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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

(Numbers in thousands)
Table 35. Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years, 1970-2008, not seasonally adjusted
YearTotal
employed
Multiple jobholdersMultiple jobholding rate (1)
TotalWomenMenTotalWomenMenWhiteBlack or
African American (2)
NumberPercent of all
multiple jobholders

1970

78,3584,04863615.73,4125.22.27.05.34.4

1971

78,7084,03576519.03,2705.12.66.75.33.8

1972

81,2243,77073519.53,0354.62.46.04.83.7

1973

83,7584,26286920.43,3935.12.76.65.14.7

1974

85,7863,88986722.33,0224.52.65.84.63.8

1975

84,1463,91895624.42,9624.72.95.84.83.7

1976

87,2783,94891123.13,0374.52.65.84.72.8

1977

90,4824,5581,24127.23,3175.03.46.25.32.6

1978

93,9044,4931,28128.53,2124.83.35.85.03.1

1979

96,3274,7241,40729.83,3174.93.55.95.13.0

1980

96,8094,7591,54932.53,2104.93.85.85.13.2

1985

106,8785,7302,19238.33,5375.44.75.95.73.2

1989

117,0847,2253,10943.04,1156.25.96.46.54.3

1991

116,6267,1833,12943.64,0546.25.96.46.44.9

1994

122,9467,3163,34345.73,9736.05.96.06.14.9

1995

124,5547,9523,72746.94,2256.46.56.36.65.2

1996

126,3917,8463,49444.54,3526.26.06.46.45.1

1997

129,5658,1973,80046.44,3986.36.46.36.55.7

1998

131,4768,1263,68845.44,4386.26.16.36.35.5

1999

133,4117,8953,77847.94,1175.96.15.86.05.5

2000

136,6857,7513,66747.34,0845.75.85.65.94.9

2001

137,1217,5403,62648.13,9145.55.75.35.65.3

2002

136,5597,2473,51148.43,7365.35.55.15.54.7

2003

137,5677,3383,49847.73,8415.35.45.35.54.3

2004

138,8677,2583,60549.73,6535.25.64.95.35.1

2005

141,7306,8953,40249.33,4934.95.24.65.44.4

2006

144,0417,6413,77849.43,8635.35.75.05.35.4

2007

145,8647,6933,85850.13,8355.35.74.95.54.4

2008

145,9277,6533,81249.83,8425.25.64.95.44.9

Footnotes:
(1) Multiple jobholders as a percent of all employed persons in specified group.
(2) Data for years prior to 1977 refer to the black-and-other population group.

NOTE: Data beginning in 1994 are not strictly comparable with data for prior years. For an explanation, see the Historical Comparability documentation provided at www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf. Comprehensive surveys of multiple jobholders were not conducted in 1981-84, 1986-88, 1990, and 1992-93.

 

SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.