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 Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries........... 2,005 2,372 2,302 1,856 2,109 2,122 2,137 2,123 2,142 Wage and salary workers.................... 1,144 1,444 1,419 1,031 1,244 1,241 1,244 1,258 1,289 Self-employed workers...................... 850 894 850 812 839 849 840 844 817 Unpaid family workers...................... 11 35 33 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries................... 144,401 144,495 143,607 143,928 144,258 143,898 143,650 143,589 143,284 Wage and salary workers.................... 134,578 134,662 134,033 134,294 134,761 134,385 134,132 133,951 133,822 Government............................... 20,690 20,509 20,821 21,118 21,333 21,263 21,186 21,098 21,259 Private industries....................... 113,888 114,153 113,212 113,185 113,394 113,116 113,001 112,956 112,607 Private households..................... 819 873 799 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries....................... 113,069 113,280 112,413 112,432 112,650 112,315 112,155 112,157 111,851 Self-employed workers...................... 9,709 9,727 9,490 9,593 9,355 9,384 9,430 9,518 9,381 Unpaid family workers...................... 114 106 84 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons............. 4,494 6,054 5,736 4,517 5,220 5,233 5,416 5,724 5,718 Slack work or business conditions........ 2,838 4,174 4,011 2,955 3,558 3,595 3,816 4,194 4,112 Could only find part-time work........... 1,113 1,481 1,305 1,175 1,323 1,281 1,336 1,286 1,362 Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 17,663 17,442 17,698 19,779 19,809 19,428 19,496 19,406 19,712 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons............. 4,424 5,947 5,650 4,466 5,125 5,164 5,308 5,599 5,641 Slack work or business conditions........ 2,801 4,111 3,947 2,916 3,513 3,531 3,744 4,156 4,032 Could only find part-time work........... 1,098 1,469 1,294 1,152 1,331 1,288 1,328 1,277 1,350 Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 17,350 17,080 17,302 19,469 19,456 19,047 19,106 19,051 19,281 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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