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Table 4. Employed persons working and time spent working at home or workplace, by job status and educational attainment, averages for May to December, 2019 and 2020

Table 4. Employed persons working and time spent working at home or workplace, by job status and educational attainment, averages for May to December, 2019 and 2020
Characteristic Total employed
(in thousands)		 Employed persons who worked on an
average day		 Employed persons who worked at their
workplace on an average day(1)		 Employed persons who worked at
home on an average day (1,2)
Percent of
employed		 Average hours of
work		 Percent of those
who worked		 Average hours of
work at workplace		 Percent of those
who worked		 Average hours of
work at home
2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020

Full- and part-time status and sex

Total, 15 years and over(3)

 166,910 155,737 67.1 65.8 7.65 7.64 81.4 63.1 7.91 7.79 22.4 41.7 3.64 5.78

Full-time workers

 130,087 120,949 70.6 69.1 8.15 8.14 82.7 62.3 8.31 8.22 22.3 43.2 3.84 6.24

Part-time workers

 36,823 34,789 54.6 54.3 5.37 5.41 75.6 66.9 5.89 6.00 22.7 35.0 2.71 3.26

Men(3)

 89,256 82,703 70.8 68.0 7.90 8.01 84.7 68.0 8.15 8.08 19.7 35.5 3.48 5.98

Full-time workers

 74,898 69,467 73.2 70.4 8.30 8.39 85.5 67.7 8.49 8.43 19.7 36.7 3.61 6.26

Part-time workers

 14,358 13,236 58.4 55.6 5.27 5.47 79.1 69.6 5.68 5.81 19.8 27.4 2.64 3.50

Women(3)

 77,654 73,034 62.8 63.2 7.32 7.18 77.1 57.2 7.57 7.36 25.9 49.3 3.80 5.61

Full-time workers

 55,189 51,481 67.1 67.3 7.92 7.78 78.4 54.6 8.02 7.85 26.2 52.4 4.11 6.23

Part-time workers

 22,465 21,553 52.2 53.5 5.44 5.38 73.0 65.2 6.06 6.13 24.8 39.8 2.75 3.16

Jobholding status

Single jobholders

 151,151 142,864 66.0 64.4 7.62 7.64 82.8 63.3 7.91 7.78 20.4 40.7 3.59 5.92

Multiple jobholders

 15,760 12,874 77.1 81.1 7.83 7.65 69.8 61.6 7.86 7.86 38.8 50.2 3.84 4.83

Educational attainment, 25 years and over

Less than a high school diploma

 10,074 7,709 64.4 62.9 8.28 8.48 85.6 89.0 8.39 7.89 9.5 13.6 s 4.61

High school graduates, no college

 36,519 32,409 65.6 64.0 8.13 8.23 90.3 86.9 8.25 8.24 12.7 18.5 3.23 4.46

Some college or associate degree

 33,792 30,584 65.4 65.5 7.89 7.98 81.3 68.5 8.33 8.01 16.8 36.2 4.11 5.91

Bachelor's degree and higher

 63,730 64,032 70.4 68.7 7.42 7.43 72.2 41.7 7.83 7.69 37.2 65.3 3.61 6.09

Bachelor's degree only

 36,117 38,367 69.2 66.4 7.60 7.65 74.2 46.2 7.92 7.81 33.8 59.0 3.93 6.32

Advanced degree

 27,614 25,665 72.0 72.1 7.19 7.13 69.6 35.5 7.71 7.46 41.5 73.9 3.28 5.82

(1) Individuals may have worked at more than one location.
(2) Working at home includes any time persons did work at home and is not restricted to persons whose usual workplace is their home.
(3) Includes workers whose hours vary.
s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.

Note: Includes work at main and other job(s) and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work. Data refer to persons 15 years and over, unless otherwise specified, and are representative of the periods May 10th through December 31st.

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Last Modified Date: July 22, 2021