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Industrial distribution of representation elections in cases closed
| Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 187 | 175 | 53 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 122 | 28 |
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| Mining | 38 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 2,878 | 2,665 | 1,122 | 401 | 288 | 401 | 32 | 1,543 | 1,037 |
| Construction | 198 | 76 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 122 | 4,391 | 3,759 | 1,643 | 1,226 | 305 | 10 | 102 | 2,116 | 1,365 |
| Wholesale trade | 430 | 186 | 82 | 92 | 6 | 6 | 244 | 15,180 | 13,317 | 5,926 | 3,022 | 2,368 | 137 | 399 | 7,391 | 4,917 |
| Retail trade | 550 | 203 | 139 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 347 | 19,617 | 16,677 | 7,475 | 5,347 | 1,496 | 78 | 554 | 9,202 | 6,557 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate | 78 | 46 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 3,529 | 3,250 | 1,524 | 932 | 323 | 5 | 264 | 1,726 | 1,043 |
| US Postal Service | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 270 | 233 | 166 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 67 | 156 |
| Local and suburban transit and Interurban highway pas- senger transportation | 46 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 2,485 | 2,083 | 1,044 | 418 501 | 436 | 0 | 190 | 1,039 | 937 |
| Motor freight transportation and warehousing | 300 | 116 | 12 | 93 | 3 | 8 | 184 | 8,542 | 7,703 | 3,269 | 2,397 | 109 | 262 3 | 4,434 86 | 2,508 | |
| Water transportation | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 239 | 206 | 120 | 93 | 5 | 19 | 143 | ||
| Other transportation | 33 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1,166 | 1,028 | 378 | 224 | 132 | 8 | 14 | 650 | 159 |
| Communication | 114 | 46 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2,958 | 2,720 | 1,163 | 974 | 155 | 30 | 4 | 1,557 | 957 |
| Electnc, gas, and sanitary services | 81 | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3,630 | 3,380 | 1,505 | 1,139 | 321 | 45 | 0 | 1,875 | 873 |
| Transportation, communication, and other utilities | 588 | 234 | 82 | 131 | 6 | 15 | 354 | 19,020 | 17,120 | 7,479 | 3,349 | 3,446 | 211 | 473 | 9,641 | 5,577 |
| Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places | 77 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 5,716 | 4,880 | 2,011 | 1,685 | 143 | 2 | 181 | 2,869 | 2,070 |
| Personal services | 46 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 1,109 | 983 | 430 | 165 | 127 | 0 | 138 | 553 | 452 |
| Automotive repair, services, and garages | 85 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 1,453 | 1,303 | 634 | 300 | 327 | 0 | 7 | 669 | 632 |
| Motion pictures | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 291 | 228 | 128 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 140 |
| Amusement and recreation services (except motion pic- tures) | 43 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1,457 | 1,127 | 498 | 210 | 200 | 4 | 84 | 629 | 603 |
| Health services | 356 | 197 | 139 | 14 | 11 | 33 | 159 | 36,049 | 30,140 | 15,372 | 10,822 | 1,217 | 1,413 | 1,920 | 14,768 | 17,853 |
| Educational services | 29 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2,908 | 2,498 | 1,291 | 1,030 | 56 | 0 | 205 | 1,207 | 2,251 |
| Membership organizations | 21 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 580 | 480 | 275 | 171 | 1 | 24 | 79 | 205 | 31C |
| Business services | 247 | 157 | 105 | 18 | 4 | 30 | 90 | 8,714 | 7,242 | 4,323 | 2,652 | 538 | 222 | 911 | 2,919 | 5,092 |
| II | 7 | 1 | 13 | 227 | 148 | 61 | 0 | 241 | ||||||||
| 24 | 3 | 0 | 506 | 443 | 18 | 216 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.