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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
47. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry 2021
Full-time wage
and salary
workers(1)
Absence rate(1) Lost worktime rate(2)
Total Illness or
injury
Other
reasons
Total Illness or
injury
Other
reasons

Total employed

114,125 3.2 2.3 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.5

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

51,112 2.5 1.6 0.9 1.5 0.9 0.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

21,513 2.0 1.3 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.5

Management occupations

13,963 1.9 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.4

Business and financial operations occupations

7,550 2.3 1.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.5

Professional and related occupations

29,599 2.9 1.8 1.1 1.7 1.0 0.7

Computer and mathematical occupations

5,286 2.1 1.5 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.4

Architecture and engineering occupations

2,987 2.2 1.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.5

Life, physical, and social science occupations

1,371 3.8 2.2 1.6 2.6 1.4 1.2

Community and social service occupations

2,237 3.2 2.2 1.0 1.6 1.0 0.5

Legal occupations

1,379 2.5 1.5 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.6

Education, training, and library occupations

7,109 3.0 1.9 1.1 1.7 1.0 0.7

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

1,687 2.6 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.7

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

7,543 3.6 2.2 1.4 2.3 1.4 0.9

Service occupations

14,682 4.2 3.1 1.1 2.4 1.8 0.6

Healthcare support occupations

3,270 5.0 3.5 1.5 3.1 2.1 1.0

Protective service occupations

2,636 3.5 2.7 0.8 2.6 2.0 0.6

Food preparation and serving related occupations

3,841 4.2 3.1 1.0 2.1 1.6 0.5

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

3,377 4.2 3.2 1.0 2.2 1.8 0.4

Personal care and service occupations

1,557 4.0 2.7 1.2 2.1 1.5 0.6

Sales and office occupations

21,554 3.4 2.4 1.0 1.8 1.3 0.6

Sales and related occupations

9,176 2.9 2.1 0.8 1.6 1.1 0.4

Office and administrative support occupations

12,378 3.8 2.6 1.1 2.0 1.4 0.6

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

11,217 3.1 2.5 0.6 1.9 1.6 0.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

804 2.5 2.0 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.2

Construction and extraction occupations

6,194 3.2 2.5 0.7 2.0 1.6 0.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

4,219 3.0 2.5 0.5 1.9 1.6 0.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

15,560 4.1 3.3 0.8 2.7 2.2 0.5

Production occupations

7,074 4.0 3.2 0.9 2.6 2.1 0.5

Transportation and material moving occupations

8,486 4.2 3.4 0.8 2.7 2.3 0.4

INDUSTRY

Private sector

95,762 3.1 2.2 0.9 1.8 1.3 0.5

Agriculture and related industries

1,105 2.9 2.5 0.4 1.7 1.4 0.2

Nonagricultural industries

94,658 3.1 2.2 0.9 1.8 1.3 0.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

554 2.0 1.8 0.2 1.5 1.4 0.1

Construction

7,631 2.9 2.2 0.7 1.7 1.3 0.3

Manufacturing

13,414 3.1 2.4 0.7 2.0 1.6 0.5

Durable goods

8,609 3.0 2.3 0.7 1.9 1.5 0.4

Nondurable goods

4,806 3.3 2.6 0.7 2.2 1.7 0.5

Wholesale and retail trade

13,653 3.6 2.7 0.9 2.1 1.6 0.5

Wholesale trade

2,874 2.9 2.1 0.8 1.7 1.3 0.4

Retail trade

10,779 3.8 2.8 1.0 2.2 1.7 0.5

Transportation and utilities

6,089 3.5 2.8 0.8 2.3 1.9 0.4

Transportation and warehousing

5,121 3.7 2.9 0.8 2.3 1.9 0.4

Utilities

968 2.8 2.2 0.6 1.9 1.6 0.3

Information

2,039 2.5 1.7 0.8 1.5 0.9 0.6

Financial activities

8,430 2.3 1.6 0.8 1.3 0.9 0.4

Finance and insurance

6,541 2.2 1.4 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.5

Finance

4,174 1.9 1.3 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.4

Insurance

2,367 2.6 1.7 0.9 1.5 1.0 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

1,890 2.9 2.0 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.4

Professional and business services

13,742 2.5 1.6 0.9 1.4 0.8 0.6

Professional and technical services

9,676 2.1 1.2 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.6

Management, administrative, and waste services

4,066 3.5 2.4 1.1 1.9 1.3 0.6

Education and health services

18,336 3.6 2.4 1.2 2.1 1.3 0.8

Educational services

3,602 2.8 1.8 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.5

Health care and social assistance

14,734 3.8 2.5 1.2 2.3 1.4 0.8

Leisure and hospitality

6,553 3.7 2.7 0.9 1.9 1.4 0.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

1,302 3.0 2.0 1.0 1.7 1.1 0.5

Accommodation and food services

5,251 3.8 2.9 0.9 2.0 1.5 0.5

Accommodation

766 4.1 2.7 1.4 2.4 1.5 0.9

Food services and drinking places

4,485 3.8 3.0 0.8 1.9 1.5 0.4

Other services(3)

4,215 3.1 2.1 1.0 1.6 1.1 0.5

Other services, except private households

3,856 3.0 2.0 0.9 1.5 1.1 0.5

Public sector

18,363 3.5 2.4 1.1 2.1 1.4 0.7

Federal government

3,666 3.7 2.6 1.1 2.2 1.5 0.7

State government

6,038 3.6 2.5 1.1 2.2 1.5 0.7

Local government

8,658 3.3 2.3 1.0 2.0 1.4 0.6

Footnotes
(1) Absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours per week (full time) worked less than 35 hours during the reference week for one of the following reasons: own illness, injury, or medical problems; child care problems; other family or personal obligations; civic or military duty; and maternity or paternity leave. Excluded are situations in which work was missed due to vacation or personal days, holiday, labor dispute, and other reasons. For multiple jobholders, absence data refer only to work missed at their main jobs. The absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage and salary employment.
(2) Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked.
(3) Includes other industries, not shown separately.

NOTE: All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. The estimates of full-time wage and salary employment shown in this table do not match those in other tables because the estimates in this table are based on the full CPS sample and those in the other tables are based on a quarter of the sample only. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022