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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, 2024 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, 2024 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
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

161,157 103,513 64.2 7.59 129,186 80.2 7.91 44,953 27.9 5.53

Self-employed workers(3)

11,273 7,197 63.8 6.38 8,416 74.7 6.73 4,336 38.5 4.81

Occupation (main job only)

Management, business, and financial operations

31,374 22,176 70.7 7.67 28,850 92.0 8.00 6,758 21.5 4.43

Professional and related

48,324 31,756 65.7 7.39 40,134 83.1 7.85 12,490 25.8 3.99

Service

28,485 15,726 55.2 7.11 17,399 61.1 7.27 11,782 41.4 6.58

Sales and related

13,800 8,818 63.9 7.43 10,519 76.2 7.65 (4)- (4)- 6.18

Office and administrative support

15,738 9,499 60.4 7.45 13,123 83.4 7.69 2,784 17.7 5.26

Farming, fishing, and forestry

(4)- (4)- (4)- 7.19 (4)- (4)- 8.39 (4)- (4)- 4.07

Construction and extraction

7,967 5,297 66.5 7.35 6,787 85.2 7.89 (4)- (4)- 3.72

Installation, maintenance, and repair

5,002 (4)- (4)- 7.60 (4)- (4)- 7.79 (4)- (4)- (4)-

Production

8,849 5,841 66.0 8.70 7,012 79.2 8.84 1,910 21.6 6.88

Transportation and material moving

11,186 7,335 65.6 7.78 8,687 77.7 7.81 4,699 42.0 7.67

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage
and salary workers
(single jobholders only)(5)

$0 - $840

28,317 19,508 68.9 7.92 24,080 85.0 8.09 8,802 31.1 6.83

$841 - $1,250

28,023 18,818 67.2 8.05 24,288 86.7 8.36 6,770 24.2 5.68

$1,251 - $1,970

27,215 18,042 66.3 8.00 23,468 86.2 8.35 6,251 23.0 5.19

$1,971 and higher

27,837 19,363 69.6 7.91 25,156 90.4 8.44 6,557 23.6 3.48

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.

Last Modified Date: June 26, 2025