Table 5. Shift usually worked: Full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry, May 2004
Table 5. Shift usually worked: Full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry, May 2004
(Percent distribution)
Shift workers
Total
workers Regular
Occupation and industry (1) daytime Rotat- Employer-
(thou- schedule Total Evening Night ing Split arranged Other
sands) shift shift shift shift irregular shift
schedule
OCCUPATION
Total, 16 years and over............................ 99,778 84.6 14.8 4.7 3.2 2.5 0.5 3.1 0.7
Management, professional, and related occupations... 36,200 91.9 7.6 1.7 1.6 1.3 .3 2.2 .5
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations...................................... 14,496 94.6 5.0 1.1 .5 .9 .2 2.0 .3
Management occupations.......................... 10,036 93.6 6.1 1.4 .5 1.1 .3 2.4 .4
Business and financial operations occupations... 4,461 96.8 2.7 .5 .6 .4 .1 .9 .2
Professional and related occupations.............. 21,704 90.1 9.4 2.1 2.4 1.6 .3 2.3 .7
Computer and mathematical occupations........... 2,683 95.2 4.1 1.1 1.3 .8 .3 .4 .4
Architecture and engineering occupations........ 2,478 95.7 3.9 .9 1.2 .7 .1 .7 .4
Life, physical, and social science
occupations.................................... 1,016 93.9 5.8 1.1 1.4 2.0 - 1.2 .1
Community and social services occupations....... 1,866 87.0 12.7 1.9 1.3 2.2 .3 4.9 2.0
Legal occupations............................... 1,118 97.4 1.8 - - - .2 1.4 .2
Education, training, and library occupations.... 6,414 97.3 2.3 .6 .1 .2 .4 .9 .2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations.................................... 1,502 84.7 14.7 3.1 1.6 2.2 .4 6.0 1.2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations.................................... 4,626 74.5 24.6 5.8 8.3 4.4 .5 4.4 1.1
Service occupations................................. 13,423 66.5 32.6 12.5 6.2 5.2 1.4 5.5 1.7
Healthcare support occupations.................... 1,908 70.4 28.0 12.5 7.1 3.8 .7 3.1 .7
Protective service occupations.................... 2,224 48.3 50.6 14.4 12.9 11.9 .6 6.2 4.3
Food preparation and serving related
occupations...................................... 3,881 58.7 40.4 17.6 3.4 5.8 3.3 8.9 1.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations...................................... 3,481 82.1 17.5 8.3 5.4 1.5 .5 1.1 .7
Personal care and service occupations............. 1,929 70.9 28.1 7.3 4.6 4.5 1.0 8.1 2.7
Sales and office occupations........................ 24,359 87.3 12.0 3.5 2.6 2.3 .3 2.8 .3
Sales and related occupations..................... 9,634 83.8 15.2 3.5 1.9 3.8 .6 5.0 .4
Office and administrative support occupations..... 14,724 89.6 9.9 3.6 3.0 1.4 .2 1.4 .3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations...................................... 10,848 92.0 7.5 2.1 1.9 1.3 .1 1.5 .5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........ 744 89.8 9.8 .6 2.4 1.4 1.0 2.4 2.0
Construction and extraction occupations........... 5,825 95.1 4.4 .8 .8 1.2 .1 1.3 .3
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations...................................... 4,280 88.2 11.4 4.3 3.4 1.5 - 1.7 .5
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations...................................... 14,948 73.3 26.2 9.1 6.5 4.2 .8 4.6 1.1
Production occupations............................ 8,281 75.0 24.4 10.1 7.1 4.7 .3 1.4 .8
Transportation and material moving occupations.... 6,666 71.2 28.5 7.8 5.7 3.7 1.4 8.4 1.5
INDUSTRY
Private sector...................................... 82,870 84.0 15.4 5.0 3.3 2.6 0.5 3.3 0.7
Agriculture and related industries................ 888 90.1 9.9 1.4 2.3 1.1 1.0 3.2 1.0
