The services sector provides employment to 27% of the workforce. Wages soared, as employers competed for a scarce workforce. The agricultural sector employs 12% of the total workforce. This functions as a pension fund for old age security for the organised workforce sector. The sector employed 26.4% of the workforce. The industry began attracting both capital and an innovative workforce. Such individuals may be professionals or recruits from the workforce. The level of education and productivity in the workforce is high in Norway. The trend of automating payroll and workforce management processes began during the 1970s. The political debate centered on outsourcing's consequences for the domestic U.S. workforce. For the wider Japanese workforce, wages have stagnated. These communities disproportionately occupy laborer positions with the workforce. King Abdullah invested in educating the workforce for future jobs. A quarter of the workforce was unemployed. Consequently, they employ about 25% of their entire workforce overseas.