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Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands]
Category Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Oct.
2018		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Oct.
2018		 June
2019		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019

CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries

 2,484 2,479 2,553 2,418 2,320 2,402 2,400 2,404 2,461

Wage and salary workers(1)

 1,771 1,672 1,738 1,674 1,482 1,577 1,560 1,610 1,630

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 692 781 786 722 778 779 789 769 796

Unpaid family workers

 21 27 30 - - - - - -

Nonagricultural industries

 154,468 155,999 156,513 154,135 154,725 154,904 155,528 155,830 155,998

Wage and salary workers(1)

 145,325 147,030 147,522 145,071 145,906 145,880 146,480 146,837 147,161

Government

 21,187 21,089 21,598 21,186 20,952 20,823 20,913 21,088 21,469

Private industries

 124,139 125,942 125,924 124,063 124,901 125,012 125,602 125,756 125,805

Private households

 769 842 784 - - - - - -

Other industries

 123,370 125,100 125,140 123,239 124,115 124,224 124,745 124,867 124,974

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 9,055 8,889 8,926 8,949 8,766 8,945 8,891 8,843 8,802

Unpaid family workers

 88 80 66 - - - - - -

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME(2)

All industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,246 3,992 4,046 4,630 4,347 3,984 4,381 4,350 4,438

Slack work or business conditions

 2,600 2,377 2,533 2,837 2,707 2,385 2,678 2,588 2,754

Could only find part-time work

 1,433 1,327 1,268 1,461 1,337 1,364 1,351 1,322 1,287

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 21,979 21,666 22,088 21,448 21,524 21,437 21,697 21,573 21,549

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons(3)

 4,169 3,925 3,961 4,549 4,258 3,878 4,295 4,264 4,337

Slack work or business conditions

 2,541 2,337 2,469 2,779 2,669 2,323 2,634 2,537 2,692

Could only find part-time work

 1,428 1,317 1,258 1,453 1,326 1,350 1,337 1,311 1,275

Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)

 21,616 21,291 21,679 21,083 21,188 21,049 21,322 21,190 21,138

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(2) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the entire week.
(3) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.
(4) Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

- Data not available.
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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Last Modified Date: November 01, 2019