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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
June
2024		 May
2025		 June
2025		 June
2024		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 May
2025		 June
2025

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries

 2,513 2,089 2,284 2,374 2,259 2,371 2,246 2,062 2,162

Wage and salary workers(1)

 1,779 1,403 1,644 1,660 1,489 1,595 1,556 1,414 1,529

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 694 646 609 656 753 740 666 628 581

Unpaid family workers

 40 40 30 - - - - - -

Nonagricultural industries

 159,261 161,312 161,599 158,997 160,930 160,920 161,591 161,223 161,353

Wage and salary workers(1)

 150,084 151,760 152,376 149,799 152,034 151,946 152,265 151,789 152,125

Government

 21,069 21,879 20,974 21,587 21,653 21,748 21,856 21,807 21,532

Private industries

 129,015 129,881 131,402 128,194 130,414 130,227 130,408 129,957 130,589

Private households

 612 556 614 - - - - - -

Other industries

 128,403 129,325 130,788 127,548 129,816 129,585 129,731 129,357 129,930

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 9,126 9,508 9,184 9,032 8,946 9,055 9,281 9,385 9,095

Unpaid family workers

 51 44 39 - - - - - -

PEOPLE AT WORK PART TIME(2)

All industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,421 4,425 4,659 4,225 4,937 4,780 4,690 4,624 4,465

Slack work or business conditions

 2,853 2,857 3,120 2,842 3,292 3,156 3,148 3,007 3,109

Could only find part-time work

 1,181 1,369 1,159 1,154 1,253 1,255 1,260 1,385 1,161

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 21,341 22,710 21,564 22,323 22,435 22,625 22,723 22,588 22,556

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,350 4,367 4,577 4,142 4,899 4,717 4,622 4,548 4,372

Slack work or business conditions

 2,806 2,806 3,049 2,781 3,273 3,125 3,103 2,941 3,022

Could only find part-time work

 1,171 1,362 1,154 1,143 1,253 1,255 1,253 1,375 1,156

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 20,952 22,372 21,221 21,931 22,039 22,196 22,381 22,239 22,208

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: July 03, 2025