Table 3. Hours of paid job-related work at home on primary job among wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
Table 3. Hours of paid job-related work at home on primary job among wage and salary workers by selected characteristics,
May 2004
(Numbers in thousands)
Percent distribution by hours worked at home (2)
Mean
Paid work weekly
Characteristic at home 8 hours or more hours
(1) Hours Less than usually
Total vary 8 hours worked at
Total 35 hours home
or more
Total, 16 years and over............................. 3,349 100.0 29.0 21.1 49.5 14.8 18.6
Men.................................................... 1,589 100.0 30.0 22.2 47.2 14.7 18.3
Women.................................................. 1,760 100.0 28.0 20.0 51.6 14.8 18.9
Occupation
Management, professional, and related occupations...... 1,866 100.0 27.8 23.0 48.7 12.2 16.5
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations........................................ 908 100.0 25.9 19.2 54.5 15.9 18.8
Professional and related occupations................. 958 100.0 29.7 26.6 43.2 8.7 14.3
Service occupations.................................... 292 100.0 27.8 13.0 58.4 29.3 28.2
Sales and office occupations........................... 1,035 100.0 31.6 16.7 51.4 16.0 20.8
Sales and related occupations........................ 682 100.0 33.9 14.2 51.6 17.4 22.4
Office and administrative support occupations........ 352 100.0 27.3 21.5 51.2 13.3 18.1
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations......................................... 105 100.0 31.3 44.1 24.7 4.1 8.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........... 2 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Construction and extraction occupations.............. 43 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.... 60 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations......................................... 52 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Production occupations............................... 35 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Transportation and material moving occupations....... 16 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Industry
Mining................................................. 6 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Construction........................................... 106 100.0 21.1 27.7 51.1 7.9 13.7
Manufacturing.......................................... 391 100.0 20.6 23.2 56.2 11.8 16.2
Wholesale and retail trade............................. 511 100.0 33.4 17.8 48.8 12.8 19.0
Transportation and utilities........................... 68 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Information............................................ 191 100.0 27.9 22.6 49.5 17.0 19.5
Financial activities................................... 471 100.0 37.7 11.0 49.8 16.0 22.2
Professional and business services..................... 598 100.0 26.4 18.4 54.5 22.2 21.8
Education and health services.......................... 571 100.0 23.0 29.7 47.2 13.8 17.7
Leisure and hospitality................................ 78 100.0 12.9 18.5 68.6 19.6 18.2
Other services......................................... 205 100.0 41.1 22.6 35.1 11.4 16.4
Public administration.................................. 155 100.0 39.0 23.8 37.2 2.3 11.7
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White.................................................. 2,999 100.0 28.1 20.9 50.8 15.3 19.0
Black or African American.............................. 176 100.0 36.8 33.6 29.6 5.4 11.7
Asian.................................................. 102 100.0 32.5 3.5 58.9 18.6 22.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 240 100.0 32.7 12.6 54.7 16.9 21.1
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over............................. 3,214 100.0 29.2 20.5 49.9 15.0 18.9
Less than a high school diploma........................ 85 100.0 12.1 19.8 67.1 35.6 26.7
High school graduates, no college (4).................. 405 100.0 35.4 16.7 47.6 16.3 20.2
Some college or associate degree....................... 870 100.0 28.2 25.5 46.2 14.9 17.9
Bachelor's degree and higher (5)....................... 1,854 100.0 29.1 19.0 51.3 13.8 18.7
1 Includes persons who worked at home at least once per week but did not report the number of hours usually worked.
2 Persons who did not report the number of hours worked are included in the total but are not shown separately.
3 Data not shown where the base is less than 75,000.
4 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
5 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Data refer to employed persons in nonagricultural industries who reported that they usually work at home at least
once per week as part of their primary job and exclude the incorporated and unincorporated self-employed. Estimates for the
above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all
races. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are
classified by ethnicity as well as by race.
Last Modified Date: September 22, 2005
United States Department of Labor
