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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, 2018 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, 2018 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

 153,209 101,145 66.0 7.68 85,409 84.4 7.95 20,847 20.6 2.73

Self-employed workers(3)

 11,985 7,902 65.9 5.98 4,044 51.2 6.54 4,009 50.7 3.92

Occupation (main job only)

Management, business, and financial operations

 29,928 22,046 73.7 7.61 16,754 76.0 7.97 7,414 33.6 3.29

Professional and related

 45,908 31,173 67.9 7.35 23,391 75.0 8.04 10,099 32.4 2.83

Service

 26,566 16,227 61.1 7.12 14,170 87.3 7.33 1,625 10.0 2.60

Sales and related

 12,982 8,273 63.7 7.24 6,220 75.2 7.52 2,268 27.4 3.35

Office and administrative support

 18,931 11,725 61.9 7.63 10,635 90.7 7.81 1,763 15.0 2.75

Farming, fishing, and forestry

 1,315 (4)- (4)- 8.38 (4)- (4)- 8.10 (4)- (4)- (4)-

Construction and extraction

 7,149 4,860 68.0 8.32 4,350 89.5 8.54 405 8.3 (4)-

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 4,970 3,629 73.0 8.40 3,385 93.3 7.98 (4)- (4)- (4)-

Production

 9,054 5,187 57.3 8.17 4,994 96.3 8.18 399 7.7 (4)-

Transportation and material moving

 8,466 5,023 59.3 8.23 4,661 92.8 8.12 352 7.0 1.73

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

$0 - $630

 27,323 17,733 64.9 7.94 16,543 93.3 7.85 1,394 7.9 2.62

$631 - $960

 26,284 18,772 71.4 8.09 16,798 89.5 8.31 2,021 10.8 2.44

$961 - $1,530

 28,388 19,147 67.4 8.32 16,460 86.0 8.53 4,402 23.0 2.60

$1,531 and higher

 27,362 20,723 75.7 8.16 16,496 79.6 8.56 7,241 34.9 2.86

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 19, 2019