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Characteristic | Total workers (in thou- sands) |
Workers with flexible schedules(1) | ||||||||
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Total (in thou- sands) |
Percent of total workers |
Percent distribution by how often workers could vary their schedules |
With formal flexible schedules | |||||||
Total | Fre- quently |
Occasion- ally |
Rarely | Total (in thou- sands) |
Percent of total workers |
Percent of all workers with flexible schedules |
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Age |
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Total, 15 years and over |
144,295 | 81,533 | 56.5 | 100.0 | 34.8 | 46.0 | 19.2 | 23,516 | 16.3 | 28.8 |
15 to 24 years |
21,296 | 13,393 | 62.9 | 100.0 | 28.9 | 50.5 | 20.7 | 4,376 | 20.6 | 32.7 |
25 to 34 years |
33,682 | 18,831 | 55.9 | 100.0 | 33.7 | 46.5 | 19.8 | 5,915 | 17.6 | 31.4 |
35 to 44 years |
30,159 | 17,316 | 57.4 | 100.0 | 37.2 | 45.6 | 17.1 | 4,633 | 15.4 | 26.8 |
45 to 54 years |
29,484 | 15,693 | 53.2 | 100.0 | 36.7 | 44.5 | 18.7 | 4,225 | 14.3 | 26.9 |
55 to 64 years |
22,514 | 12,038 | 53.5 | 100.0 | 34.1 | 45.0 | 20.9 | 3,441 | 15.3 | 28.6 |
65 years and over |
7,160 | 4,263 | 59.5 | 100.0 | 42.2 | 39.5 | 18.3 | 926 | 12.9 | 21.7 |
Sex |
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Men |
74,830 | 42,784 | 57.2 | 100.0 | 37.2 | 44.7 | 18.1 | 11,325 | 15.1 | 26.5 |
Women |
69,465 | 38,749 | 55.8 | 100.0 | 32.1 | 47.4 | 20.5 | 12,191 | 17.6 | 31.5 |
Race(2) |
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White |
115,129 | 65,273 | 56.7 | 100.0 | 36.3 | 46.1 | 17.6 | 17,608 | 15.3 | 27.0 |
Black or African American |
17,924 | 9,803 | 54.7 | 100.0 | 26.4 | 45.2 | 28.4 | 4,087 | 22.8 | 41.7 |
Asian |
7,849 | 4,297 | 54.7 | 100.0 | 33.4 | 45.6 | 21.0 | 1,279 | 16.3 | 29.8 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(3) |
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Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
24,375 | 12,274 | 50.4 | 100.0 | 24.1 | 49.9 | 26.0 | 4,079 | 16.7 | 33.2 |
Non-Hispanic or Latino |
119,920 | 69,259 | 57.8 | 100.0 | 36.6 | 45.3 | 18.0 | 19,437 | 16.2 | 28.1 |
Educational attainment (25 years and over) |
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Less than a high school diploma |
6,743 | 2,523 | 37.4 | 100.0 | 26.2 | 45.8 | 28.0 | 752 | 11.2 | 29.8 |
High school graduates, no college |
31,425 | 14,695 | 46.8 | 100.0 | 24.2 | 44.9 | 30.9 | 4,271 | 13.6 | 29.1 |
Some college or associate degree |
29,407 | 15,667 | 53.3 | 100.0 | 30.4 | 49.9 | 19.7 | 4,213 | 14.3 | 26.9 |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
55,424 | 35,255 | 63.6 | 100.0 | 44.0 | 43.0 | 13.0 | 9,903 | 17.9 | 28.1 |
Parent of a household child |
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Parent of a household child under 18 years |
47,693 | 26,506 | 55.6 | 100.0 | 35.6 | 45.3 | 19.0 | 7,179 | 15.1 | 27.1 |
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger) |
10,003 | 5,397 | 54.0 | 100.0 | 32.9 | 49.0 | 18.1 | 1,541 | 15.4 | 28.6 |
Parent of a child under 13 years |
37,690 | 21,109 | 56.0 | 100.0 | 36.3 | 44.4 | 19.3 | 5,638 | 15.0 | 26.7 |
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years |
96,602 | 55,027 | 57.0 | 100.0 | 34.3 | 46.3 | 19.3 | 16,337 | 16.9 | 29.7 |
Occupation |
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Management, business, and financial operations |
22,754 | 16,808 | 73.9 | 100.0 | 41.0 | 46.0 | 12.9 | 4,360 | 19.2 | 25.9 |
Professional and related |
40,284 | 23,025 | 57.2 | 100.0 | 43.6 | 40.9 | 15.4 | 6,995 | 17.4 | 30.4 |
Services |
23,548 | 12,895 | 54.8 | 100.0 | 25.7 | 49.8 | 24.5 | 3,632 | 15.4 | 28.2 |
Sales and related |
11,290 | 7,612 | 67.4 | 100.0 | 38.8 | 45.2 | 16.0 | 2,441 | 21.6 | 32.1 |
Office and administrative support |
18,967 | 10,858 | 57.2 | 100.0 | 22.0 | 53.1 | 24.9 | 3,327 | 17.5 | 30.6 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry |
