Table 1. Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2023-2024

Table 1. Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2023-2024 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of employment	Total		Men		Women
Extent of employment	2023	2024	2023	2024	2023	2024
NUMBER OF EMPLOYED
Civilian noninstitutional population	267,884	273,023	130,605	133,175	137,279	139,848
Total who worked or looked for work	174,356	177,156	91,713	92,862	82,643	84,295
Percent of the population	65.1	64.9	70.2	69.7	60.2	60.3
Total who worked during the year(1)	171,937	174,555	90,339	91,539	81,598	83,015
Percent of the population	64.2	63.9	69.2	68.7	59.4	59.4
Full time(2)	138,818	140,785	77,556	78,400	61,263	62,385
50 to 52 weeks	120,524	121,760	67,736	68,065	52,788	53,695
48 to 49 weeks	2,062	2,698	1,147	1,577	915	1,122
40 to 47 weeks	5,335	5,566	2,768	2,994	2,567	2,572
27 to 39 weeks	3,886	3,945	2,165	2,156	1,720	1,789
14 to 26 weeks	4,441	4,118	2,338	2,139	2,103	1,980
1 to 13 weeks	2,570	2,696	1,401	1,469	1,169	1,228
Part time(3)	33,119	33,770	12,784	13,139	20,335	20,631
50 to 52 weeks	17,828	18,426	6,531	6,898	11,297	11,528
48 to 49 weeks	1,000	871	279	308	721	562
40 to 47 weeks	3,011	3,008	1,089	1,149	1,921	1,859
27 to 39 weeks	2,632	2,664	1,099	1,049	1,534	1,615
14 to 26 weeks	4,432	4,457	1,829	1,884	2,603	2,573
1 to 13 weeks	4,217	4,345	1,958	1,852	2,259	2,494
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	80.7	80.7	85.8	85.6	75.1	75.1
50 to 52 weeks	70.1	69.8	75.0	74.4	64.7	64.7
48 to 49 weeks	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.7	1.1	1.4
40 to 47 weeks	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.1
27 to 39 weeks	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.1	2.2
14 to 26 weeks	2.6	2.4	2.6	2.3	2.6	2.4
1 to 13 weeks	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.5
Part time(3)	19.3	19.3	14.2	14.4	24.9	24.9
50 to 52 weeks	10.4	10.6	7.2	7.5	13.8	13.9
48 to 49 weeks	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.7
40 to 47 weeks	1.8	1.7	1.2	1.3	2.4	2.2
27 to 39 weeks	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.9	1.9
14 to 26 weeks	2.6	2.6	2.0	2.1	3.2	3.1
1 to 13 weeks	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.0	2.8	3.0
(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. (2) Usually worked 35 hours or more per week. (3) Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.
NOTE: Data refer to people 16 years and over. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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