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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
21. Persons at work in nonagricultural industries by class of worker and usual full- or part-time status
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker 2021
Total
at
work
Worked 1 to 34 hours Worked
35 hours
or more
Average hours
Total For
economic
reasons
For noneconomic
reasons
Total
at
work
Persons who
usually work
full time
Usually
work
full
time
Usually
work
part
time

Total, nonagricultural industries

144,556 32,147 4,844 7,940 19,362 112,409 38.7 42.1

Wage and salary workers(1)

136,002 28,802 4,178 7,395 17,228 107,200 38.9 42.0

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

572 46 13 22 11 526 45.9 46.6

Construction

9,263 1,320 340 550 430 7,943 40.8 42.0

Manufacturing

14,025 1,390 182 709 498 12,636 41.9 42.7

Durable goods

8,945 828 111 456 261 8,117 42.0 42.7

Nondurable goods

5,080 562 71 253 237 4,518 41.7 42.8

Wholesale and retail trade

18,152 4,973 768 826 3,379 13,179 37.3 41.8

Transportation and utilities

8,402 1,462 301 425 736 6,940 40.9 43.4

Information

2,486 419 58 139 221 2,068 39.6 42.1

Financial activities

9,646 1,321 109 597 614 8,325 40.7 42.3

Professional and business services

16,760 2,798 450 928 1,420 13,962 39.9 42.1

Education and health services

32,040 7,348 723 1,849 4,775 24,692 38.2 41.5

Leisure and hospitality

11,568 5,001 881 466 3,654 6,567 33.4 41.3

Other services

5,913 1,729 284 288 1,157 4,185 36.5 41.6

Other services, except private households

5,290 1,415 218 256 941 3,875 37.2 41.8

Private households

623 313 66 31 216 309 30.7 39.5

Public administration

7,175 996 69 596 331 6,179 40.8 42.0

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

8,487 3,310 661 542 2,107 5,177 35.0 42.2

Unpaid family workers

67 35 5 3 27 32 31.3 -

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

 

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022