The economic activity of a society consists of activities related to the production and consumption of goods and services. Since earliest times, the primary function of organized society has been economic in nature.
The Pentagon is a large office building, with about 6,500,000 sq ft (600,000 m 2), of which 3,700,000 sq ft (340,000 m 2) are used as offices. Approximately 23,000 military and civilian employees and about 3,000 non-defense support personnel work in the Pentagon. It has five sides, five floors above ground, two basement levels, and five ring corridors per floor with a total of 17.5 mi (28.2 km) of corridors.
US Employment and Jobs. There were 144,448,000 jobs in the US in July 2016 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 151,517,000 employed persons for the month. The US added 255,000 jobs in July 2016 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 420,000. (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.) The charts below show the monthly change in the US as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.