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Table 7. Employed persons working on main job at home, workplace, and time spent working at each location by class of worker, occupation, and earnings, 2019 annual averages

Table 7. Employed persons working on main job at home, workplace, and time spent working at each location by class of worker, occupation, and earnings, 2019 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Total Employed 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)
Number Percent of employed Average hours of work Number Percent of those who worked Average hours of work at workplace Number Percent of those who worked Average hours of work at home

Class of worker (main job only)

Wage and salary workers

 155,419 103,942 66.9 7.61 87,517 84.2 7.85 21,343 20.5 3.21

Self-employed workers(3)

 10,785 7,022 65.1 6.57 3,483 49.6 7.20 3,698 52.7 4.06

Occupation (main job only)

Management, business, and financial operations

 28,036 20,329 72.5 7.80 14,964 73.6 8.19 7,455 36.7 4.13

Professional and related

 43,322 29,382 67.8 7.14 21,954 74.7 7.63 9,612 32.7 3.11

Service

 27,886 17,143 61.5 7.48 14,747 86.0 7.60 2,706 15.8 2.16

Sales and related

 13,725 9,244 67.4 7.14 7,537 81.5 7.25 2,208 23.9 3.77

Office and administrative support

 18,566 12,209 65.8 7.25 10,775 88.3 7.50 1,607 13.2 3.38

Farming, fishing, and forestry

 1,485 (4)- (4)- 7.90 (4)- (4)- 8.10 (4)- (4)- (4)-

Construction and extraction

 9,234 6,139 66.5 7.89 5,653 92.1 8.11 699 11.4 2.43

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 5,229 (4)- (4)- 8.57 3,133 95.6 8.86 114 3.5 (4)-

Production

 8,790 5,845 66.5 8.33 5,521 94.5 8.37 401 6.9 2.61

Transportation and material moving

 10,029 6,560 65.4 8.15 5,889 89.8 8.07 231 3.5 (4)-

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

$0 - $650

 26,965 18,168 67.4 7.85 16,832 92.6 7.94 1,727 9.5 2.60

$651 - $1,000

 26,993 18,656 69.1 8.25 16,702 89.5 8.52 2,236 12.0 2.98

$1,001 - $1,620

 26,595 17,768 66.8 8.09 15,124 85.1 8.44 3,716 20.9 2.67

$1,621 and higher

 26,498 19,545 73.8 8.11 15,247 78.0 8.47 6,733 34.4 3.62

Footnotes
(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 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 at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work. Data refer to persons 15 years and over.

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Last Modified Date: June 25, 2020