Table 2. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by sex, occupation, and industry, May 2004
Table 2. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by sex, occupation, and industry, May 2004
(Numbers in thousands)
Both sexes Men Women
With flexible With flexible With flexible
Occupation and industry schedules schedules schedules
Total Total Total
(1) (1) (1)
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
of total of total of total
OCCUPATION
Total, 16 years and over............................ 99,778 27,411 27.5 56,412 15,853 28.1 43,366 11,558 26.7
Management, professional, and related occupations... 36,200 13,325 36.8 17,911 7,832 43.7 18,289 5,492 30.0
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations...................................... 14,496 6,483 44.7 7,969 3,741 46.9 6,527 2,742 42.0
Management occupations.......................... 10,036 4,598 45.8 6,000 2,862 47.7 4,035 1,736 43.0
Business and financial operations occupations... 4,461 1,885 42.3 1,969 879 44.7 2,492 1,006 40.4
Professional and related occupations.............. 21,704 6,842 31.5 9,942 4,091 41.1 11,762 2,751 23.4
Computer and mathematical occupations........... 2,683 1,405 52.4 2,023 1,085 53.6 660 320 48.5
Architecture and engineering occupations........ 2,478 1,080 43.6 2,147 917 42.7 330 163 49.3
Life, physical, and social science
occupations.................................... 1,016 483 47.5 640 285 44.6 376 198 52.6
Community and social services occupations....... 1,866 860 46.1 786 430 54.7 1,080 430 39.8
Legal occupations............................... 1,118 497 44.5 536 312 58.2 582 185 31.8
Education, training, and library occupations.... 6,414 843 13.1 1,779 374 21.0 4,635 469 10.1
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations.................................... 1,502 613 40.8 915 396 43.3 587 217 37.0
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations.................................... 4,626 1,060 22.9 1,115 291 26.1 3,511 769 21.9
Service occupations................................. 13,423 2,849 21.2 6,858 1,339 19.5 6,566 1,510 23.0
Healthcare support occupations.................... 1,908 315 16.5 199 37 18.7 1,708 278 16.3
Protective service occupations.................... 2,224 419 18.8 1,807 312 17.2 417 107 25.7
Food preparation and serving related
occupations...................................... 3,881 972 25.0 2,086 524 25.1 1,795 448 25.0
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations...................................... 3,481 531 15.2 2,260 318 14.1 1,221 213 17.4
Personal care and service occupations............. 1,929 612 31.7 505 148 29.2 1,424 465 32.6
Sales and office occupations........................ 24,359 7,196 29.5 9,561 3,069 32.1 14,798 4,127 27.9
Sales and related occupations..................... 9,634 3,669 38.1 5,683 2,305 40.6 3,952 1,364 34.5
Office and administrative support occupations..... 14,724 3,527 24.0 3,878 764 19.7 10,847 2,763 25.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations...................................... 10,848 1,908 17.6 10,403 1,820 17.5 445 88 19.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........ 744 172 23.1 591 132 22.4 152 39 25.7
Construction and extraction occupations........... 5,825 942 16.2 5,750 925 16.1 74 17 (2)
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations...................................... 4,280 795 18.6 4,061 762 18.8 218 32 14.7
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations...................................... 14,948 2,133 14.3 11,679 1,793 15.3 3,268 340 10.4
Production occupations............................ 8,281 1,030 12.4 5,928 806 13.6 2,353 224 9.5
Transportation and material moving occupations.... 6,666 1,102 16.5 5,751 986 17.1 915 116 12.7
INDUSTRY
Private sector...................................... 82,870 23,978 28.9 48,724 14,119 29.0 34,145 9,859 28.9
Agriculture and related industries................ 888 233 26.3 702 180 25.6 186 53 28.7
Nonagricultural industries........................ 81,982 23,745 29.0 48,023 13,939 29.0 33,959 9,806 28.9
