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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
2025		 June
2026		 July
2026		 July
2025		 Mar.
2026		 Apr.
2026		 May
2026		 June
2026		 July
2026

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries

 2,365 2,415 2,356 2,220 2,256 2,288 2,261 2,291 2,216

Wage and salary workers(1)

 1,775 1,739 1,667 1,597 1,496 1,562 1,648 1,595 1,508

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 571 652 676 562 721 678 582 638 670

Unpaid family workers

 18 24 13 - - - - - -

Nonagricultural industries

 161,434 160,307 160,444 161,053 160,550 160,256 160,589 160,100 160,093

Wage and salary workers(1)

 152,274 151,395 151,209 151,853 151,853 151,331 151,624 151,206 150,852

Government

 20,688 21,231 20,909 21,693 21,325 21,393 21,270 21,812 21,881

Private industries

 131,586 130,165 130,300 130,084 130,542 129,950 130,318 129,330 128,906

Private households

 587 647 515 - - - - - -

Other industries

 130,998 129,518 129,786 129,486 129,805 129,341 129,721 128,657 128,382

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 9,146 8,879 9,168 9,061 8,737 8,904 8,943 8,792 9,066

Unpaid family workers

 14 33 67 - - - - - -

PEOPLE AT WORK PART TIME(2)

All industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,838 4,863 4,954 4,689 4,497 4,942 4,805 4,681 4,804

Slack work or business conditions

 3,027 3,015 3,006 3,040 3,107 3,289 3,263 3,010 3,019

Could only find part-time work

 1,374 1,427 1,553 1,289 1,126 1,267 1,208 1,409 1,428

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 21,307 21,570 21,297 22,773 22,767 22,706 22,853 22,618 22,770

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,729 4,807 4,906 4,566 4,476 4,873 4,750 4,615 4,743

Slack work or business conditions

 2,941 2,984 2,969 2,937 3,096 3,274 3,235 2,964 2,968

Could only find part-time work

 1,363 1,415 1,548 1,282 1,124 1,258 1,205 1,398 1,426

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 20,917 21,173 20,859 22,391 22,393 22,322 22,445 22,213 22,345

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 07, 2026