Table 3. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by formal flexitime program status, occupation, and industry, May 2004
Table 3. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by formal flexitime program status, occupation,
and industry, May 2004
(Numbers in thousands)
With a formal flexitime program
With Percent
Occupation and industry Total (1) flexible Percent of of
schedules Number total workers
employed with
flexible
schedules
OCCUPATION
Total, 16 years and over............................ 99,778 27,411 10,642 10.7 38.8
Management, professional, and related occupations... 36,200 13,325 5,137 14.2 38.6
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations...................................... 14,496 6,483 2,293 15.8 35.4
Management occupations.......................... 10,036 4,598 1,436 14.3 31.2
Business and financial operations occupations... 4,461 1,885 857 19.2 45.5
Professional and related occupations.............. 21,704 6,842 2,844 13.1 41.6
Computer and mathematical occupations........... 2,683 1,405 729 27.1 51.8
Architecture and engineering occupations........ 2,478 1,080 509 20.5 47.1
Life, physical, and social science
occupations.................................... 1,016 483 203 19.9 42.0
Community and social services occupations....... 1,866 860 325 17.4 37.8
Legal occupations............................... 1,118 497 140 12.6 28.2
Education, training, and library occupations.... 6,414 843 278 4.3 33.0
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations.................................... 1,502 613 272 18.1 44.4
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations.................................... 4,626 1,060 389 8.4 36.6
Service occupations................................. 13,423 2,849 1,188 8.9 41.7
Healthcare support occupations.................... 1,908 315 139 7.3 44.3
Protective service occupations.................... 2,224 419 192 8.6 45.8
Food preparation and serving related
occupations...................................... 3,881 972 423 10.9 43.5
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations...................................... 3,481 531 178 5.1 33.5
Personal care and service occupations............. 1,929 612 256 13.3 41.8
Sales and office occupations........................ 24,359 7,196 2,734 11.2 38.0
Sales and related occupations..................... 9,634 3,669 1,175 12.2 32.0
Office and administrative support occupations..... 14,724 3,527 1,559 10.6 44.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations...................................... 10,848 1,908 697 6.4 36.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........ 744 172 47 6.3 27.1
Construction and extraction occupations........... 5,825 942 416 7.1 44.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations...................................... 4,280 795 234 5.5 29.5
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations...................................... 14,948 2,133 885 5.9 41.5
Production occupations............................ 8,281 1,030 490 5.9 47.6
Transportation and material moving occupations.... 6,666 1,102 395 5.9 35.8
INDUSTRY
Private sector...................................... 82,870 23,978 8,816 10.6 36.8
Agriculture and related industries................ 888 233 53 6.0 22.9
Nonagricultural industries........................ 81,982 23,745 8,762 10.7 36.9
Mining.......................................... 446 102 47 10.5 46.1
Construction.................................... 6,617 1,341 493 7.5 36.8
Manufacturing................................... 15,125 3,631 1,618 10.7 44.6
Durable goods................................. 9,249 2,351 1,061 11.5 45.1
Nondurable goods.............................. 5,875 1,280 557 9.5 43.5
Wholesale and retail trade...................... 14,008 4,100 1,302 9.3 31.8
Wholesale trade............................... 3,771 1,209 300 8.0 24.8
Retail trade.................................. 10,237 2,891 1,002 9.8 34.6
Transportation and utilities.................... 4,226 1,086 432 10.2 39.8
Transportation and warehousing................ 3,482 912 335 9.6 36.7
Utilities..................................... 744 173 97 13.0 55.9
Information (2)................................. 2,716 948 371 13.7 39.2
Publishing, except Internet................... 648 274 102 15.8 37.3
Motion picture and sound recording
industries................................... 211 74 33 15.9 (3)
Broadcasting, except Internet................. 512 116 43 8.4 37.2
Telecommunications............................ 1,180 419 170 14.4 40.5
Financial activities............................ 7,341 2,767 1,066 14.5 38.5
Finance and insurance......................... 5,537 2,056 868 15.7 42.2
Finance..................................... 3,633 1,218 425 11.7 34.9
Insurance................................... 1,904 838 443 23.3 52.9
Real estate and rental and leasing............ 1,805 711 198 11.0 27.9
Professional and business services.............. 8,997 3,381 1,294 14.4 38.3
Professional and technical services........... 5,476 2,570 991 18.1 38.6
Management, administrative, and waste
services..................................... 3,521 811 303 8.6 37.3
Education and health services................... 12,485 3,202 1,118 9.0 34.9
Educational services.......................... 2,260 541 156 6.9 28.8
Health care and social assistance............. 10,226 2,661 962 9.4 36.2
Leisure and hospitality......................... 6,111 1,686 598 9.8 35.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation........... 1,134 312 84 7.4 27.1
Accommodation and food services............... 4,977 1,374 513 10.3 37.4
Accomodation................................ 1,123 252 105 9.3 41.5
Food services and drinking places........... 3,854 1,122 408 10.6 36.4
Other services.................................. 3,911 1,502 422 10.8 28.1
Other services, except private households..... 3,584 1,370 404 11.3 29.5
Other services, private households............ 327 132 18 5.5 13.6
Public sector....................................... 16,909 3,433 1,826 10.8 53.2
Federal government................................ 2,786 803 561 20.1 69.9
State government.................................. 4,724 1,340 665 14.1 49.6
Local government.................................. 9,399 1,289 600 6.4 46.5
1 Includes persons who did not provide information on flexible schedules.
2 Includes other industries not shown separately.
3 Percent not shown where base is less than 75,000.
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
