nonfarm
Outside rural sectors
Nonfarm describes economic activity outside of agriculture.
The term appears most often in government statistics: nonfarm payrolls, nonfarm employment.
The monthly U.S. jobs report distinguishes nonfarm employment from agricultural work, which has different seasonal patterns and data collection methods.
Industrial product creation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- assemblyConstructing from components
- productionMaking or generating something
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
automation · robotics · fabrication · welding · metalwork · plastics · textiles · electronics
Employee payment records
- jobsPositions of employment
- workforceAll available workers
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- hiringGiving someone work
unemployment · wages · salaries · headcount · positions · staffing · work · earnings
Sales to end users
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- tradeExchange of commodities
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- servicesActs performed for others
franchise · marketplace · e-commerce · sales · distribution · storefront · vendor · hospitality
Of a major city
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- municipalityLocal governing district
downtown · development · zoning · commuter
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- assemblyConstructing from components
- productionMaking or generating something
machinery · automation · robotics · fabrication · welding · metalwork · plastics · textiles · electronics · aerospace
payrolls
Employee payment records
hiring · unemployment · wages · salaries · headcount · positions · staffing · work · earnings
retail
Sales to end users
- wholesaleBulk sales to merchants
- tradeExchange of commodities
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
services · franchise · marketplace · e-commerce · sales · distribution · storefront · vendor · hospitality · finance
metropolitan
Of a major city
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
municipality · downtown · development · zoning · commuter
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Agricultural land tract
agricultural · farming · agrarian · agriculture · agribusiness
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Agricultural land tract
rural · pastoral · agricultural · agrarian · countryside
farm, farming, farmer, farmland, farmed, farmers, agronomy, farmable