Mining.......................................... 446 102 22.9 416 84 20.2 30 18 (2)
Construction.................................... 6,617 1,341 20.3 6,059 1,153 19.0 558 188 33.7
Manufacturing................................... 15,125 3,631 24.0 10,659 2,638 24.7 4,466 993 22.2
Durable goods................................. 9,249 2,351 25.4 6,881 1,794 26.1 2,368 558 23.6
Nondurable goods.............................. 5,875 1,280 21.8 3,777 844 22.3 2,098 436 20.8
Wholesale and retail trade...................... 14,008 4,100 29.3 8,717 2,544 29.2 5,291 1,557 29.4
Wholesale trade............................... 3,771 1,209 32.1 2,698 910 33.7 1,072 300 27.9
Retail trade.................................. 10,237 2,891 28.2 6,019 1,634 27.1 4,219 1,257 29.8
Transportation and utilities.................... 4,226 1,086 25.7 3,454 906 26.2 771 179 23.2
Transportation and warehousing................ 3,482 912 26.2 2,858 767 26.8 624 145 23.3
Utilities..................................... 744 173 23.3 596 139 23.4 147 34 23.0
Information (3)................................. 2,716 948 34.9 1,674 600 35.8 1,041 348 33.4
Publishing, except Internet................... 648 274 42.3 364 165 45.4 284 109 38.4
Motion picture and sound recording
industries................................... 211 74 35.3 162 62 38.5 49 12 (2)
Broadcasting, except Internet................. 512 116 22.7 319 79 24.7 193 37 19.4
Telecommunications............................ 1,180 419 35.5 732 254 34.7 448 164 36.7
Financial activities............................ 7,341 2,767 37.7 3,117 1,323 42.4 4,224 1,444 34.2
Finance and insurance......................... 5,537 2,056 37.1 2,100 943 44.9 3,437 1,113 32.4
Finance..................................... 3,633 1,218 33.5 1,443 584 40.5 2,190 633 28.9
Insurance................................... 1,904 838 44.0 657 359 54.6 1,247 480 38.5
Real estate and rental and leasing............ 1,805 711 39.4 1,017 380 37.3 787 332 42.1
Professional and business services.............. 8,997 3,381 37.6 5,342 2,072 38.8 3,655 1,309 35.8
Professional and technical services........... 5,476 2,570 46.9 3,113 1,596 51.3 2,364 974 41.2
Management, administrative, and waste
services..................................... 3,521 811 23.0 2,229 477 21.4 1,292 335 25.9
Education and health services................... 12,485 3,202 25.6 2,969 862 29.0 9,517 2,339 24.6
Educational services.......................... 2,260 541 23.9 812 246 30.3 1,448 295 20.4
Health care and social assistance............. 10,226 2,661 26.0 2,157 616 28.6 8,069 2,045 25.3
Leisure and hospitality......................... 6,111 1,686 27.6 3,458 956 27.6 2,653 730 27.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation........... 1,134 312 27.5 630 165 26.2 504 147 29.2
Accommodation and food services............... 4,977 1,374 27.6 2,828 791 28.0 2,149 583 27.1
Accomodation................................ 1,123 252 22.4 546 147 26.9 577 105 18.2
Food services and drinking places........... 3,854 1,122 29.1 2,282 644 28.2 1,572 478 30.4
Other services.................................. 3,911 1,502 38.4 2,158 801 37.1 1,753 701 40.0
Other services, except private households..... 3,584 1,370 38.2 2,140 792 37.0 1,444 577 40.0
Other services, private households............ 327 132 40.4 18 9 (2) 309 123 39.9
Public sector....................................... 16,909 3,433 20.3 7,688 1,734 22.6 9,221 1,699 18.4
Federal government................................ 2,786 803 28.8 1,617 453 28.0 1,169 351 30.0
State government.................................. 4,724 1,340 28.4 2,089 640 30.7 2,635 700 26.6
Local government.................................. 9,399 1,289 13.7 3,982 641 16.1 5,417 648 12.0
1 Includes persons who did not provide information on flexible schedules.
2 Percent not shown where base is less than 75,000.
3 Includes other industries not shown separately.
NOTE: Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all self-employed persons,
regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.
Last Modified Date: July 01, 2005
United States Department of Labor
