employment in the industry declined that year to 19,042, compared to roughly 23,400 individuals in 1997
From 1982 to 1995, employment in this category fell from 38,000 people to an estimated 29,720 in 1997.
Employment in the printing machinery industry declined to 19,998 in 2000, compared to 22,390 in 1997.
Between 1997 and 2000, total industry employment did decline from 9,281 workers to 7,324 workers, and the number of production employees dropped from 4,872 to 3,811. The value of industry shipments fell from $1.47 billion in 1997 to $1.12 billion in 2000.
Total industry employment in 1997 was 3,492 workers
the number of employees in the industry declined from 9,759 in 1997 to 5,434 in 2000
Economic conditions in Asia in 1997-1998 caused sales of diamonds to decline, which resulted in an oversupply.
The value of shipments grew from $1.4 billion in 1982 to an estimated $5.2 billion in 1997.
Total Schiffli machine embroidery industry employment fell from 3,849 in 1997 to 1,873 in 2000.
this industry employed 17,874 workers in 2000, compared to 15,534 people in 1997
Total employment in 2001 was 7,920, down from 11,103 in 1997 and reaching close to the low of approximately 7,000 total employment in the late 1980s.
The upholstered household furniture industry shipped $9.79 billion worth of products in 2000, compared to $8.23 billion in 1997. Employment grew from 89,215 to 94,198 over the same time period.
Total employment for the industry was 30,821 in 2000, an increase over the 30,153 employed in 1997. Of the 30,821 industry workers employed in 2000, 22,258 were production workers earning an average of $13.13 per hour.