Table 5. Employed persons working on main job and time spent working on days worked by class of worker, occupation, earnings, and day of week, 2022 annual averages

Table 5. Employed persons working on main job and time spent working on days worked by class of worker, occupation, earnings, and day of week, 2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Total Employed	Employed persons who worked on an average day			Employed persons who worked on an average weekday			Employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday
Characteristic	Total Employed	Number	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(1)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work	Number(2)	Percent of employed	Average hours of work
Class of worker (main job only)
Wage and salary workers	159,064	104,289	65.6	7.67	129,548	81.4	7.96	42,648	26.8	5.55
Self-employed workers(3)	10,641	6,388	60.0	6.84	7,588	71.3	7.25	3,950	37.1	5.21

Occupation (main job only)
Management, business, and financial operations	32,948	22,590	68.6	7.75	28,823	87.5	8.06	6,969	21.2	4.51
Professional and related	44,304	28,676	64.7	7.36	36,622	82.7	7.85	11,485	25.9	4.03
Service	25,083	15,114	60.3	7.50	17,677	70.5	7.65	9,204	36.7	6.86
Sales and related	13,976	9,502	68.0	7.40	10,418	74.5	7.72	6,690	47.9	5.89
Office and administrative support	18,135	10,908	60.1	7.34	14,428	79.6	7.41	2,469	13.6	6.35
Farming, fishing, and forestry	(4)-	(4)-	(4)-	8.36	(4)-	(4)-	9.05	(4)-	(4)-	4.23
Construction and extraction	6,918	4,573	66.1	7.91	6,003	86.8	8.33	1,441	20.8	4.01
Installation, maintenance, and repair	6,064	4,342	71.6	8.23	(4)-	(4)-	8.46	(4)-	(4)-	6.82
Production	7,999	5,407	67.6	7.94	6,888	86.1	8.17	1,775	22.2	5.74
Transportation and material moving	12,262	8,406	68.6	8.22	9,960	81.2	8.32	4,300	35.1	7.59

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)(5)
$0 - $760	28,282	19,111	67.6	7.87	23,847	84.3	7.96	7,980	28.2	7.24
$761 - $1,160	28,464	19,953	70.1	8.20	25,071	88.1	8.47	6,506	22.9	5.46
$1,161 - $1,810	28,389	19,189	67.6	8.22	24,853	87.5	8.44	5,323	18.8	5.80
$1,811 and higher	28,165	19,396	68.9	7.89	24,736	87.8	8.48	7,034	25.0	3.13
Footnotes (1) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday. (2) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday. (3) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated. Self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated are classified as wage and salary workers. (4) Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. (5) The earnings data are limited to wage and salary workers (both incorporated and unincorporated self-employed workers are excluded). Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers who held only one job.
NOTE: Includes work at main job only and excludes travel related to work. Data refer to persons 15 years and over.

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Last Modified Date: June 22, 2023