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Nonprofits account for 12.3 million jobs, 10.2 percent of private sector employment, in 2016 


August 31, 2018
There were nearly 12.3 million jobs in nonprofit organizations in 2016. That was 10.2 percent of total U.S. private sector employment. The District of Columbia had the highest percentage of nonprofit employment, 26.0 percent. Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island also had high shares of nonprofit employment. Full Text »
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