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Full-time employment up 2.8 million, part-time employment up 991,000, in August 2020

September 10, 2020

The number of people who usually work full time rose by 2.8 million in August, and the number who usually work part time increased by 991,000.

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Full- and part-time employment, January 2000–August 2020, seasonally adjusted
Month	Workers who usually work full time	One-month percent change	Workers who usually work part time	One-month percent change
Jan 2000	113,189,000	1.2%	23,233,000	1.2%
Feb 2000	113,367,000	0.2	23,179,000	-0.2
Mar 2000	113,490,000	0.1	23,266,000	0.4
Apr 2000	114,390,000	0.8	22,918,000	-1.5
May 2000	113,798,000	-0.5	22,793,000	-0.5
Jun 2000	114,057,000	0.2	22,834,000	0.2
Jul 2000	113,670,000	-0.3	22,641,000	-0.8
Aug 2000	113,812,000	0.1	22,725,000	0.4
Sep 2000	113,986,000	0.2	22,839,000	0.5
Oct 2000	114,124,000	0.1	23,042,000	0.9
Nov 2000	114,076,000	0.0	23,346,000	1.3
Dec 2000	114,289,000	0.2	23,633,000	1.2
Jan 2001	114,262,000	0.0	23,423,000	-0.9
Feb 2001	114,006,000	-0.2	23,542,000	0.5
Mar 2001	114,617,000	0.5	23,273,000	-1.1
Apr 2001	114,214,000	-0.4	23,115,000	-0.7
May 2001	113,950,000	-0.2	23,089,000	-0.1
Jun 2001	113,850,000	-0.1	22,990,000	-0.4
Jul 2001	113,969,000	0.1	22,923,000	-0.3
Aug 2001	113,120,000	-0.7	23,146,000	1.0
Sep 2001	113,165,000	0.0	23,654,000	2.2
Oct 2001	112,766,000	-0.4	23,662,000	0.0
Nov 2001	112,724,000	0.0	23,559,000	-0.4
Dec 2001	112,339,000	-0.3	23,860,000	1.3
Jan 2002	112,447,000	0.1	23,120,000	-3.1
Feb 2002	112,635,000	0.2	23,699,000	2.5
Mar 2002	112,616,000	0.0	23,667,000	-0.1
Apr 2002	112,279,000	-0.3	23,854,000	0.8
May 2002	112,509,000	0.2	23,969,000	0.5
Jun 2002	112,388,000	-0.1	24,053,000	0.4
Jul 2002	112,354,000	0.0	24,052,000	0.0
Aug 2002	112,942,000	0.5	23,856,000	-0.8
Sep 2002	113,433,000	0.4	23,906,000	0.2
Oct 2002	113,425,000	0.0	23,601,000	-1.3
Nov 2002	112,771,000	-0.6	23,755,000	0.7
Dec 2002	112,629,000	-0.1	23,908,000	0.6
Jan 2003	112,746,000	0.1	24,525,000	2.6
Feb 2003	113,285,000	0.5	24,038,000	-2.0
Mar 2003	113,174,000	-0.1	24,263,000	0.9
Apr 2003	113,168,000	0.0	24,431,000	0.7
May 2003	112,991,000	-0.2	24,497,000	0.3
Jun 2003	113,056,000	0.1	24,777,000	1.1
Jul 2003	113,313,000	0.2	24,249,000	-2.1
Aug 2003	113,082,000	-0.2	24,687,000	1.8
Sep 2003	113,208,000	0.1	24,430,000	-1.0
Oct 2003	113,583,000	0.3	24,404,000	-0.1
Nov 2003	113,892,000	0.3	24,551,000	0.6
Dec 2003	114,366,000	0.4	24,083,000	-1.9
Jan 2004	113,905,000	-0.4	24,501,000	1.7
Feb 2004	114,193,000	0.3	24,204,000	-1.2
Mar 2004	114,015,000	-0.2	24,378,000	0.7
Apr 2004	114,087,000	0.1	24,535,000	0.6
May 2004	114,016,000	-0.1	24,778,000	1.0
Jun 2004	114,312,000	0.3	24,919,000	0.6
Jul 2004	114,338,000	0.0	25,382,000	1.9
Aug 2004	114,716,000	0.3	24,966,000	-1.6
Sep 2004	114,854,000	0.1	24,654,000	-1.2
Oct 2004	114,828,000	0.0	24,936,000	1.1
