Table 3. Distribution of employed wage and salary workers by tenure with current employer, age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, January 2008
Table 3. Distribution of employed wage and salary workers by tenure with current employer, age, sex, race, and
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, January 2008
Percent distribution by tenure with current employer
Age, sex, race, and Number
Hispanic or Latino employed
ethnicity (in thousands) 12 13 to 3 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 15 to 20
Total months 23 2 years years years 14 19 years
or less months years years or more
TOTAL
16 years and over.. 129,276 100.0 22.9 7.4 5.6 16.9 20.2 10.6 6.2 10.3
16 to 19 years........... 5,200 100.0 73.8 11.5 7.5 7.0 .3 - - -
20 years and over........ 124,076 100.0 20.8 7.2 5.5 17.3 21.0 11.0 6.4 10.7
20 to 24 years......... 13,139 100.0 49.9 13.2 10.2 20.4 6.4 (1) - -
25 to 34 years......... 29,097 100.0 28.2 10.4 8.5 23.4 23.5 5.4 .6 (1)
35 to 44 years......... 30,150 100.0 17.1 6.6 4.8 18.1 25.3 15.3 8.2 4.5
45 to 54 years......... 30,151 100.0 12.9 4.4 3.5 13.7 21.6 14.4 9.9 19.4
55 to 64 years......... 17,242 100.0 9.4 4.3 2.6 11.2 19.7 14.1 10.9 27.8
65 years and over...... 4,297 100.0 8.9 2.5 2.8 10.6 18.9 16.6 10.4 29.2
Men
16 years and over.. 66,660 100.0 22.4 6.9 5.6 16.9 19.9 10.7 6.1 11.5
16 to 19 years........... 2,423 100.0 72.5 11.8 8.4 7.0 .3 - - -
20 years and over........ 64,236 100.0 20.5 6.8 5.5 17.3 20.6 11.1 6.3 11.9
20 to 24 years......... 6,856 100.0 49.6 12.2 10.2 21.3 6.6 - - -
25 to 34 years......... 15,709 100.0 27.4 9.7 8.3 23.3 24.6 5.8 .9 (1)
35 to 44 years......... 15,755 100.0 16.7 6.0 4.8 17.6 24.4 16.6 8.7 5.3
45 to 54 years......... 15,289 100.0 12.7 3.9 3.3 13.1 20.4 14.0 10.0 22.7
55 to 64 years......... 8,513 100.0 8.5 4.7 2.3 11.6 18.8 13.4 9.9 30.7
65 years and over...... 2,115 100.0 8.5 2.7 2.0 10.5 17.6 15.8 9.1 33.9
Women
16 years and over.. 62,616 100.0 23.5 7.8 5.7 16.9 20.4 10.5 6.2 9.0
16 to 19 years........... 2,776 100.0 74.9 11.2 6.8 6.9 .3 - - -
20 years and over........ 59,840 100.0 21.1 7.7 5.6 17.3 21.4 11.0 6.5 9.4
20 to 24 years......... 6,283 100.0 50.2 14.2 10.1 19.3 6.1 .1 - -
25 to 34 years......... 13,388 100.0 29.2 11.2 8.6 23.5 22.3 5.0 .3 -
35 to 44 years......... 14,395 100.0 17.5 7.4 4.8 18.7 26.3 13.9 7.6 3.8
45 to 54 years......... 14,862 100.0 13.2 5.1 3.8 14.4 22.9 15.0 9.8 16.0
55 to 64 years......... 8,729 100.0 10.3 3.9 2.8 10.8 20.5 14.9 11.8 25.1
65 years and over...... 2,182 100.0 9.3 2.3 3.6 10.6 20.3 17.4 11.7 24.7
White
16 years and over.... 105,246 100.0 22.6 7.3 5.4 16.4 20.2 10.8 6.4 10.8
Men...................... 55,008 100.0 22.0 6.8 5.4 16.5 19.8 10.9 6.4 12.2
Women.................... 50,238 100.0 23.2 7.9 5.5 16.3 20.6 10.7 6.4 9.3
Black or African American
16 years and over.... 14,497 100.0 24.5 7.1 6.8 18.0 19.7 10.3 4.7 8.8
Men...................... 6,704 100.0 25.4 7.2 6.7 17.0 19.5 10.6 4.0 9.6
Women.................... 7,793 100.0 23.7 7.0 6.9 18.9 19.9 10.1 5.4 8.2
Asian
16 years and over.... 6,283 100.0 21.5 7.6 5.4 21.8 22.4 9.6 5.5 6.2
Men...................... 3,316 100.0 19.8 7.5 5.0 23.2 24.0 9.5 5.6 5.4
Women.................... 2,967 100.0 23.4 7.7 5.8 20.3 20.5 9.7 5.3 7.2
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
16 years and over.... 18,645 100.0 26.9 7.1 7.2 19.9 20.2 9.3 4.5 4.9
Men...................... 10,886 100.0 25.9 6.3 7.6 20.5 20.1 9.2 4.8 5.6
Women.................... 7,759 100.0 28.3 8.2 6.8 19.1 20.4 9.4 4.0 3.9
1 Less than 0.05 percent.
NOTE: Detail for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals
because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may
be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Detail
may not sum to totals because of rounding. Dash represents zero or rounds to zero.
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