Table 4. Difficulty to take time off during work hours and how often workers with flexibile schedules could vary their schedules, by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025

Table 4. Difficulty to take time off during work hours and how often workers with flexibile schedules could vary their schedules, by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025
Characteristic	Total workers (in thou- sands)	Workers with flexible schedules(1)						All Workers
		Total (in thou- sands)	Percent of total workers	Percent distribution by how often workers could vary their schedules				Percent distribution by difficulty to take an hour or two off during work hours
		Total (in thou- sands)	Percent of total workers	Total	Fre- quently	Occasion- ally	Rarely	Total	Not difficult	Somewhat difficult	Very difficult
Age
Total, 15 years and over	151,490	85,878	56.7	100.0	36.1	44.7	19.1	100.0	69.1	20.3	10.6
15 to 24 years	22,534	13,748	61.0	100.0	26.5	53.7	19.9	100.0	60.3	29.7	10.0
25 to 34 years	35,371	18,749	53.0	100.0	36.4	44.2	19.4	100.0	65.6	24.3	10.1
35 to 44 years	33,520	19,986	59.6	100.0	38.4	45.8	15.8	100.0	70.8	18.9	10.3
45 to 54 years	28,735	15,728	54.7	100.0	36.2	45.0	18.8	100.0	74.6	14.7	10.7
55 to 64 years	21,795	11,903	54.6	100.0	44.7	33.9	21.4	100.0	72.2	17.1	10.7
65 years and over	9,535	5,765	60.5	100.0	32.8	43.2	24.0	100.0	73.9	11.5	14.5
Sex
Men	78,956	45,693	57.9	100.0	35.5	44.5	19.9	100.0	72.0	19.0	9.0
Women	72,534	40,185	55.4	100.0	36.8	45.0	18.2	100.0	66.0	21.6	12.4
Race(2)
White	117,311	65,890	56.2	100.0	36.9	44.9	18.1	100.0	67.6	21.6	10.7
Black or African American	19,628	10,900	55.5	100.0	31.6	43.7	24.7	100.0	70.7	16.2	13.1
Asian	10,294	6,734	65.4	100.0	36.9	44.8	18.3	100.0	82.2	13.0	4.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(3)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	30,290	15,754	52.0	100.0	27.5	46.9	25.6	100.0	64.4	25.1	10.5
Non-Hispanic or Latino	121,200	70,125	57.9	100.0	38.1	44.2	17.7	100.0	70.3	19.0	10.6
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	7,529	3,404	45.2	100.0	26.2	46.3	27.4	100.0	68.4	16.7	14.9
High school graduates, no college	31,732	15,181	47.8	100.0	28.0	44.2	27.8	100.0	69.2	18.9	11.8
Some college or associate degree	26,327	13,164	50.0	100.0	34.8	43.8	21.4	100.0	69.0	19.4	11.6
Bachelor's degree and higher	63,369	40,381	63.7	100.0	43.8	42.1	14.2	100.0	72.4	18.3	9.3
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	47,477	27,326	57.6	100.0	37.8	43.9	18.3	100.0	69.8	18.6	11.6
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	10,062	5,950	59.1	100.0	33.4	49.0	17.6	100.0	74.3	14.7	11.0
Parent of a child under 13 years	37,415	21,376	57.1	100.0	39.0	42.5	18.4	100.0	68.6	19.6	11.8
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	104,014	58,553	56.3	100.0	35.4	45.1	19.5	100.0	68.8	21.0	10.1
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	26,106	19,188	73.5	100.0	42.5	44.1	13.4	100.0	84.7	12.6	2.8
Professional and related	43,567	24,217	55.6	100.0	44.2	40.3	15.5	100.0	68.0	19.9	12.1
Services	23,282	12,522	53.8	100.0	28.5	48.3	23.3	100.0	56.2	26.6	17.2
Sales and related	11,810	7,864	66.6	100.0	34.4	46.0	19.6	100.0	60.8	31.3	7.9
