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Table 7. Beginning and ending hours: Full-time wage and salary workers, May 2004
(Numbers in thousands)
Beginning time Ending time
Time
Number of Percent Number of Percent
workers workers
Total, 16 years and over................ 99,778 100.0 99,778 100.0
A.M.
12:30 to 1:29......................... 136 .1 464 .5
1:30 to 2:29.......................... 104 .1 325 .3
2:30 to 3:29.......................... 197 .2 363 .4
3:30 to 4:29.......................... 487 .5 303 .3
4:30 to 5:29.......................... 1,686 1.7 360 .4
5:30 to 6:29.......................... 6,911 6.9 529 .5
5:30 to 5:59........................ 958 1.0 88 .1
6:00 to 6:29........................ 5,953 6.0 441 .4
6:30 to 7:29.......................... 19,636 19.7 1,373 1.4
6:30 to 6:59........................ 3,488 3.5 202 .2
7:00 to 7:29........................ 16,148 16.2 1,171 1.2
7:30 to 8:29.......................... 31,690 31.8 741 .7
7:30 to 7:59........................ 9,164 9.2 319 .3
8:00 to 8:29........................ 22,526 22.6 422 .4
8:30 to 9:29.......................... 13,383 13.4 177 .2
8:30 to 8:59........................ 6,140 6.2 79 .1
9:00 to 9:29........................ 7,243 7.3 98 .1
9:30 to 10:29......................... 2,244 2.2 97 .1
10:30 to 11:29........................ 645 .6 106 .1
11:30 A.M. to 12:29 P.M................. 451 .5 192 .2
P.M.
12:30 to 1:29......................... 346 .3 492 .5
1:30 to 2:29.......................... 921 .9 1,796 1.8
2:30 to 3:29.......................... 1,869 1.9 7,550 7.6
2:30 to 2:59........................ 358 .4 2,267 2.3
3:00 to 3:29........................ 1,511 1.5 5,282 5.3
3:30 to 4:29.......................... 1,195 1.2 16,455 16.5
3:30 to 3:59........................ 306 .3 6,573 6.6
4:00 to 4:29........................ 889 .9 9,882 9.9
4:30 to 5:29.......................... 543 .5 27,848 27.9
4:30 to 4:59........................ 158 .2 7,914 7.9
5:00 to 5:29........................ 386 .4 19,934 20.0
5:30 to 6:29.......................... 503 .5 11,644 11.7
5:30 to 5:59........................ 95 .1 5,131 5.1
6:00 to 6:29........................ 408 .4 6,513 6.5
6:30 to 7:29.......................... 627 .6 4,511 4.5
7:30 to 8:29.......................... 488 .5 1,811 1.8
8:30 to 9:29.......................... 262 .3 954 1.0
9:30 to 10:29......................... 513 .5 1,125 1.1
10:30 to 11:29........................ 979 1.0 1,856 1.9
11:30 P.M. to 12:29 A.M................. 330 .3 1,170 1.2
Time varies............................. 12,131 12.2 15,947 16.0
Actual time not available............... 1,504 1.5 1,589 1.6
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.