Table 1. Job-related work at home on primary job by sex, occupation, industry, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, educational attainment, class of worker, and pay status, May 2004
Table 1. Job-related work at home on primary job by sex, occupation, industry, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, educational
attainment, class of worker, and pay status, May 2004
(Numbers in thousands)
Persons who usually worked at home (2)
Percent distribution by class of worker
(3)
Total
Characteristic employed Percent
(1) Total of total Wage and salary
employed Self-
Total employed
Paid work Unpaid (4)
at home work at
home
Total, 16 years and over............................. 136,602 20,673 15.1 100.0 16.2 49.3 33.7
Men.................................................... 72,417 10,780 14.9 100.0 14.7 47.3 37.6
Women.................................................. 64,185 9,893 15.4 100.0 17.8 51.4 29.4
Occupation
Management, professional, and related occupations...... 47,829 13,445 28.1 100.0 13.9 59.9 25.7
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations........................................ 19,205 5,602 29.2 100.0 16.2 46.6 36.9
Professional and related occupations................. 28,623 7,842 27.4 100.0 12.2 69.5 17.7
Service occupations.................................... 22,752 1,414 6.2 100.0 20.6 20.9 54.8
Sales and office occupations........................... 35,133 4,291 12.2 100.0 24.1 36.1 38.6
Sales and related occupations........................ 15,886 3,137 19.7 100.0 21.8 35.4 42.2
Office and administrative support occupations........ 19,247 1,154 6.0 100.0 30.5 38.0 28.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations......................................... 13,111 1,036 7.9 100.0 10.2 15.1 73.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........... 195 3 1.5 100.0 (5) (5) (5)
Construction and extraction occupations.............. 7,927 705 8.9 100.0 6.1 13.3 80.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.... 4,989 329 6.6 100.0 18.4 19.1 59.6
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations......................................... 17,777 488 2.7 100.0 10.6 26.6 62.8
Production occupations............................... 9,240 276 3.0 100.0 12.8 22.1 65.0
Transportation and material moving occupations....... 8,538 212 2.5 100.0 7.7 32.5 59.8
Industry
Mining................................................. 491 44 9.0 100.0 (5) (5) (5)
Construction........................................... 10,316 1,491 14.5 100.0 7.1 19.4 72.8
Manufacturing.......................................... 16,626 1,488 8.9 100.0 26.3 55.3 18.2
Wholesale and retail trade............................. 20,766 2,416 11.6 100.0 21.1 36.2 41.8
Transportation and utilities........................... 6,845 459 6.7 100.0 14.7 43.7 39.5
Information............................................ 3,520 638 18.1 100.0 30.0 41.6 28.4
Financial activities................................... 9,874 2,210 22.4 100.0 21.3 39.9 38.4
Professional and business services..................... 13,905 3,401 24.5 100.0 17.6 33.2 48.8
Education and health services.......................... 29,290 6,189 21.1 100.0 9.2 76.0 14.3
Leisure and hospitality................................ 12,078 731 6.0 100.0 10.7 27.5 61.8
Other services......................................... 6,971 1,113 16.0 100.0 18.4 41.0 33.7
Public administration.................................. 5,918 493 8.3 100.0 31.4 67.6 -
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White.................................................. 111,756 18,255 16.3 100.0 16.4 49.0 33.8
Black or African American.............................. 15,800 1,245 7.9 100.0 14.2 53.0 31.0
Asian.................................................. 5,630 718 12.7 100.0 14.2 52.1 33.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........................... 17,577 1,255 7.1 100.0 19.1 45.0 34.4
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over............................. 117,610 20,024 17.0 100.0 16.0 49.1 34.0
Less than a high school diploma........................ 10,979 539 4.9 100.0 15.7 24.0 58.9
High school graduates, no college (6).................. 34,760 2,631 7.6 100.0 15.4 28.7 54.0
Some college or associate degree....................... 32,772 4,482 13.7 100.0 19.4 32.8 46.7
Bachelor's degree and higher (7)....................... 39,099 12,372 31.6 100.0 15.0 60.5 24.1
1 Includes persons who did not provide information on work at home.
2 Persons who usually work at home are defined as those who work at home at least once per week as part of their primary job.
3 Unpaid family workers and wage and salary workers who did not report pay status are included in the total but are not shown
separately.
4 Includes both the incorporated and unincorporated self-employed.
5 Data not shown where the base is less than 75,000.
6 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
7 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Data refer to employed persons in nonagricultural industries. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or
African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. In addition, persons whose
ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by
race. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Last Modified Date: September 22, 2005
United States Department of Labor