Office and administrative support	14,976	8,325	55.6	100.0	31.1	47.5	21.4	100.0	72.5	20.4	7.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	5,848	2,345	40.1	100.0	32.9	44.4	22.7	100.0	74.9	18.8	6.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair	5,234	2,117	40.4	100.0	24.0	44.1	31.9	100.0	77.3	12.6	10.1
Production	8,669	3,450	39.8	100.0	26.6	50.7	22.8	100.0	66.4	19.3	14.3
Transportation and material moving	10,937	5,212	47.7	100.0	18.8	48.5	32.7	100.0	62.9	20.5	16.6
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	7,995	4,084	51.1	100.0	36.9	41.6	21.5	100.0	77.7	17.3	4.9
Manufacturing	16,137	8,270	51.2	100.0	34.6	48.8	16.5	100.0	73.1	18.4	8.5
Wholesale and retail trade	18,855	11,468	60.8	100.0	30.5	45.4	24.2	100.0	65.4	24.8	9.8
Transportation and utilities	9,235	4,121	44.6	100.0	28.5	41.0	30.4	100.0	67.8	15.9	16.3
Information	2,796	1,912	68.4	100.0	47.9	40.9	11.2	100.0	74.1	21.1	4.8
Financial activities	9,304	6,408	68.9	100.0	40.2	45.5	14.3	100.0	86.9	11.1	2.1
Professional and business services	20,943	14,634	69.9	100.0	46.5	41.0	12.4	100.0	80.2	14.1	5.7
Education and health services	37,769	17,291	45.8	100.0	33.1	44.2	22.7	100.0	58.9	25.0	16.1
Leisure and hospitality	13,163	8,255	62.7	100.0	21.2	57.5	21.3	100.0	56.7	29.1	14.2
Other services	5,576	4,019	72.1	100.0	45.8	35.8	18.4	100.0	74.4	15.3	10.2
Public administration	7,435	4,092	55.0	100.0	46.3	40.0	13.6	100.0	75.7	15.2	9.1
Class of worker
Private sector	127,651	76,336	59.8	100.0	35.9	45.5	18.5	100.0	69.5	20.1	10.3
Private, for profit	113,693	67,872	59.7	100.0	35.6	45.4	19.0	100.0	69.6	20.1	10.2
Private, not for profit	13,959	8,464	60.6	100.0	38.7	46.8	14.5	100.0	68.5	20.2	11.3
Public sector	23,839	9,542	40.0	100.0	37.8	38.3	23.9	100.0	67.1	20.9	12.0
Federal government	4,577	2,403	52.5	100.0	45.3	39.6	15.1	100.0	77.3	13.8	8.9
State government	8,116	3,744	46.1	100.0	44.1	37.1	18.8	100.0	69.9	16.7	13.3
Local government	11,146	3,396	30.5	100.0	25.5	38.8	35.7	100.0	60.9	26.8	12.3
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(4)
Full-time workers	111,686	60,355	54.0	100.0	36.3	44.6	19.2	100.0	71.1	18.6	10.3
Part-time workers	27,294	17,862	65.4	100.0	33.0	48.1	18.9	100.0	61.0	26.5	12.6
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	28,286	13,444	47.5	100.0	24.0	48.4	27.6	100.0	64.3	23.4	12.3
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	28,076	12,787	45.5	100.0	30.2	45.5	24.3	100.0	70.8	19.3	9.9
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	27,440	14,453	52.7	100.0	38.8	47.9	13.3	100.0	71.3	17.1	11.6
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	27,884	19,671	70.5	100.0	46.8	38.8	14.3	100.0	78.3	14.4	7.3
Workplace flexibility(5)
Could work at home	55,899	43,681	78.1	100.0	48.1	39.7	12.1	100.0	86.0	10.8	3.3
Could not work at home	94,893	41,785	44.0	100.0	23.8	49.8	26.4	100.0	59.2	25.9	14.9
(1) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. (2) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the totals because data are not presented for all races. (3) People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. (4) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (5) The subcategories do not sum to the totals because a small number of workers did not provide this information. s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
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.

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