Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025

Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Percent distribution by how far in advance workers knew their work schedules
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Total	1 day or less	2 to 3 days	4 to 6 days	7 to 10 days	11 days to 4 weeks	4 weeks or more
Age
Total, 15 years and over	151,490	100.0	8.9	5.1	3.0	13.6	10.7	58.7
15 to 24 years	22,534	100.0	4.9	8.5	4.7	22.4	22.2	37.3
25 to 34 years	35,371	100.0	8.9	5.1	3.8	13.5	9.6	59.1
35 to 44 years	33,520	100.0	8.0	4.5	3.3	12.4	8.2	63.5
45 to 54 years	28,735	100.0	11.3	4.5	1.0	10.6	7.6	64.9
55 to 64 years	21,795	100.0	9.3	4.2	1.4	11.4	9.4	64.4
65 years and over	9,535	100.0	13.3	2.9	4.7	11.8	8.3	58.9
Sex
Men	78,956	100.0	11.6	5.9	3.3	14.1	10.1	55.0
Women	72,534	100.0	6.0	4.2	2.8	13.1	11.4	62.7
Race(1)
White	117,311	100.0	9.4	4.8	2.9	12.7	10.3	59.9
Black or African American	19,628	100.0	7.0	4.8	4.4	16.4	12.4	55.0
Asian	10,294	100.0	8.6	7.3	2.1	16.1	12.2	53.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	30,290	100.0	11.7	6.3	4.2	17.7	10.1	50.0
Non-Hispanic or Latino	121,200	100.0	8.2	4.8	2.7	12.6	10.8	60.9
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	7,529	100.0	19.0	8.2	5.1	14.8	4.4	48.5
High school graduates, no college	31,732	100.0	13.0	5.4	2.7	12.3	9.6	57.0
Some college or associate degree	26,327	100.0	8.2	3.6	3.8	13.8	8.6	62.0
Bachelor's degree and higher	63,369	100.0	7.3	4.0	2.0	10.9	8.8	67.0
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	47,477	100.0	9.6	5.9	2.6	11.3	7.6	63.0
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	10,062	100.0	11.6	4.3	2.2	10.1	6.7	65.1
Parent of a child under 13 years	37,415	100.0	9.1	6.3	2.7	11.7	7.9	62.4
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	104,014	100.0	8.6	4.7	3.2	14.7	12.1	56.7
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	26,106	100.0	7.5	3.7	2.0	11.8	8.7	66.4
Professional and related	43,567	100.0	7.1	3.4	2.1	9.2	7.9	70.4
Services	23,282	100.0	6.7	8.7	6.1	23.1	11.6	43.8
Sales and related	11,810	100.0	7.7	6.4	4.0	15.4	29.8	36.8
Office and administrative support	14,976	100.0	7.0	2.8	1.7	14.6	9.6	64.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	5,848	100.0	32.2	13.3	4.2	13.6	7.1	29.4
Installation, maintenance, and repair	5,234	100.0	14.0	0.9	0.5	7.9	7.5	69.2
Production	8,669	100.0	6.8	6.4	3.6	12.4	4.5	66.4
Transportation and material moving	10,937	100.0	14.2	6.6	3.4	16.0	14.7	45.2
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	7,995	100.0	30.1	10.8	4.5	14.9	5.5	34.2
Manufacturing	16,137	100.0	8.5	6.0	2.4	11.3	5.3	66.5
Wholesale and retail trade	18,855	100.0	5.2	5.7	3.2	15.4	26.1	44.5
Transportation and utilities	9,235	100.0	11.7	3.2	2.4	13.8	5.1	63.8
Information	2,796	100.0	7.3	9.0	1.1	17.2	5.6	59.8
Financial activities	9,304	100.0	7.1	4.7	1.8	8.2	8.6	69.5
Professional and business services	20,943	100.0	11.1	4.4	3.1	13.3	8.9	59.2
Education and health services	37,769	100.0	5.7	1.7	2.7	8.5	8.2	73.3
Leisure and hospitality	13,163	100.0	7.2	12.3	6.1	34.8	17.8	21.8
Other services	5,576	100.0	6.9	5.3	2.5	12.9	14.1	58.2
Public administration	7,435	100.0	5.4	3.6	1.5	7.1	5.6	76.8
Class of worker
Private sector	127,651	100.0	9.5	5.7	3.4	14.9	11.8	54.7
Private, for profit	113,693	100.0	9.7	6.1	3.4	15.2	12.3	53.3
Private, not for profit	13,959	100.0	7.4	2.2	3.0	12.8	7.9	66.6
Public sector	23,839	100.0	5.9	1.9	1.0	6.8	4.6	79.8
Federal government	4,577	100.0	10.4	2.7	1.5	13.4	4.5	67.4
State government	8,116	100.0	5.1	2.2	1.1	7.6	4.1	79.9
Local government	11,146	100.0	4.6	1.4	0.7	3.6	5.0	84.7
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	111,686	100.0	8.9	4.5	2.2	11.3	9.4	63.7
Part-time workers	27,294	100.0	9.3	7.9	6.4	22.1	15.8	38.5
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	28,286	100.0	7.5	5.5	3.7	15.9	12.2	55.1
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	28,076	100.0	9.0	4.2	1.1	8.8	9.7	67.2
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	27,440	100.0	9.6	3.2	1.8	9.4	8.0	68.0
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	27,884	100.0	9.6	4.9	2.0	11.1	7.9	64.6
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	85,878	100.0	10.3	6.4	3.5	15.8	13.0	51.0
Did not have flexible schedule	65,612	100.0	7.1	3.4	2.4	10.8	7.6	68.7
Worker had input into schedule	10,559	100.0	6.7	3.5	2.3	13.4	10.4	63.7
Employer decided schedule	54,334	100.0	7.0	3.3	2.5	10.3	7.0	69.9
Workplace flexibility(5)
Could work at home	55,899	100.0	9.5	4.0	1.4	10.8	8.1	66.3
Could not work at home	94,893	100.0	8.6	5.8	3.9	15.2	12.3	54.2
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all races. (2) People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. (3) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (4) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. Estimates for workers who did not have flexible schedules do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all response options. (5) The subcategories do not sum to the total 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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