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Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2007      2008      2008      2007      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,040     2,057     2,074     2,053     2,248     2,213     2,213     2,192     2,109 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,166     1,218     1,203     1,196     1,368     1,259     1,324     1,331     1,244 
    Self-employed workers......................      856       816       840       851       874       936       873       849       839 
    Unpaid family workers......................       18        23        31      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  143,257   143,051   143,847   143,678   143,933   144,052   143,820   143,796   144,258 
    Wage and salary workers....................  133,513   133,849   134,369   133,893   134,605   134,755   134,259   134,411   134,761 
      Government...............................   21,320    21,484    21,657    21,036    20,780    20,907    21,252    21,262    21,333 
      Private industries.......................  112,193   112,365   112,712   112,819   113,872   113,846   112,972   113,142   113,394 
        Private households.....................      819       744       780      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
        Other industries.......................  111,374   111,621   111,932   111,993   113,035   113,042   112,212   112,383   112,650 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,641     9,103     9,353     9,690     9,242     9,161     9,410     9,224     9,355 
    Unpaid family workers......................      103        99       125      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,205     5,038     5,071     4,371     4,665     4,769     4,884     4,914     5,220 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,729     3,404     3,456     2,854     3,174     3,247     3,291     3,323     3,558 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,236     1,382     1,348     1,238     1,236     1,163     1,222     1,362     1,323 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   20,336    19,853    20,607    19,919    19,526    19,613    19,348    19,409    19,809 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,127     4,911     4,978     4,301     4,577     4,677     4,790     4,797     5,125 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,681     3,313     3,389     2,830     3,120     3,174     3,231     3,238     3,513 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,226     1,370     1,345     1,232     1,219     1,149     1,216     1,354     1,331 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   20,001    19,553    20,289    19,550    19,225    19,296    19,019    19,072    19,456 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
  vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
  only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  
  
  
 

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Last Modified Date: May 02, 2008

 

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