
11am:
| Sweden: | 2.7% (191) |
| New York: | 2.7% (224,011) |
12pm:
| Sweden: | 1.9% (137) |
| New York: | 1.3% (105,049) |
4pm:
| Sweden: | 11.3% (805) |
| New York: | 6.3% (517,309) |
>4pm:
| Sweden: | 12.9% (918) |
| New York: | 6.1% (501,196) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
| Sweden: | 10.3% (730) |
| New York: | 2.7% (219,036) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Sweden: | 20.7% (1,471) |
| New York: | 8.3% (680,270) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Sweden: | 11.9% (850) |
| New York: | 11.6% (956,590) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Sweden: | 7.9% (563) |
| New York: | 12.4% (1,020,084) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Sweden: | 10.1% (721) |
| New York: | 12.3% (1,013,757) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Sweden: | 9.4% (669) |
| New York: | 4.9% (399,384) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Sweden: | 13.7% (976) |
| New York: | 12.9% (1,058,688) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Sweden: | 4.2% (301) |
| New York: | 2.5% (203,722) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Sweden: | 2.8% (197) |
| New York: | 4.1% (340,311) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Sweden: | 5.1% (365) |
| New York: | 9.8% (806,556) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Sweden: | 1.3% (90) |
| New York: | 10.3% (848,185) |
90 or more minutes:
| Sweden: | 1.0% (73) |
| New York: | 5.1% (417,464) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Sweden: | 73.3% (5,221) |
| New York: | 56.3% (4,620,178) |
Carpooled:
| Sweden: | 9.0% (638) |
| New York: | 9.2% (756,918) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| Sweden: | 0.4% (30) |
| New York: | 5.8% (475,389) |
Ferryboat:
| Sweden: | 0.1% (7) |
| New York: | 0.1% (11,626) |
Bicycle:
| Sweden: | 0.2% (17) |
| New York: | 0.3% (25,036) |
Walked:
| Sweden: | 15.3% (1,086) |
| New York: | 6.2% (511,721) |
Other means:
| Sweden: | 0.1% (7) |
| New York: | 0.5% (40,375) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Sweden: | 89.1% (5,221) |
| New York: | 85.9% (4,620,178) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Sweden: | 10.1% (594) |
| New York: | 11.0% (590,255) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Sweden: | 0.5% (29) |
| New York: | 1.8% (96,470) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| Sweden: | 0.3% (15) |
| New York: | 0.3% (16,644) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Sweden: | 60.9% (4,405) |
| New York: | 63.7% (5,340,134) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Sweden: | 2.5% (180) |
| New York: | 3.4% (283,619) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Sweden: | 10.1% (734) |
| New York: | 9.7% (810,356) |
Local government workers:
| Sweden: | 7.9% (574) |
| New York: | 10.2% (858,120) |
State government workers:
| Sweden: | 14.1% (1,017) |
| New York: | 4.6% (383,673) |
Federal government workers:
| Sweden: | 0.9% (62) |
| New York: | 2.2% (185,100) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Sweden: | 3.5% (252) |
| New York: | 6.0% (501,068) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Sweden: | 0.1% (8) |
| New York: | 0.2% (20,918) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Sweden: | 65.1% (2,370) |
| New York: | 66.2% (2,902,064) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Sweden: | 3.2% (116) |
| New York: | 4.9% (215,651) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Sweden: | 6.9% (252) |
| New York: | 6.3% (277,787) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Sweden: | 7.6% (275) |
| New York: | 8.7% (380,426) |
State government workers - Males:
| Sweden: | 12.3% (447) |
| New York: | 4.1% (181,784) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Sweden: | 0.6% (21) |
| New York: | 2.3% (102,647) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Sweden: | 4.1% (149) |
| New York: | 7.1% (312,497) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| Sweden: | 0.2% (8) |
| New York: | 0.2% (9,470) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Sweden: | 56.6% (2,035) |
| New York: | 60.9% (2,438,070) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Sweden: | 1.8% (64) |
| New York: | 1.7% (67,968) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Sweden: | 13.4% (482) |
| New York: | 13.3% (532,569) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Sweden: | 8.3% (299) |
| New York: | 11.9% (477,694) |
State government workers - Females:
| Sweden: | 15.9% (570) |
| New York: | 5.0% (201,889) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Sweden: | 1.1% (41) |
| New York: | 2.1% (82,453) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Sweden: | 2.9% (103) |
| New York: | 4.7% (188,571) |