s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Construction and extraction |
5,853 | 1,980 | 33.8 | 100.0 | 31.6 | 36.5 | 31.9 | 323 | 5.5 | 16.3 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair |
4,053 | 1,813 | 44.7 | 100.0 | 28.3 | 38.7 | 33.0 | 476 | 11.7 | 26.3 |
Production |
8,560 | 2,680 | 31.3 | 100.0 | 25.3 | 46.4 | 28.4 | 666 | 7.8 | 24.9 |
Transportation and material moving |
7,859 | 3,402 | 43.3 | 100.0 | 23.5 | 53.2 | 23.2 | 1,185 | 15.1 | 34.8 |
Industry |
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Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting |
1,634 | 831 | 50.9 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction |
s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Construction |
6,860 | 2,954 | 43.1 | 100.0 | 35.8 | 37.7 | 26.5 | 396 | 5.8 | 13.4 |
Manufacturing |
16,185 | 8,346 | 51.6 | 100.0 | 39.9 | 40.9 | 19.2 | 2,169 | 13.4 | 26.0 |
Wholesale and retail trade |
18,030 | 10,925 | 60.6 | 100.0 | 29.0 | 50.3 | 20.6 | 3,458 | 19.2 | 31.6 |
Transportation and utilities |
7,357 | 3,516 | 47.8 | 100.0 | 27.4 | 53.8 | 18.8 | 1,462 | 19.9 | 41.6 |
Information |
2,685 | 1,803 | 67.2 | 100.0 | 38.2 | 53.3 | 8.5 | 351 | 13.1 | 19.5 |
Financial activities |
10,370 | 7,068 | 68.2 | 100.0 | 37.7 | 49.6 | 12.7 | 2,029 | 19.6 | 28.7 |
Professional and business services |
16,778 | 12,065 | 71.9 | 100.0 | 45.4 | 42.0 | 12.7 | 3,030 | 18.1 | 25.1 |
Education and health services |
37,294 | 16,931 | 45.4 | 100.0 | 34.5 | 43.8 | 21.7 | 5,033 | 13.5 | 29.7 |
Leisure and hospitality |
13,450 | 8,953 | 66.6 | 100.0 | 25.4 | 50.8 | 23.9 | 2,308 | 17.2 | 25.8 |
Other services |
5,475 | 3,434 | 62.7 | 100.0 | 31.0 | 51.8 | 17.3 | 781 | 14.3 | 22.8 |
Public administration |
7,552 | 4,306 | 57.0 | 100.0 | 32.1 | 41.6 | 26.3 | 2,244 | 29.7 | 52.1 |
Class of worker |
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Private sector |
118,872 | 70,707 | 59.5 | 100.0 | 35.1 | 46.3 | 18.6 | 18,792 | 15.8 | 26.6 |
Private, for profit |
107,072 | 64,079 | 59.8 | 100.0 | 34.5 | 46.5 | 19.0 | 17,293 | 16.2 | 27.0 |
Private, not for profit |
11,800 | 6,628 | 56.2 | 100.0 | 40.7 | 44.5 | 14.8 | 1,499 | 12.7 | 22.6 |
Public sector |
25,423 | 10,826 | 42.6 | 100.0 | 32.5 | 44.2 | 23.3 | 4,724 | 18.6 | 43.6 |
Federal government |
4,595 | 2,676 | 58.2 | 100.0 | 36.1 | 42.1 | 21.7 | 1,577 | 34.3 | 58.9 |
State government |
8,807 | 4,165 | 47.3 | 100.0 | 37.7 | 44.9 | 17.4 | 1,652 | 18.8 | 39.7 |
Local government |
12,022 | 3,984 | 33.1 | 100.0 | 24.7 | 45.0 | 30.4 | 1,494 | 12.4 | 37.5 |
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(4) |
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Full-time workers |
106,369 | 57,954 | 54.5 | 100.0 | 34.0 | 46.6 | 19.4 | 16,727 | 15.7 | 28.9 |
Part-time workers |
25,882 | 16,749 | 64.7 | 100.0 | 34.6 | 46.4 | 19.0 | 4,797 | 18.5 | 28.6 |
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary |
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Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile |
25,200 | 11,227 | 44.6 | 100.0 | 19.3 | 50.2 | 30.6 | 4,159 | 16.5 | 37.0 |
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles |
26,521 | 12,708 | 47.9 | 100.0 | 25.0 | 50.8 | 24.3 | 3,359 | 12.7 | 26.4 |
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles |
27,193 | 14,680 | 54.0 | 100.0 | 34.1 | 48.4 | 17.5 | 4,069 | 15.0 | 27.7 |
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile |
27,454 | 19,340 | 70.4 | 100.0 | 48.5 | 40.4 | 11.1 | 5,139 | 18.7 | 26.6 |
Workplace flexibility(5) |
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Could work at home |
41,571 | 34,243 | 82.4 | 100.0 | 48.6 | 39.8 | 11.7 | 9,365 | 22.5 | 27.3 |
Could not work at home |
102,338 | 47,072 | 46.0 | 100.0 | 24.7 | 50.6 | 24.7 | 14,084 | 13.8 | 29.9 |
(1) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. |
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Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over. |