The patterns of the computed median values are depicted on the graphs. A bar indicates that the distribution of growth rates in high-cost booms is significantly different34 from the distribution of growth rates in low-cost booms for the considered period at the 20% (low bar), 10% (medium bar) or 5% (tall bar) significance level.
But, at the same time, employment in professional and business services had more than doubled to roughly equal the number of manufacturing jobs that existed here in 2000. Employment in education, health, and leisure had also expanded rapidly.