Table 4. Hours of unpaid job-related work at home on primary job among wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
Table 4. Hours of unpaid 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
Unpaid weekly
Characteristic work at 8 hours or more hours
home (1) Hours Less than usually
Total vary 8 hours worked at
Total 35 hours home
or more
Total, 16 years and over............................. 10,189 100.0 29.6 47.8 21.9 .9 6.8
Men.................................................... 5,099 100.0 31.6 45.8 21.8 .8 6.9
Women.................................................. 5,090 100.0 27.6 49.7 22.1 1.1 6.8
Occupation
Management, professional, and related occupations...... 8,058 100.0 28.7 48.6 22.0 .8 6.8
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations........................................ 2,608 100.0 30.9 51.2 17.4 .9 6.3
Professional and related occupations................. 5,450 100.0 27.6 47.4 24.2 .7 7.0
Service occupations.................................... 295 100.0 35.6 51.2 13.2 3.3 6.8
Sales and office occupations........................... 1,549 100.0 32.9 40.9 25.3 1.3 7.5
Sales and related occupations........................ 1,110 100.0 33.6 35.1 30.1 1.4 8.5
Office and administrative support occupations........ 438 100.0 30.9 55.7 13.1 1.2 5.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations......................................... 157 100.0 36.6 47.9 15.5 .4 5.8
Construction and extraction occupations.............. 94 100.0 32.9 55.0 12.2 - 4.5
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.... 63 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations......................................... 130 100.0 28.4 66.4 5.2 - 3.3
Production occupations............................... 61 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Transportation and material moving occupations....... 69 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Industry
Mining................................................. 28 100.0 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
Construction........................................... 290 100.0 23.8 61.6 14.6 .1 4.8
Manufacturing.......................................... 822 100.0 28.5 53.3 16.8 .7 6.2
Wholesale and retail trade............................. 876 100.0 29.6 45.2 24.0 1.3 7.0
Transportation and utilities........................... 201 100.0 37.3 54.4 8.3 - 4.2
Information............................................ 266 100.0 29.0 38.6 32.3 2.0 8.3
Financial activities................................... 881 100.0 36.9 38.2 24.1 1.3 8.1
Professional and business services..................... 1,130 100.0 33.9 44.3 21.8 1.1 7.2
Education and health services.......................... 4,706 100.0 25.3 49.4 24.7 .6 6.8
Leisure and hospitality................................ 201 100.0 30.9 55.1 14.0 .6 5.5
Other services......................................... 457 100.0 48.5 36.4 14.3 2.5 8.7
Public administration.................................. 333 100.0 32.2 58.7 7.3 1.2 5.0
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White.................................................. 8,952 100.0 28.8 48.3 22.1 .7 6.7
Black or African American.............................. 660 100.0 43.2 41.1 15.5 .8 6.3
Asian.................................................. 374 100.0 27.0 44.5 27.6 2.5 8.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 564 100.0 23.0 59.0 17.6 1.9 6.5
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over............................. 9,836 100.0 29.8 47.3 22.2 1.0 6.9
Less than a high school diploma........................ 130 100.0 45.7 49.0 5.3 - 4.9
High school graduates, no college (4).................. 756 100.0 36.6 49.2 13.9 1.4 5.7
Some college or associate degree....................... 1,471 100.0 31.5 49.9 18.0 .8 6.3
Bachelor's degree and higher (5)....................... 7,479 100.0 28.5 46.6 24.2 1.0 7.2
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. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Last Modified Date: September 22, 2005
United States Department of Labor
