HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 47. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry 2008 Workers in Absence rate (1) Lost worktime rate (2) Occupation and industry absence universe (in Illness Other Illness Other thousands)- Total or injury reasons Total or injury reasons (1) OCCUPATION Management, professional, and related occupations.......... 39,016 2.8 1.9 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.6 Management, business, and financial operations occupations............................................. 15,963 2.5 1.6 .8 1.3 .8 .5 Management occupations................................ 10,984 2.2 1.5 .7 1.2 .8 .4 Business and financial operations occupations......... 4,980 3.1 2.0 1.1 1.6 .9 .7 Professional and related occupations..................... 23,053 3.1 2.0 1.1 1.7 1.0 .7 Computer and mathematical occupations................. 3,283 2.5 1.7 .8 1.1 .7 .4 Architecture and engineering occupations.............. 2,608 2.4 1.8 .6 1.1 .8 .3 Life, physical, and social science occupations........ 1,054 2.8 2.1 .7 1.4 1.0 .4 Community and social services occupations............. 1,852 3.5 2.5 1.1 1.9 1.3 .7 Legal occupations..................................... 1,144 3.4 2.1 1.3 1.8 .9 .9 Education, training, and library occupations.......... 6,374 3.1 1.9 1.2 1.7 .9 .8 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......................................... 1,494 2.6 1.4 1.1 1.4 .7 .7 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations..... 5,245 3.7 2.5 1.3 2.2 1.4 .8 Service occupations........................................ 13,879 3.5 2.5 1.0 2.0 1.4 .6 Healthcare support occupations........................... 2,131 4.9 3.4 1.5 2.7 2.0 .8 Protective service occupations........................... 2,576 3.0 2.2 .9 1.8 1.3 .5 Food preparation and serving related occupations......... 3,787 3.1 2.1 1.0 1.8 1.2 .6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 3,302 3.5 2.7 .8 1.9 1.4 .4 Personal care and service occupations.................... 2,084 3.5 2.4 1.1 2.0 1.3 .7 Sales and office occupations............................... 24,158 3.4 2.4 1.1 1.7 1.2 .6 Sales and related occupations............................ 9,553 2.6 1.7 .8 1.4 .9 .5 Office and administrative support occupations............ 14,605 4.0 2.8 1.2 2.0 1.3 .7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.............................................. 11,090 2.7 2.1 .6 1.5 1.2 .3 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations............... 696 1.9 1.4 .5 1.1 .9 .2 Construction and extraction occupations.................. 6,111 2.6 2.0 .6 1.4 1.1 .3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........ 4,283 2.9 2.3 .7 1.6 1.3 .3 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 14,163 3.4 2.7 .7 2.0 1.7 .4 Production occupations................................... 7,717 3.4 2.6 .8 2.0 1.6 .4 Transportation and material moving occupations........... 6,447 3.4 2.8 .6 2.1 1.8 .3 INDUSTRY Private sector............................................. 84,466 3.0 2.1 .9 1.6 1.1 .5 Agriculture and related industries................... 810 1.7 1.3 .5 .8 .6 .2 Nonagricultural industries........................... 83,656 3.0 2.1 .9 1.6 1.1 .5 Mining.............................................. 729 2.1 1.6 .6 1.5 1.1 .4 Construction........................................ 6,701 2.4 1.7 .6 1.3 1.0 .3 Manufacturing....................................... 14,079 3.0 2.2 .7 1.7 1.3 .4 Durable goods.................................. 9,134 2.8 2.1 .7 1.6 1.2 .4 Nondurable goods............................... 4,945 3.2 2.4 .8 1.8 1.5 .4 Wholesale and retail trade.......................... 13,411 3.0 2.1 .9 1.6 1.1 .5 Wholesale trade................................ 3,227 2.3 1.7 .6 1.3 1.0 .3 Retail trade................................... 10,184 3.1 2.2 .9 1.7 1.2 .5 Transportation and utilities........................ 4,663 3.0 2.4 .7 2.0 1.6 .4 Transportation and warehousing................. 3,820 3.1 2.4 .7 2.1 1.7 .5 Utilities...................................... 844 2.8 2.2 .6 1.5 1.2 .3 Information......................................... 2,612 3.0 2.1 .8 1.6 1.1 .5 Financial activities................................ 7,582 2.8 1.8 1.0 1.4 .9 .5 Finance and insurance.......................... 5,930 2.9 1.9 1.0 1.4 .9 .6 Finance.................................... 3,907 2.5 1.6 .9 1.3 .8 .5 Insurance.................................. 2,023 3.6 2.5 1.1 1.8 1.2 .6 Real estate and rental and leasing............. 1,651 2.5 1.6 .9 1.2 .8 .4 Professional and business services.................. 9,965 2.9 1.9 .9 1.4 .9 .5 Professional and technical services............ 6,211 2.8 1.8 .9 1.4 .8 .6 Management, administrative, and waste services 3,754 3.0 2.1 .9 1.5 1.0 .5 Education and health services....................... 13,894 3.8 2.5 1.2 2.1 1.4 .7 Educational services........................... 2,564 2.7 1.6 1.1 1.5 .8 .7 Health care and social assistance.............. 11,330 4.0 2.8 1.3 2.2 1.5 .7 Leisure and hospitality............................. 6,239 2.6 1.7 .9 1.4 1.0 .5 Arts, entertainment, and recreation............ 1,254 2.7 1.9 .8 1.7 1.2 .5 Accommodation and food services................ 4,985 2.6 1.7 .9 1.4 .9 .5 Accommodation................................ 1,110 2.3 1.6 .7 1.2 .8 .4 Food services and drinking places............ 3,876 2.6 1.7 1.0 1.4 .9 .5 Other services...................................... 3,781 2.4 1.7 .8 1.2 .8 .4 Other services, except private households...... 3,442 2.4 1.7 .8 1.2 .8 .4 Public sector............................................... 17,841 3.9 2.8 1.1 2.1 1.4 .7 Federal government.................................. 3,222 4.3 3.2 1.1 2.2 1.7 .6 State government.................................... 5,112 4.1 3.0 1.1 2.1 1.5 .6 Local government.................................... 9,506 3.7 2.5 1.1 2.0 1.3 .7 1 The absence universe includes most wage and salary workers who usually work full-time at their primary or sole job. Absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours a week at their main job worked less than 35 hours during the reference week for one of the following reasons: Own illness, injury, or medical problems; child-care problems; other family or personal obligations; civic or military duty; and maternity or paternity leave. Excluded are situations in which work was missed due to vacation or personal days, holiday, labor dispute, slack work or business conditions, and the wait for a new job to begin. For multiple jobholders, absence data refer only to work missed at their main jobs. All self-employed persons are excluded, regardless of whether or not their jobs are incorporated. Conceptually, the absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage and salary workers who usually work 35 hours or more on their main job. 2 Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked, which is derived using the number of workers in absence universe as defined in footnote 1 above, minus those who reported that their hours varied. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.