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Table A-8. Employed people by class of worker and part-time status

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Employed people by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands]
Category Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Sept.
2024		 Aug.
2025		 Sept.
2025		 Sept.
2024		 May
2025		 June
2025		 July
2025		 Aug.
2025		 Sept.
2025

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries

 2,273 2,314 2,209 2,263 2,062 2,162 2,216 2,238 2,198

Wage and salary workers(1)

 1,648 1,598 1,533 1,628 1,414 1,529 1,610 1,530 1,519

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 617 689 658 617 628 581 554 670 657

Unpaid family workers

 8 27 18 - - - - - -

Nonagricultural industries

 159,772 160,973 161,685 159,531 161,223 161,353 160,962 161,165 161,411

Wage and salary workers(1)

 150,426 151,608 152,530 150,213 151,789 152,125 151,816 151,837 152,294

Government

 22,176 21,874 22,620 22,220 21,807 21,532 21,635 22,446 22,554

Private industries

 128,251 129,734 129,910 128,076 129,957 130,589 130,131 129,247 129,757

Private households

 654 505 534 - - - - - -

Other industries

 127,597 129,229 129,376 127,458 129,357 129,930 129,534 128,781 129,215

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 9,300 9,345 9,138 9,228 9,385 9,095 9,060 9,247 9,073

Unpaid family workers

 46 20 17 - - - - - -

PEOPLE AT WORK PART TIME(2)

All industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,297 4,684 4,247 4,624 4,624 4,465 4,684 4,749 4,579

Slack work or business conditions

 2,807 2,945 2,900 3,028 3,007 3,109 3,035 3,063 3,123

Could only find part-time work

 1,298 1,298 1,173 1,260 1,385 1,161 1,264 1,308 1,170

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 22,704 21,905 22,885 22,553 22,588 22,556 22,770 23,298 22,756

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,227 4,632 4,183 4,527 4,548 4,372 4,559 4,682 4,491

Slack work or business conditions

 2,751 2,907 2,853 2,946 2,941 3,022 2,932 3,010 3,048

Could only find part-time work

 1,298 1,291 1,167 1,258 1,375 1,156 1,257 1,309 1,162

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 22,374 21,473 22,489 22,217 22,239 22,208 22,392 22,855 22,355

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(2) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed people who were absent from their jobs for the entire week.
(3) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.
(4) Refers to people who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes people who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Last Modified Date: November 20, 2025