People at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full‐ or part‐time status : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
20. People at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full- or part-time status [Numbers in thousands]
Reason for working less than 35 hours	2025
	All industries			Nonagricultural industries
	Total	Usually work full time	Usually work part time	Total	Usually work full time	Usually work part time
Total, at work 1 to 34 hours	36,601	10,657	25,944	36,041	10,524	25,517

Economic reasons	4,831	1,527	3,304	4,757	1,494	3,263
Slack work or business conditions	3,175	1,293	1,882	3,125	1,271	1,855
Could only find part-time work	1,323	-	1,323	1,316	-	1,316
Seasonal work	241	142	100	224	132	92
Job started or ended during week	92	92	-	92	92	-

Noneconomic reasons	31,770	9,130	22,640	31,284	9,030	22,254
Child-care problems	1,309	102	1,206	1,295	102	1,193
Other family or personal obligations	4,781	735	4,045	4,709	727	3,982
Health or medical limitations	1,183	-	1,183	1,162	-	1,162
In school or training	6,023	89	5,934	5,967	88	5,880
Retired or Social Security limit on earnings	3,103	-	3,103	2,960	-	2,960
Vacation or personal day	4,313	4,313	-	4,275	4,275	-
Holiday, legal or religious	569	569	-	566	566	-
Weather-related curtailment	394	394	-	381	381	-
All other reasons	10,097	2,928	7,169	9,969	2,891	7,078

Average hours, economic reasons	22.6	23.2	22.4	22.7	23.2	22.4
Average hours, noneconomic reasons	21.2	24.8	19.8	21.3	24.8	19.9
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release ofJanuary data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (value not shown where base is less than 35,000). Effective with January 2025 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2022 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2022 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026