NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Industrial distribution of cases received
| Metal mining | 58 | 43 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
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| Coal mining | 733 | 705 | 571 | 87 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 0 | 13 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | I |
| Oil and gas extraction | 61 | 49 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) | 49 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mining | 901 | 834 | 659 | 123 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 60 | 33 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Construction | 4,469 | 3,968 | 2,084 | 972 | 613 | 159 | 37 | 0 | 103 | 482 | 337 | 87 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Wholesale trade | 2,217 | 1,631 | 1,210 | 365 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 557 | 355 | 38 | 164 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| Retail trade | 4,120 | 3,162 | 2,401 | 635 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 880 | 489 | 114 | 277 | 41 | 6 | 31 |
| Finance, Insurance, and real estate | 514 | 375 | 302 | 56 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 105 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| US Postal Service | 1,666 | 1,663 | 1,276 | 387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation | 508 | 377 | 293 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I | 125 | 107 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Motor freight transportation and warehousing | 2,339 | 1,843 | 1,398 | 381 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 452 | 300 | 48 | 104 | 8 | o | 36 |
| Water transportation | 448 | 408 | 217 | 158 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Other transportation | 278 | 228 | 147 | 68 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Communication | 1,050 | 867 | 555 | 286 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 107 | 5 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Electnc, gas, and sanitary services | 679 | 547 | 356 | 157 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | II | 121 | 87 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Transportation, communication, and other utilities | 5,302 | 4,270 | 2,966 | 1,133 | 115 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 947 | 671 | 67 | 209 | 18 | 0 | 67 |
| Hotels, rooming houses, camps, and other lodging places | 819 | 690 | 490 | 163 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 92 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 | I |
| Personal services | 334 | 235 | 191 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 69 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Automotive repair, services, and garages | 333 | 213 | 164 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 74 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Motion pictures | 223 | 200 | 131 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Amusement and recreation services (except motion pictures) | 294 | 77 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 37 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Health services | 2,247 | 236 | 143 | 294 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 551 | 446 | 13 | 92 | 0 | 3 | |
| Educational services | 253 | 1,631 190 | 1,293 145 | 40 | 3 | I | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 12 2 | 4 0 | 49 4 |
| Membership organizations | 590 | |||||||||||||||
| 523 | 266 | 234 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Business services services | 1,672 | 1,314 | 908 | 348 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 338 | 275 | 16 | 47 | 8 2 | 0 1 | 12 0 |
| Miscellaneous repair Legal services | 136 49 | 96 33 | 75 25 | 17 7 | 3 I | 0 0 | I 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 37 13 | 25 10 | 5 0 | 7 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Museums, art gallenes, and botanical and zoological gardens | 6 | 6 | 5 | I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.