Nov 2004	115,284,000	0.4	24,922,000	-0.1
Dec 2004	115,501,000	0.2	24,681,000	-1.0
Jan 2005	116,007,000	0.4	24,314,000	-1.5
Feb 2005	115,649,000	-0.3	24,621,000	1.3
Mar 2005	115,765,000	0.1	24,784,000	0.7
Apr 2005	116,639,000	0.8	24,549,000	-0.9
May 2005	116,960,000	0.3	24,584,000	0.1
Jun 2005	117,305,000	0.3	24,350,000	-1.0
Jul 2005	117,278,000	0.0	24,767,000	1.7
Aug 2005	117,604,000	0.3	24,851,000	0.3
Sep 2005	117,355,000	-0.2	25,096,000	1.0
Oct 2005	117,552,000	0.2	25,074,000	-0.1
Nov 2005	117,580,000	0.0	24,915,000	-0.6
Dec 2005	118,129,000	0.5	24,674,000	-1.0
Jan 2006	118,337,000	0.2	24,884,000	0.9
Feb 2006	118,667,000	0.3	24,731,000	-0.6
Mar 2006	119,175,000	0.4	24,542,000	-0.8
Apr 2006	119,336,000	0.1	24,325,000	-0.9
May 2006	119,033,000	-0.3	24,989,000	2.7
Jun 2006	119,615,000	0.5	24,774,000	-0.9
Jul 2006	119,680,000	0.1	24,477,000	-1.2
Aug 2006	119,948,000	0.2	24,629,000	0.6
Sep 2006	120,308,000	0.3	24,549,000	-0.3
Oct 2006	120,609,000	0.3	24,784,000	1.0
Nov 2006	120,573,000	0.0	24,958,000	0.7
Dec 2006	120,793,000	0.2	25,226,000	1.1
Jan 2007	121,159,000	0.3	24,986,000	-1.0
Feb 2007	121,020,000	-0.1	25,016,000	0.1
Mar 2007	121,168,000	0.1	25,144,000	0.5
Apr 2007	120,325,000	-0.7	25,143,000	0.0
May 2007	120,902,000	0.5	24,932,000	-0.8
Jun 2007	120,689,000	-0.2	25,435,000	2.0
Jul 2007	120,960,000	0.2	24,897,000	-2.1
Aug 2007	120,824,000	-0.1	24,753,000	-0.6
Sep 2007	121,232,000	0.3	24,996,000	1.0
Oct 2007	121,378,000	0.1	24,680,000	-1.3
Nov 2007	121,875,000	0.4	24,758,000	0.3
Dec 2007	121,609,000	-0.2	24,745,000	-0.1
Jan 2008	121,435,000	-0.1	25,067,000	1.3
Feb 2008	121,474,000	0.0	24,692,000	-1.5
Mar 2008	121,426,000	0.0	24,715,000	0.1
Apr 2008	120,708,000	-0.6	25,352,000	2.6
May 2008	120,766,000	0.0	25,063,000	-1.1
Jun 2008	120,388,000	-0.3	25,416,000	1.4
Jul 2008	120,206,000	-0.2	25,288,000	-0.5
Aug 2008	119,534,000	-0.6	25,595,000	1.2
Sep 2008	119,724,000	0.2	25,327,000	-1.0
Oct 2008	119,349,000	-0.3	25,508,000	0.7
Nov 2008	118,397,000	-0.8	25,666,000	0.6
Dec 2008	117,096,000	-1.1	26,333,000	2.6
Jan 2009	115,818,000	-1.1	26,377,000	0.2
Feb 2009	114,783,000	-0.9	26,722,000	1.3
Mar 2009	113,607,000	-1.0	27,069,000	1.3
Apr 2009	113,298,000	-0.3	27,279,000	0.8
May 2009	112,929,000	-0.3	27,239,000	-0.1
Jun 2009	112,745,000	-0.2	27,459,000	0.8
Jul 2009	112,406,000	-0.3	27,737,000	1.0
Aug 2009	112,106,000	-0.3	27,509,000	-0.8
Sep 2009	111,513,000	-0.5	27,273,000	-0.9
Oct 2009	110,949,000	-0.5	27,462,000	0.7
Nov 2009	111,211,000	0.2	27,327,000	-0.5
Dec 2009	110,559,000	-0.6	27,479,000	0.6
Jan 2010	110,613,000	0.0	27,781,000	1.1
Feb 2010	110,778,000	0.1	27,627,000	-0.6
Mar 2010	111,162,000	0.3	27,558,000	-0.2
Apr 2010	111,854,000	0.6	27,386,000	-0.6
May 2010	112,539,000	0.6	26,692,000	-2.5
Jun 2010	112,608,000	0.1	26,658,000	-0.1
Jul 2010	112,248,000	-0.3	26,991,000	1.2
Aug 2010	111,847,000	-0.4	27,703,000	2.6
Sep 2010	111,926,000	0.1	27,459,000	-0.9
Oct 2010	111,723,000	-0.2	27,353,000	-0.4
