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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                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   June      May       June      June      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.      May       June  
                                                   2007      2008      2008      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008      2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,145     2,160     2,331     1,957     2,213     2,192     2,109     2,122     2,137 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,312     1,264     1,401     1,155     1,324     1,331     1,244     1,241     1,244 
    Self-employed workers......................      813       865       876       778       873       849       839       849       840 
    Unpaid family workers......................       20        31        53     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  144,813   143,767   144,319   144,066   143,820   143,796   144,258   143,898   143,650 
    Wage and salary workers....................  134,679   134,164   134,573   134,153   134,259   134,411   134,761   134,385   134,132 
      Government...............................   20,897    21,601    20,955    21,107    21,252    21,262    21,333    21,263    21,185 
      Private industries.......................  113,782   112,563   113,618   113,028   112,972   113,142   113,394   113,117   113,001 
        Private households.....................      837       774       862     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
        Other industries.......................  112,944   111,789   112,756   112,234   112,212   112,383   112,650   112,315   112,155 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,991     9,470     9,625     9,858     9,410     9,224     9,355     9,383     9,430 
    Unpaid family workers......................      143       132       120     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,469     5,096     5,697     4,311     4,884     4,914     5,220     5,233     5,416 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,736     3,560     3,806     2,803     3,291     3,323     3,558     3,595     3,816 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,359     1,264     1,532     1,197     1,222     1,362     1,323     1,281     1,336 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   18,935    19,708    18,424    20,076    19,348    19,409    19,809    19,428    19,496 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,393     5,046     5,607     4,210     4,790     4,797     5,125     5,164     5,308 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,679     3,522     3,749     2,736     3,231     3,238     3,513     3,531     3,744 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,352     1,261     1,513     1,198     1,216     1,354     1,331     1,288     1,328 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   18,582    19,350    18,038    19,734    19,019    19,072    19,456    19,047    19,106 

    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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