Economic News Release

       Table 4.  Employed persons working and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex,
       jobholding status, educational attainment, and day of week, 2007 annual averages
       
       (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                          Employed persons who    Employed persons who    Employed persons who 
                                                          worked on an average    worked on an average    worked on an average 
                                                                  day                   weekday          Saturday, Sunday, and 
                                                 Total                                                         holiday (1)     
                    Characteristic              employ-                                                                        
                                                  ed                                                                           
                                                                Percent Average         Percent Average         Percent Average
                                                         Number    of    hours   Number    of    hours   Number   of     hours 
                                                                employ-    of      (3)   employ-   of      (4)   employ-   of  
                                                                  ed    work(2)            ed    work(2)           ed   work(2)
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
          Full- and part-time status and sex                                                                                   
       Total, 15 years and over (5)............ 155,502 108,042   69.5     7.57 129,650   83.4     7.93  56,002   36.0     5.61
          Full-time workers.................... 121,444  89,049   73.3     8.05 107,121   88.2     8.45  45,490   37.5     5.76
          Part-time workers....................  34,058  18,993   55.8     5.36  22,522   66.1     5.43  10,517   30.9     5.00
        Men (5)................................  83,012  59,279   71.4     7.89  70,659   85.1     8.27  32,017   38.6     5.84
          Full-time workers....................  71,243  52,917   74.3     8.21  63,190   88.7     8.65  28,447   39.9     5.90
          Part-time workers....................  11,770   6,362   54.1     5.19   7,499   63.7     5.16   3,542   30.1     5.35
        Women (5)..............................  72,490  48,763   67.3     7.20  58,996   81.4     7.51  23,968   33.1     5.31
          Full-time workers....................  50,201  36,133   72.0     7.81  43,934   87.5     8.17  17,007   33.9     5.51
          Part-time workers....................  22,288  12,631   56.7     5.44  15,028   67.4     5.57   6,972   31.3     4.83
                                                                                                                               
                  Jobholding status                                                                                            
       Single jobholders....................... 140,447  95,901   68.3     7.47 116,323   82.8     7.80  46,666   33.2     5.48
       Multiple jobholders.....................  15,055  12,141   80.6     8.43  13,329   88.5     9.06   9,307   61.8     6.28
                                                                                                                               
         Educational attainment, 25 years                                                                                      
          and over                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma.........  11,503   8,073   70.2     7.88   9,794   85.1     8.05   3,861   33.6     6.82
       High school graduates, no college (6)...  38,947  26,457   67.9     7.87  32,792   84.2     8.07  11,334   29.1     6.44
       Some college or associate degree........  34,697  23,596   68.0     7.67  28,136   81.1     7.97  11,883   34.2     5.88
       Bachelor's degree and higher (7)........  45,418  33,834   74.5     7.47  40,525   89.2     8.07  18,117   39.9     4.31
       
          1 Holidays are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas
       Day. Data were not collected about New Year’s Day in 2007.
          2 Includes work at main and other job(s), and excludes travel related to work.
          3 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average
       weekday.
          4 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average
       Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.
          5 Includes workers whose hours vary.
          6 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
          7 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
          NOTE:  Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.