Absences from work of employed full‐time wage and salary workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
46. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2025
	Full-time wage and salary workers(1)	Absence rate(1)			Lost worktime rate(2)
	Full-time wage and salary workers(1)	Total	Illness or injury	Other reasons	Total	Illness or injury	Other reasons
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	121,326	3.2	2.2	1.0	1.7	1.1	0.6
16 to 19 years	1,501	4.2	3.1	1.1	1.4	1.0	0.4
20 to 24 years	9,126	2.7	2.0	0.8	1.2	0.8	0.4
25 years and over	110,699	3.3	2.2	1.0	1.7	1.1	0.6
25 to 54 years	85,277	3.2	2.0	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.7
55 years and over	25,422	3.5	2.8	0.7	1.9	1.6	0.3

Men, 16 years and over	66,875	2.6	1.9	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.4
16 to 19 years	895	3.0	2.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.2
20 to 24 years	5,003	2.1	1.6	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.3
25 years and over	60,977	2.6	1.9	0.7	1.4	1.0	0.4
25 to 54 years	47,069	2.5	1.7	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.4
55 years and over	13,908	3.1	2.5	0.6	1.7	1.5	0.3

Women, 16 years and over	54,451	4.0	2.6	1.4	2.1	1.2	0.9
16 to 19 years	606	5.9	4.3	1.6	2.0	1.4	0.7
20 to 24 years	4,123	3.5	2.4	1.1	1.6	0.9	0.7
25 years and over	49,722	4.0	2.6	1.4	2.2	1.3	0.9
25 to 54 years	38,208	4.1	2.5	1.6	2.2	1.1	1.1
55 years and over	11,514	4.0	3.2	0.8	2.1	1.7	0.3

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White	90,674	3.2	2.2	1.0	1.7	1.1	0.6
Black or African American	16,273	3.3	2.4	0.9	1.7	1.3	0.5
Asian	9,520	2.8	1.7	1.1	1.5	0.7	0.8
Hispanic or Latino	24,451	2.9	2.0	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.5
Footnotes (1) Absences are defined as instances when people who usually work 35 or more hours per week (full time) worked less than 35 hours during the reference week for one of the following reasons: own illness, injury, or medical problems; child care problems; other family or personal obligations; civic or military duty; and maternity or paternity leave. Excluded are situations in which work was missed due to vacation or personal days, holiday, labor dispute, and other reasons. For multiple jobholders, absence data refer only to work missed at their main jobs. The absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage and salary employment. (2) Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked.
NOTE: Estimates 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. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. The estimates of full-time wage and salary employment shown in this table do not match those in other tables because the estimates in this table are based on the full CPS sample and those in the other tables are based on a quarter of the sample only. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 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