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Table A-8. Employed people by class of worker and part-time status

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Employed people by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands]
Category Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
July
2024		 June
2025		 July
2025		 July
2024		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 May
2025		 June
2025		 July
2025

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries

 2,421 2,284 2,365 2,271 2,371 2,246 2,062 2,162 2,216

Wage and salary workers(1)

 1,729 1,644 1,775 1,593 1,595 1,556 1,414 1,529 1,610

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 673 609 571 642 740 666 628 581 554

Unpaid family workers

 20 30 18 - - - - - -

Nonagricultural industries

 159,616 161,599 161,434 159,099 160,920 161,591 161,223 161,353 160,962

Wage and salary workers(1)

 150,290 152,376 152,274 149,761 151,946 152,265 151,789 152,125 151,816

Government

 20,704 20,974 20,688 21,640 21,748 21,856 21,807 21,532 21,635

Private industries

 129,586 131,402 131,586 128,090 130,227 130,408 129,957 130,589 130,131

Private households

 629 614 587 - - - - - -

Other industries

 128,956 130,788 130,998 127,451 129,585 129,731 129,357 129,930 129,534

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 9,285 9,184 9,146 9,194 9,055 9,281 9,385 9,095 9,060

Unpaid family workers

 41 39 14 - - - - - -

PEOPLE AT WORK PART TIME(2)

All industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,718 4,659 4,838 4,564 4,780 4,690 4,624 4,465 4,684

Slack work or business conditions

 2,996 3,120 3,027 3,001 3,156 3,148 3,007 3,109 3,035

Could only find part-time work

 1,301 1,159 1,374 1,195 1,255 1,260 1,385 1,161 1,264

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 20,566 21,564 21,307 22,048 22,625 22,723 22,588 22,556 22,770

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,661 4,577 4,729 4,490 4,717 4,622 4,548 4,372 4,559

Slack work or business conditions

 2,954 3,049 2,941 2,942 3,125 3,103 2,941 3,022 2,932

Could only find part-time work

 1,291 1,154 1,363 1,188 1,255 1,253 1,375 1,156 1,257

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 20,201 21,221 20,917 21,694 22,196 22,381 22,239 22,208 22,392

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(2) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed people who were absent from their jobs for the entire week.
(3) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.
(4) Refers to people who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes people who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.
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: August 01, 2025