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Data Retrieval: Labor Force Statistics (CPS)
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Household Data

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
[In thousands]

Category Not seasonally
adjusted
Seasonally
adjusted
CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries

Wage and salary workers(1)

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

Unpaid family workers

(2)

Nonagricultural industries

Wage and salary workers(1)

Government

Private industries

Private households

(2)

Other industries

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

Unpaid family workers

(2)

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME(3)
All industries

Part time for economic reasons(4)

Slack work or business conditions

Could only find part-time work

Part time for noneconomic reasons(5)

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons(4)

Slack work or business conditions

Could only find part-time work

Part time for noneconomic reasons(5)

Footnotes:
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(2) Data not available.
(3) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed people who were absent from their jobs for the entire week.
(4) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.
(5) Refers to people who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes people who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey

 

Last Modified Date: February 19, 2020