Nov 2010	111,343,000	-0.3	27,561,000	0.8
Dec 2010	111,900,000	0.5	27,419,000	-0.5
Jan 2011	112,248,000	0.3	26,987,000	-1.6
Feb 2011	112,352,000	0.1	26,872,000	-0.4
Mar 2011	112,350,000	0.0	27,282,000	1.5
Apr 2011	112,222,000	-0.1	27,333,000	0.2
May 2011	112,263,000	0.0	27,381,000	0.2
Jun 2011	112,001,000	-0.2	27,469,000	0.3
Jul 2011	112,193,000	0.2	27,432,000	-0.1
Aug 2011	112,723,000	0.5	27,296,000	-0.5
Sep 2011	112,544,000	-0.2	27,644,000	1.3
Oct 2011	112,923,000	0.3	27,474,000	-0.6
Nov 2011	113,213,000	0.3	27,434,000	-0.1
Dec 2011	113,774,000	0.5	27,168,000	-1.0
Jan 2012	113,755,000	0.0	27,834,000	2.5
Feb 2012	114,141,000	0.3	27,582,000	-0.9
Mar 2012	115,024,000	0.8	27,023,000	-2.0
Apr 2012	114,371,000	-0.6	27,508,000	1.8
May 2012	114,233,000	-0.1	28,054,000	2.0
Jun 2012	114,749,000	0.5	27,674,000	-1.4
Jul 2012	114,575,000	-0.2	27,746,000	0.3
Aug 2012	114,736,000	0.1	27,600,000	-0.5
Sep 2012	115,252,000	0.4	27,810,000	0.8
Oct 2012	115,570,000	0.3	27,975,000	0.6
Nov 2012	115,655,000	0.1	27,545,000	-1.5
Dec 2012	115,791,000	0.1	27,580,000	0.1
Jan 2013	115,653,000	-0.1	27,546,000	-0.1
Feb 2013	115,695,000	0.0	27,584,000	0.1
Mar 2013	115,808,000	0.1	27,439,000	-0.5
Apr 2013	116,014,000	0.2	27,584,000	0.5
May 2013	116,240,000	0.2	27,715,000	0.5
Jun 2013	116,166,000	-0.1	27,863,000	0.5
Jul 2013	116,201,000	0.0	28,145,000	1.0
Aug 2013	116,417,000	0.2	27,896,000	-0.9
Sep 2013	116,846,000	0.4	27,552,000	-1.2
Oct 2013	116,352,000	-0.4	27,323,000	-0.8
Nov 2013	117,078,000	0.6	27,379,000	0.2
Dec 2013	117,394,000	0.3	27,418,000	0.1
Jan 2014	117,468,000	0.1	27,574,000	0.6
Feb 2014	117,734,000	0.2	27,379,000	-0.7
Mar 2014	117,959,000	0.2	27,620,000	0.9
Apr 2014	118,433,000	0.4	27,170,000	-1.6
May 2014	118,791,000	0.3	27,105,000	-0.2
Jun 2014	118,229,000	-0.5	28,023,000	3.4
Jul 2014	118,426,000	0.2	28,028,000	0.0
Aug 2014	118,715,000	0.2	27,814,000	-0.8
Sep 2014	119,306,000	0.5	27,461,000	-1.3
Oct 2014	119,787,000	0.4	27,772,000	1.1
Nov 2014	119,717,000	-0.1	27,696,000	-0.3
Dec 2014	120,138,000	0.4	27,473,000	-0.8
Jan 2015	120,452,000	0.3	27,559,000	0.3
Feb 2015	120,658,000	0.2	27,389,000	-0.6
Mar 2015	120,981,000	0.3	27,126,000	-1.0
Apr 2015	120,813,000	-0.1	27,645,000	1.9
May 2015	121,514,000	0.6	27,355,000	-1.0
Jun 2015	121,021,000	-0.4	27,778,000	1.5
Jul 2015	121,642,000	0.5	27,211,000	-2.0
Aug 2015	122,067,000	0.3	27,062,000	-0.5
Sep 2015	121,760,000	-0.3	27,035,000	-0.1
Oct 2015	122,094,000	0.3	27,251,000	0.8
Nov 2015	122,182,000	0.1	27,295,000	0.2
Dec 2015	122,757,000	0.5	27,371,000	0.3
Jan 2016	122,971,000	0.2	27,523,000	0.6
Feb 2016	123,058,000	0.1	27,893,000	1.3
Mar 2016	123,560,000	0.4	27,612,000	-1.0
Apr 2016	123,217,000	-0.3	27,766,000	0.6
May 2016	123,231,000	0.0	27,898,000	0.5
Jun 2016	123,636,000	0.3	27,559,000	-1.2
Jul 2016	123,956,000	0.3	27,582,000	0.1
Aug 2016	124,560,000	0.5	27,204,000	-1.4
Sep 2016	124,157,000	-0.3	27,631,000	1.6
Oct 2016	124,198,000	0.0	27,747,000	0.4
