November/December 2003, Vol. 126, Nos. 11 & 12
Regional Trends
Multiple jobholding in States, 2002
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Multiple jobholding in States, 2002
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In 2002, multiple jobholding rates were lower than a year earlier in 31 States, higher in 13 States and the District of Columbia, and unchanged in 6 States. The continued downward movement in the majority of States reflected the 0.1-percentage point decrease in the national multiple jobholding rate to 5.3 percent. The largest over-the-year decreases were recorded in Hawaii (�6 percentage points), Idaho (�1 points), and Rhode Island (�0 point). Twelve additional States had declines of at least 0.5 point. Maryland and Vermont reported the largest increases in multiple jobholding rates (+1.1 percentage points each), while six other States had over-the-year increases of at least one-half point.
The U.S. multiple jobholding rate has edged downward every year since its recent peak of 6.2 percent in 1996. Over that 6-year span, 46 States and the District of Columbia experienced decreases in multiple jobholding. The largest drops in multiple jobholding rates over this time span were registered in Missouri (�1 percentage points), Idaho (�6 points), Alabama, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin (�3 points each), and Oregon (�0 points). Only four States had increased multiple jobholding rates in 2002 relative to 1996: Nebraska (+0.4 percentage point), Oklahoma and Vermont (+0.3 point each), and New York (+0.1 point).
"Regional Trends" is prepared in the Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics. More information is on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/lau/ or call (202) 691-6392.
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