Table 8. Job-related work at home on primary job by sex, occupation, industry, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, educational attainment, and frequency of work at home, May 2004
Table 8. Job-related work at home on primary job by sex, occupation, industry, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, educational
attainment, and frequency of work at home, May 2004
(In thousands)
Total who Worked at home Worked at home Worked at home Worked at home
Characteristic worked at home at least once at least once at least once less than once
(1) per week (2) every 2 weeks per month per month
Total, 16 years and over........................... 25,437 20,673 1,929 1,637 881
Men.................................................. 13,309 10,780 1,093 836 438
Women................................................ 12,128 9,893 835 800 443
Occupation
Management, professional, and related occupations.... 16,665 13,445 1,377 1,092 536
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations...................................... 7,073 5,602 608 523 270
Professional and related occupations............... 9,591 7,842 769 569 266
Service occupations.................................. 1,617 1,414 78 63 48
Sales and office occupations......................... 5,285 4,291 347 373 209
Sales and related occupations...................... 3,586 3,137 211 141 65
Office and administrative support occupations...... 1,700 1,154 137 232 144
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations....................................... 1,273 1,036 105 57 55
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations......... 3 3 - - -
Construction and extraction occupations............ 834 705 62 35 26
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations...................................... 436 329 43 22 29
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations....................................... 597 488 22 51 33
Production occupations............................. 338 276 12 29 21
Transportation and material moving occupations..... 259 212 11 22 12
Industry
Mining............................................... 51 44 3 € 2
Construction......................................... 1,758 1,491 122 77 52
Manufacturing........................................ 1,965 1,488 183 178 89
Wholesale and retail trade........................... 2,939 2,416 213 164 114
Transportation and utilities......................... 601 459 42 61 35
Information.......................................... 849 638 98 77 33
Financial activities................................. 2,739 2,210 212 190 89
Professional and business services................... 4,264 3,401 331 323 148
Education and health services........................ 7,322 6,189 485 364 191
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 873 731 46 51 32
Other services....................................... 1,302 1,113 80 70 28
Public administration................................ 773 493 114 82 69
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White................................................ 22,418 18,255 1,728 1,422 749
Black or African American............................ 1,554 1,245 97 106 75
Asian................................................ 924 718 69 81 45
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity......................... 1,491 1,255 64 100 48
Educational attainment
Total, 25 years and over........................... 24,579 20,024 1,854 1,565 827
Less than a high school diploma...................... 599 539 13 29 11
High school graduates, no college (3)................ 3,300 2,631 197 271 147
Some college or associate degree..................... 5,686 4,482 448 431 278
Bachelor's degree and higher (4)..................... 14,995 12,372 1,197 835 392
1 Includes persons who did not report frequency of work at home.
2 Persons who usually work at homethat is, persons who worked at home at least once per weekare the focus of this report.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Data refer to employed persons in nonagricultural industries who reported that they work at home as part of their primary
job. 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