Nonagricultural industries........................ 81,982 83.9 15.5 5.1 3.3 2.6 .5 3.3 .7
Mining.......................................... 446 68.0 31.9 3.6 4.9 15.1 .2 6.1 2.1
Construction.................................... 6,617 96.6 2.9 .5 .5 .3 - 1.3 .2
Manufacturing................................... 15,125 81.5 18.1 7.2 5.2 3.3 .3 1.2 .8
Durable goods................................. 9,249 85.3 14.4 6.7 4.2 1.9 .2 .7 .7
Nondurable goods.............................. 5,875 75.6 23.8 8.1 6.8 5.4 .5 1.9 1.1
Wholesale and retail trade...................... 14,008 82.9 16.3 4.4 3.2 3.6 .4 4.1 .5
Wholesale trade............................... 3,771 91.5 8.0 2.7 1.8 .7 .1 2.3 .2
Retail trade.................................. 10,237 79.8 19.4 5.0 3.7 4.6 .5 4.8 .6
Transportation and utilities.................... 4,226 71.4 27.9 5.0 4.8 4.0 1.7 11.0 1.3
Transportation and warehousing................ 3,482 67.5 31.8 5.6 5.6 3.9 1.9 13.1 1.4
Utilities..................................... 744 89.5 9.5 1.9 .8 4.4 .9 1.1 .5
Information (2)................................. 2,716 87.3 11.7 4.2 2.4 1.7 .1 2.6 .6
Publishing, except Internet................... 648 87.6 10.3 2.3 3.6 .8 .3 2.0 1.3
Motion picture and sound recording
industries................................... 211 85.0 15.0 5.5 2.2 1.8 - 5.5 -
Broadcasting, except Internet................. 512 84.4 15.0 6.4 .1 2.9 .3 3.3 1.3
Telecommunications............................ 1,180 88.8 10.5 3.6 2.7 1.9 - 2.3 -
Financial activities............................ 7,341 94.0 5.4 2.0 .6 .6 .1 1.8 .3
Finance and insurance......................... 5,537 96.7 2.8 1.2 .4 .5 .1 .5 .1
Finance..................................... 3,633 96.8 2.6 1.2 .5 .5 - .3 .1
Insurance................................... 1,904 96.5 3.1 1.2 .3 .4 .2 .8 .2
Real estate and rental and leasing............ 1,805 85.6 13.4 4.3 1.4 1.0 .2 5.9 .7
Professional and business services.............. 8,997 92.0 7.8 2.7 2.4 .7 .1 1.4 .5
Professional and technical services........... 5,476 96.5 3.2 .6 .5 .4 .1 1.3 .4
Management, administrative, and waste
services..................................... 3,521 84.9 15.0 6.1 5.3 1.1 .2 1.5 .8
Education and health services................... 12,485 83.2 16.0 5.5 4.5 2.4 .5 2.3 .7
Educational services.......................... 2,260 93.9 5.6 3.0 .4 .3 .5 1.3 .2
Health care and social assistance............. 10,226 80.9 18.3 6.0 5.4 2.9 .5 2.6 .8
Leisure and hospitality......................... 6,111 60.8 38.3 15.2 4.8 5.2 2.4 9.4 1.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation........... 1,134 67.7 31.9 10.2 7.9 1.6 .7 9.2 2.1
Accommodation and food services............... 4,977 59.3 39.8 16.4 4.1 6.0 2.9 9.5 1.0
Accomodation................................ 1,123 70.2 29.4 11.1 6.6 4.2 .7 5.9 .9
Food services and drinking places........... 3,854 56.1 42.8 17.9 3.3 6.6 3.5 10.5 1.0
Other services.................................. 3,911 88.9 10.6 1.5 1.0 1.9 .3 4.8 1.0
Other services, except private households..... 3,584 89.3 10.3 1.4 1.0 1.9 .3 4.9 .8
Other services, private households............ 327 85.0 14.1 3.3 .6 2.7 .6 4.0 3.0
Public sector....................................... 16,909 87.6 11.9 3.4 2.9 2.4 .4 1.9 .9
Federal government................................ 2,786 84.8 14.7 4.4 4.9 1.2 .2 3.1 .7
State government.................................. 4,724 87.9 11.5 3.8 3.3 1.9 .4 1.4 .7
Local government.................................. 9,399 88.3 11.3 2.9 2.0 3.0 .4 1.8 1.1
1 Includes persons who did not provide information on shift usually worked.
2 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. Dash represents zero.
Last Modified Date: July 01, 2005
United States Department of Labor
