NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1985 › Industrial distribution of cases received
| Metal mining | 89 | 74 | 53 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | I | 0 | 0 |
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| Coal mining | 634 | 594 | 378 | 145 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oil and gas extraction | 80 | 69 | 49 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) | 65 | 51 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mining | 868 | 788 | 507 | 190 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 72 | 45 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Construction | 4,392 | 3,908 | 1,998 | 1,120 | 523 | 140 | 19 | 0 | 108 | 449 | 243 | III | 95 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,421 | 1,712 | 1,310 | 354 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 656 | 463 | 70 | 123 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| Retail trade | 4,232 | 3,107 | 2,280 | 645 | 103 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 1,040 | 624 | 120 | 296 | 52 | 1 | 32 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 447 | 311 | 225 | 59 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 102 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| U S Postal Service | 1,509 | 1,507 | 1,105 | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation | 439 | 341 | 244 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 74 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Motor freight transportation and warehousing | 2,463 | 1,944 | 1,494 | 369 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 492 | 336 | 33 | 123 | 16 | 0 | II |
| Water transportation | 333 | 300 | 151 | 123 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Other transportation | 255 | 189 | 127 | 51 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 50 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Communication | 932 | 759 | 446 | 301 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 112 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| Electric, gas, and sanitary services | 628 | 483 | 350 | 108 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 131 | 101 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Transportation, communication, and other utilities | 5,050 | 4,016 | 2,812 | 1,048 | 102 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 964 | 697 | 55 | 212 | 31 | 4 | 35 |
| Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places | 1,060 | 895 | 542 | 324 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 151 | 109 | 9 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Personal services | 315 | 211 | 172 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 66 | 7 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Automotive repair, services, and garages | 365 | 221 | 178 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 98 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Motion pictures | 240 | 214 | 122 | 83 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Amusement and recreation services (except motion pictures) | 277 | 184 | 118 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 90 | 56 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Health services | 2,437 | 1,780 | 1,484 | 254 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 578 | 468 | 19 | 91 | 17 | 5 | 57 |
| Educational services | 211 | 158 | 131 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Membership organizations | 159 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 446 | 394 | 220 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Business services | 1,612 | 1,178 | 842 | 289 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 416 | 349 | 12 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 7 1 |
| Miscellaneous repair services Legal services | 186 | 145 | 92 | 51 28 | 1 | 1 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0 0 | 39 9 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 1 0 | 0 0 | 1 |
| Museums, art galleries, and botanical and zoological | 113 | 103 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| gardens | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.