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
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	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.

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