Women in the Labor Force: A Databook
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
May 2005
Report 985 (
PDF , 88 printed pages,
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Introduction and Highlights
Technical Note
Statistical Tables
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex,
2004 annual averages
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years
and over by sex, 1970-2004 annual averages
Employment status by race, age, sex, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity, 2004 annual
averages
Employment status by marital status and sex,
2004 annual averages
Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2004
Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child,
marital status, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2004
Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child,
1975-2004
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 to 64 years
of age by educational attainment and sex,
2004 annual averages
Percent distribution of the civilian labor force 25 to 64 years of age by
educational attainment and sex, 1970-2004
Employed persons by major occupation and sex,
2003-04 annual
averages
Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex,
2004 annual averages
Percent distribution of employed women by occupation, race, and
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2004 annual averages
Employed persons by industry and sex,
2003-04 annual averages
Employed persons by detailed industry
and sex, 2004 annual averages
Percent distribution of employed women
by industry, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2004 annual averages
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in
current dollars by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 1979-2004
annual averages
Median usual weekly earnings of employed full-time wage and salary
workers 25 years and over by educational attainment and sex, 2004 annual averages
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by
detailed occupation and sex, 2004 annual averages
Median usual weekly earnings of
full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2004 annual averages
Employed persons by full- and part-time status and sex,
1970-2004 annual averages
Average weekly hours at work in all industries and in nonagricultural
industries by sex, 1976-2004 annual averages
Work experience of the population by
sex and full- and part-time status,
selected years, 1970-2003
Married-couple families by number and relationship of earners,
1967-2003
Contribution of wives' earnings to family income,
1970-2003
Wives who earn more than their husbands ,
1987-2003
Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the
prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2004
annual averages
Working poor: Poverty status of persons in the labor force 27 weeks or
more by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2003
Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and contingent and
noncontingent status , February 2001
Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and alternative work arrangement , February 2001
Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by selected
characteristics, May 2001
Job-related work at home on primary job : All workers by marital
status, presence and age of children, sex, and pay status, May 2001
Displaced workers by age, sex, race, Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity, and employment
status in January 2004
Labor force status of 2004 high school graduates and 2003-04 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by
school enrollment and sex , October
2004
Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment,
sex, and educational attainment, October 2004
Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years,
1970-2004, not seasonally adjusted
Unincorporated self-employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex,
1976-2004 annual averages
Employment status of the native-born and foreign-born civilian
noninstitutional population by age and sex, 2003 annual averages
Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by sex, annual
averages, 1983-2004
Last Modified Date: May 9, 2005