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, 2021 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, 2021 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	151,864	102,490	67.5	7.74	126,397	83.2	8.08	45,755	30.1	5.55
Self-employed workers(3)	10,283	6,491	63.1	6.41	7,274	70.7	6.72	(4)-	(4)-	5.32

Occupation (main job only)
Management, business, and financial operations	30,512	22,320	73.2	7.82	27,687	90.7	8.36	9,128	29.9	3.76
Professional and related	43,432	29,144	67.1	7.54	36,372	83.7	8.02	11,840	27.3	4.04
Service	24,463	15,295	62.5	7.14	17,329	70.8	7.07	9,597	39.2	7.49
Sales and related	12,620	8,527	67.6	7.37	10,290	81.5	7.71	5,389	42.7	6.22
Office and administrative support	16,369	10,157	62.1	7.67	13,089	80.0	7.91	3,304	20.2	5.40
Farming, fishing, and forestry	2,481	(4)-	(4)-	8.12	(4)-	(4)-	8.26	(4)-	(4)-	7.68
Construction and extraction	8,077	5,068	62.7	7.89	(4)-	(4)-	8.11	(4)-	(4)-	6.69
Installation, maintenance, and repair	4,272	2,910	68.1	8.26	(4)-	(4)-	8.53	(4)-	(4)-	6.26
Production	9,357	6,140	65.6	8.56	8,117	86.7	8.91	2,316	24.7	6.19
Transportation and material moving	10,747	7,942	73.9	7.89	9,058	84.3	8.08	4,488	41.8	6.67

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(5)
$0 - $690	27,220	19,165	70.4	7.92	23,354	85.8	8.08	9,182	33.7	6.96
$691 - $1,080	28,040	18,628	66.4	8.08	24,368	86.9	8.32	7,158	25.5	6.42
$1,081 - $1,730	27,268	19,164	70.3	8.22	24,011	88.1	8.62	6,550	24.0	4.36
$1,731 and higher	27,376	20,483	74.8	8.49	25,178	92.0	8.96	8,477	31.0	4.93
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 23, 2022