Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Oct.     Sept.      Oct.      Oct.      June      July      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.  
                                                   2008     2009       2009      2008      2009      2009      2009     2009       2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,203     2,073     2,049     2,177     2,165     2,148     2,103     2,010     2,039 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,328     1,256     1,281     1,313     1,232     1,230     1,247     1,179     1,249 
    Self-employed workers......................      853       805       748       827       896       876       830       808       738 
    Unpaid family workers......................       23        12        19     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  143,340   137,006   137,039   142,566   137,812   137,675   137,358   136,795   136,245 
    Wage and salary workers....................  134,388   127,769   128,093   133,694   128,939   128,939   128,285   127,712   127,350 
      Government...............................   21,720    20,954    21,375    21,539    21,446    21,367    21,133    21,002    21,192 
      Private industries.......................  112,668   106,816   106,719   112,170   107,498   107,591   107,219   106,779   106,230 
        Private households.....................      840       790       702     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
        Other industries.......................  111,828   106,026   106,016   111,279   106,631   106,728   106,375   105,990   105,470 
    Self-employed workers......................    8,882     9,154     8,879     8,852     8,891     8,801     9,034     9,010     8,929 
    Unpaid family workers......................       69        83        67     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    6,267     8,255     8,474     6,848     8,989     8,798     9,076     9,179     9,284 
      Slack work or business conditions........    4,548     6,101     6,309     4,953     6,783     6,849     6,941     6,960     7,013 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,466     1,918     1,955     1,514     1,980     1,835     2,044     2,025     2,042 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   19,541    18,898    19,135    19,083    18,718    19,018    18,814    18,621    18,714 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    6,157     8,134     8,350     6,742     8,845     8,647     8,945     9,004     9,194 
      Slack work or business conditions........    4,460     5,998     6,203     4,889     6,699     6,733     6,844     6,734     6,907 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,457     1,910     1,947     1,499     1,969     1,776     2,020     2,021     2,022 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   19,197    18,574    18,819    18,808    18,358    18,621    18,436    18,285    18,393 

     1 Data not available.
     2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
  vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
  only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



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