Table 4. Employed people who requested or made a change to help do their job better by sex, class of worker, presence of work-limiting health condition or difficulty, and disability status, July 2024

Table 4. Employed people who requested or made a change to help do their job better by sex, class of worker, presence of work-limiting health condition or difficulty, and disability status, July 2024 [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Employed	Requested or made a change to help do their job better(1)	Percent of employed who requested or made a change
Total, ages 16 to 75	161,719	7,598	4.7
Men	86,181	3,854	4.5
Women	75,538	3,744	5.0
Wage and salary workers(2)	145,290	5,891	4.1
Private industries	124,306	4,967	4.0
Government	20,984	924	4.4
Federal	4,228	226	5.3
State	7,137	318	4.4
Local	9,619	381	4.0
Self-employed workers	16,386	1,706	10.4
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,697	1,089	11.2
Self-employed workers, incorporated	6,689	617	9.2
People with a health condition or difficulty that limits work	7,447	2,366	31.8
Men	3,800	1,161	30.6
Women	3,647	1,205	33.0
With a disability	2,545	903	35.5
Men	1,290	418	32.4
Women	1,255	485	38.7
With no disability	4,902	1,462	29.8
Men	2,510	743	29.6
Women	2,392	719	30.1
People with no health conditions or difficulties that limit work	154,272	5,232	3.4
Men	82,381	2,693	3.3
Women	71,891	2,539	3.5
With a disability	4,602	404	8.8
Men	2,380	145	6.1
Women	2,223	259	11.7
With no disability	149,670	4,828	3.2
Men	80,002	2,548	3.2
Women	69,668	2,280	3.3
Footnotes (1) Self-employed workers were asked if they made changes to do their job better. Other workers were asked if they had requested a change to help do their job better. See Technical Note for more information. (2) Data exclude all self-employed workers whether or not their businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Estimates for class of worker do not sum to totals because data are not shown for unpaid family workers.

Last Modified Date: September 30, 2025