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Characteristic | Average number of days per week worked |
Percent of workers by days usually worked | |||||||||
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Monday through Friday(1) |
Saturday and Sunday(2) |
Schedule varies |
Monday | Tuesday | Wednes- day |
Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | ||
Age |
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Total, 15 years and over |
4.77 | 68.3 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 81.0 | 82.3 | 82.5 | 82.3 | 80.4 | 19.2 | 12.1 |
15 to 24 years |
4.36 | 39.9 | 18.0 | 16.6 | 61.4 | 61.0 | 62.9 | 63.3 | 67.2 | 38.5 | 23.1 |
25 to 34 years |
4.85 | 73.0 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 84.1 | 84.2 | 84.6 | 84.4 | 83.5 | 17.7 | 11.3 |
35 to 44 years |
4.90 | 76.0 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 86.1 | 88.3 | 87.6 | 87.3 | 85.2 | 15.9 | 10.2 |
45 to 54 years |
4.94 | 77.6 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 86.7 | 88.8 | 88.1 | 88.5 | 85.1 | 14.1 | 9.0 |
55 to 64 years |
4.81 | 71.9 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 84.7 | 86.3 | 85.9 | 86.0 | 80.9 | 14.8 | 10.1 |
65 years and over |
4.25 | 49.0 | 7.9 | 15.1 | 68.8 | 71.7 | 75.7 | 70.5 | 64.5 | 17.8 | 11.2 |
Sex |
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Men |
4.88 | 72.5 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 83.6 | 84.8 | 85.3 | 85.5 | 83.6 | 21.9 | 13.5 |
Women |
4.65 | 63.8 | 7.0 | 12.6 | 78.2 | 79.5 | 79.5 | 78.8 | 77.0 | 16.3 | 10.7 |
Race |
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White |
4.77 | 68.9 | 8.6 | 10.3 | 81.2 | 82.8 | 82.8 | 82.8 | 80.5 | 19.3 | 11.7 |
Black or African American |
4.78 | 64.4 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 79.5 | 80.8 | 81.2 | 80.9 | 78.5 | 17.9 | 13.3 |
Asian |
4.76 | 72.8 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 82.9 | 81.6 | 83.4 | 82.4 | 86.3 | 15.9 | 11.8 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(3) |
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Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
4.84 | 66.5 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 79.8 | 81.6 | 81.6 | 81.2 | 80.6 | 25.7 | 13.3 |
Non-Hispanic or Latino |
4.75 | 68.7 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 81.3 | 82.4 | 82.7 | 82.5 | 80.4 | 17.9 | 11.9 |
Educational attainment (25 years and over) |
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Less than a high school diploma |
4.89 | 64.8 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 81.5 | 80.9 | 82.3 | 81.1 | 77.9 | 30.9 | 17.4 |
High school graduates, no college |
4.88 | 66.7 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 81.5 | 83.0 | 81.5 | 82.7 | 80.1 | 21.7 | 13.5 |
Some college or associate degree |
4.78 | 67.5 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 80.4 | 82.9 | 84.0 | 82.7 | 79.6 | 16.2 | 10.7 |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
4.84 | 81.1 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 88.6 | 89.9 | 89.8 | 89.3 | 86.4 | 10.5 | 7.3 |
Parent of a household child |
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Parent of a household child under 18 years |
4.88 | 75.4 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 85.9 | 87.5 | 86.8 | 86.3 | 84.6 | 15.2 | 10.5 |
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger) |
4.86 | 76.5 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 86.2 | 88.1 | 87.6 | 86.5 | 82.5 | 13.2 | 9.6 |
Parent of a child under 13 years |
4.88 | 75.1 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 85.8 | 87.3 | 86.6 | 86.3 | 85.1 | 15.7 | 10.7 |
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years |
4.72 | 64.8 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 78.6 | 79.7 | 80.4 | 80.3 | 78.4 | 21.2 | 13.0 |
Occupation |
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Management, business, and financial operations |
5.00 | 87.2 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 93.3 | 93.9 | 93.1 | 94.0 | 91.6 | 10.9 | 6.0 |
Professional and related |
4.70 | 76.2 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 84.7 | 86.7 | 86.8 | 85.7 | 82.6 | 9.9 | 6.4 |
Services |
4.52 | 38.7 | 23.0 | 16.7 | 63.2 | 62.5 | 65.3 | 65.4 | 65.8 | 38.6 | 28.4 |
Sales and related |
4.71 | 47.5 | 15.0 | 19.8 | 64.0 | 68.6 | 66.4 | 67.6 | 71.9 | 31.3 | 20.7 |
Office and administrative support |
4.69 | 66.2 | 5.2 | 10.7 | 82.9 | 83.2 | 82.7 | 82.0 | 80.9 | 15.1 | 8.3 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry |
s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Construction and extraction |
5.08 | 90.0 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 96.7 | 97.1 | 97.0 | 96.6 | 90.7 | 16.9 | 4.9 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair |
5.03 | 82.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 89.2 | 94.0 | 95.2 | 94.4 | 90.6 | 17.1 | 6.1 |
Production |