Nov 2016	124,248,000	0.0	27,804,000	0.2
Dec 2016	124,320,000	0.1	27,889,000	0.3
Jan 2017	124,563,000	0.2	27,446,000	-1.6
Feb 2017	124,877,000	0.3	27,560,000	0.4
Mar 2017	125,642,000	0.6	27,411,000	-0.5
Apr 2017	126,067,000	0.3	27,166,000	-0.9
May 2017	125,637,000	-0.3	27,342,000	0.6
Jun 2017	126,049,000	0.3	27,243,000	-0.4
Jul 2017	125,938,000	-0.1	27,590,000	1.3
Aug 2017	126,043,000	0.1	27,565,000	-0.1
Sep 2017	126,647,000	0.5	27,625,000	0.2
Oct 2017	126,633,000	0.0	27,134,000	-1.8
Nov 2017	126,730,000	0.1	27,083,000	-0.2
Dec 2017	126,716,000	0.0	27,259,000	0.6
Jan 2018	127,004,000	0.2	27,380,000	0.4
Feb 2018	127,671,000	0.5	27,568,000	0.7
Mar 2018	127,527,000	-0.1	27,762,000	0.7
Apr 2018	127,911,000	0.3	27,442,000	-1.2
May 2018	128,777,000	0.7	26,853,000	-2.1
Jun 2018	128,635,000	-0.1	27,058,000	0.8
Jul 2018	129,013,000	0.3	27,007,000	-0.2
Aug 2018	128,683,000	-0.3	26,887,000	-0.4
Sep 2018	128,872,000	0.1	27,054,000	0.6
Oct 2018	129,173,000	0.2	27,268,000	0.8
Nov 2018	129,685,000	0.4	26,940,000	-1.2
Dec 2018	129,825,000	0.1	26,982,000	0.2
Jan 2019	129,775,000	0.0	26,770,000	-0.8
Feb 2019	130,115,000	0.3	26,917,000	0.5
Mar 2019	129,955,000	-0.1	26,935,000	0.1
Apr 2019	129,816,000	-0.1	26,943,000	0.0
May 2019	129,830,000	0.0	26,974,000	0.1
Jun 2019	130,254,000	0.3	26,834,000	-0.5
Jul 2019	130,494,000	0.2	26,884,000	0.2
Aug 2019	130,877,000	0.3	26,988,000	0.4
Sep 2019	131,123,000	0.2	27,079,000	0.3
Oct 2019	131,518,000	0.3	26,992,000	-0.3
Nov 2019	131,561,000	0.0	26,958,000	-0.1
Dec 2019	131,755,000	0.1	26,992,000	0.1
Jan 2020	131,099,000	-0.5	27,529,000	2.0
Feb 2020	131,109,000	0.0	27,726,000	0.7
Mar 2020	129,298,000	-1.4	26,553,000	-4.2
Apr 2020	114,322,000	-11.6	19,106,000	-28.0
May 2020	116,523,000	1.9	20,741,000	8.6
Jun 2020	118,941,000	2.1	23,179,000	11.8
Jul 2020	119,532,000	0.5	23,982,000	3.5
Aug 2020	122,369,000	2.4	24,973,000	4.1

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After large declines in March and April, employment has risen in each month since April, with the number of full-time workers increasing by 8.0 million and the number of part-time workers rising by 5.9 million. The number of people who usually work part time increased by 11.8 percent from May to June; this was the largest over-the-month increase since data were first collected in 1968.

These data are from the Current Population Survey and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "The Employment Situation — August 2020" and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on August data. Also see more charts on employment and the labor force.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Full-time employment up 2.8 million, part-time employment up 991,000, in August 2020 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/full-time-employment-up-2-point-8-million-part-time-employment-up-991000-in-august-2020.htm (visited April 20, 2024).

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