Table 5. Employed persons working on main job and time spent working on days worked by class of worker, occupation, earnings, and day of week, 2023 annual averages

Table 5. Employed persons working on main job and time spent working on days worked by class of worker, occupation, earnings, and day of week, 2023 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Total Employed	Employed persons who worked on an average day			Employed persons who worked on an average weekday			Employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday
Characteristic	Total Employed	Number	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(1)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(2)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work
Class of worker (main job only)
Wage and salary workers	164,144	105,029	64.0	7.75	131,942	80.4	8.06	42,312	25.8	5.49
Self-employed workers(3)	11,787	7,393	62.7	6.80	8,633	73.2	7.34	4,411	37.4	4.28

Occupation (main job only)
Management, business, and financial operations	36,430	25,904	71.1	7.63	32,761	89.9	8.12	9,457	26.0	3.61
Professional and related	45,286	28,813	63.6	7.46	36,094	79.7	7.89	10,824	23.9	3.91
Service	25,176	13,762	54.7	7.22	16,819	66.8	7.31	7,579	30.1	6.82
Sales and related	15,811	10,964	69.3	7.45	12,732	80.5	7.76	6,636	42.0	5.99
Office and administrative support	16,370	9,621	58.8	7.87	12,837	78.4	8.04	2,696	16.5	6.18
Farming, fishing, and forestry	1,992	(4)-	(4)-	7.71	(4)-	(4)-	8.03	(4)-	(4)-	7.25
Construction and extraction	8,702	5,402	62.1	8.69	6,990	80.3	8.73	(4)-	(4)-	8.26
Installation, maintenance, and repair	4,873	3,622	74.3	8.54	(4)-	(4)-	8.82	(4)-	(4)-	6.31
Production	9,002	6,074	67.5	8.43	7,425	82.5	8.63	(4)-	(4)-	6.32
Transportation and material moving	12,314	7,367	59.8	8.04	8,900	72.3	8.30	3,674	29.8	6.52

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(5)
$0 - $800	29,310	19,762	67.4	8.12	24,630	84.0	8.26	8,164	27.9	7.15
$801 - $1,200	29,743	20,198	67.9	8.33	25,108	84.4	8.54	7,425	25.0	6.51
$1,201 - $1,875	28,627	19,081	66.7	8.06	24,873	86.9	8.38	5,714	20.0	4.77
$1,876 and higher	29,120	20,835	71.5	8.13	27,228	93.5	8.64	6,764	23.2	3.60
Footnotes (1) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday. (2) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday. (3) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salary workers. (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (5) The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
NOTE: Includes work at main job only and excludes travel related to work. Data refer to persons 15 years and over.

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Last Modified Date: June 27, 2024