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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, 2023 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, 2023 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

 164,144 105,029 64.0 7.75 77,522 73.8 7.88 33,850 32.2 5.22

Self-employed workers(3)

 11,787 7,393 62.7 6.80 4,176 56.5 7.37 4,010 54.2 4.20

Occupation (main job only)

Management, business, and financial operations

 36,430 25,904 71.1 7.63 15,261 58.9 7.85 12,682 49.0 5.71

Professional and related

 45,286 28,813 63.6 7.46 17,884 62.1 7.79 13,485 46.8 5.05

Service

 25,176 13,762 54.7 7.22 11,779 85.6 7.42 2,209 16.1 4.39

Sales and related

 15,811 10,964 69.3 7.45 8,699 79.3 7.31 3,053 27.8 5.20

Office and administrative support

 16,370 9,621 58.8 7.87 7,051 73.3 8.18 2,761 28.7 5.77

Farming, fishing, and forestry

 1,992 (4)- (4)- 7.71 (4)- (4)- 7.42 (4)- (4)- 5.61

Construction and extraction

 8,702 5,402 62.1 8.69 5,197 96.2 8.64 428 7.9 (4)-

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 4,873 3,622 74.3 8.54 3,327 91.8 8.42 559 15.4 (4)-

Production

 9,002 6,074 67.5 8.43 5,674 93.4 8.33 909 15.0 2.91

Transportation and material moving

 12,314 7,367 59.8 8.04 6,349 86.2 7.89 1,276 17.3 (4)-

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

$0 - $800

 29,310 19,762 67.4 8.12 17,705 89.6 8.07 2,806 14.2 5.09

$801 - $1,200

 29,743 20,198 67.9 8.33 16,178 80.1 8.35 4,654 23.0 5.49

$1,201 - $1,875

 28,627 19,081 66.7 8.06 14,093 73.9 8.28 6,416 33.6 5.35

$1,876 and higher

 29,120 20,835 71.5 8.13 11,641 55.9 8.31 11,254 54.0 5.82

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 27, 2024