4.90 | 78.1 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 88.3 | 90.3 | 89.7 | 89.6 | 81.8 | 17.9 | 10.8 |
Transportation and material moving |
4.87 | 62.3 | 9.3 | 16.4 | 74.7 | 75.1 | 78.0 | 77.6 | 76.8 | 24.2 | 14.9 |
Industry |
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Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting |
5.43 | 85.5 | 12.3 | 2.8 | 93.9 | 94.0 | 93.6 | 93.8 | 93.4 | 47.5 | 19.0 |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction |
s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Construction |
5.08 | 91.0 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 96.7 | 96.9 | 96.4 | 96.3 | 91.9 | 18.2 | 4.5 |
Manufacturing |
4.98 | 86.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 93.5 | 94.8 | 94.2 | 93.9 | 88.2 | 12.4 | 7.6 |
Wholesale and retail trade |
4.66 | 47.2 | 12.1 | 20.9 | 64.4 | 66.9 | 68.9 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 29.1 | 18.5 |
Transportation and utilities |
4.92 | 67.2 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 79.4 | 79.8 | 81.5 | 83.1 | 78.0 | 21.5 | 14.9 |
Information |
4.89 | 78.9 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 91.8 | 96.4 | 91.7 | 89.0 | 90.3 | 13.2 | 5.6 |
Financial activities |
4.95 | 87.3 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 92.1 | 94.2 | 93.8 | 93.2 | 92.8 | 13.5 | 5.8 |
Professional and business services |
4.90 | 85.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 92.0 | 92.3 | 92.3 | 91.9 | 89.7 | 9.2 | 5.5 |
Education and health services |
4.63 | 68.8 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 81.2 | 82.2 | 82.2 | 81.6 | 78.6 | 11.5 | 8.0 |
Leisure and hospitality |
4.48 | 26.8 | 29.0 | 17.0 | 58.7 | 56.7 | 58.6 | 60.7 | 64.2 | 49.6 | 35.7 |
Other services |
4.56 | 50.8 | 16.0 | 10.3 | 68.8 | 73.5 | 72.1 | 69.9 | 72.6 | 31.8 | 21.4 |
Public administration |
4.72 | 72.2 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 81.6 | 86.1 | 85.6 | 85.0 | 80.0 | 9.7 | 7.2 |
Class of worker |
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Private sector |
4.76 | 66.5 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 79.8 | 81.1 | 81.1 | 81.3 | 79.8 | 21.2 | 13.3 |
Private, for profit |
4.79 | 66.9 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 80.1 | 81.3 | 81.4 | 81.5 | 80.5 | 21.7 | 13.2 |
Private, not for profit |
4.53 | 62.5 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 77.2 | 79.6 | 79.1 | 79.4 | 73.5 | 16.5 | 14.9 |
Public sector |
4.80 | 76.9 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 86.9 | 87.7 | 88.8 | 86.8 | 83.5 | 9.8 | 6.6 |
Federal government |
4.91 | 72.1 | 3.5 | 10.6 | 87.5 | 87.6 | 87.4 | 88.2 | 79.1 | 11.2 | 6.0 |
State government |
4.82 | 77.1 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 87.5 | 88.9 | 89.9 | 87.0 | 83.5 | 11.1 | 8.7 |
Local government |
4.75 | 78.7 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 86.3 | 86.8 | 88.5 | 86.2 | 85.2 | 8.4 | 5.3 |
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(4) |
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Full-time workers |
5.01 | 79.2 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 88.2 | 89.3 | 89.4 | 89.6 | 87.4 | 16.7 | 10.3 |
Part-time workers |
3.84 | 26.1 | 14.4 | 21.0 | 51.9 | 53.6 | 54.5 | 52.8 | 53.1 | 29.6 | 19.9 |
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary |
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Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile |
5.00 | 65.9 | 14.0 | 11.8 | 80.5 | 81.7 | 83.8 | 83.1 | 81.0 | 26.1 | 17.6 |
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles |
4.97 | 75.9 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 87.7 | 88.9 | 87.9 | 88.5 | 84.6 | 15.9 | 8.6 |
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles |
4.99 | 83.6 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 89.7 | 90.8 | 91.0 | 92.3 | 90.1 | 13.5 | 7.3 |
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile |
5.08 | 90.5 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 94.5 | 95.3 | 94.3 | 94.0 | 93.5 | 12.1 | 8.2 |
Work schedule flexibility(5) |
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Had flexible schedule |
4.78 | 68.6 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 80.9 | 82.8 | 82.4 | 82.5 | 80.9 | 20.2 | 13.1 |
Did not have flexible schedule |
4.75 | 68.0 | 7.8 | 11.5 | 81.3 | 81.6 | 82.6 | 82.1 | 79.8 | 17.9 | 10.9 |
Workplace flexibility |
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Could work at home |
5.01 | 88.8 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 94.2 | 95.4 | 95.7 | 95.1 | 92.7 | 10.6 | 7.1 |
Could not work at home |
4.67 | 60.1 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 75.8 | 77.1 | 77.3 | 77.2 | 75.6 | 22.7 | 14.2 |
(1) Workers who usually worked Monday through Friday also are counted in the estimates for each weekday. |
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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. |