Table 4. Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by occupation and industry, February 2005
Table 4. Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by occupation and industry, February 2005 (Percent distribution) Contingent workers Characteristic Noncontin- gent workers Estimate 1 Estimate 2 Estimate 3 OCCUPATION Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............... 2,504 3,177 5,705 133,247 Percent............................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Management, professional, and related occupations..... 28.4 30.7 35.9 35.2 Management, business, and financial operations occupations....................................... 5.5 8.0 8.7 14.6 Professional and related occupations................ 22.8 22.6 27.2 20.6 Service occupations................................... 17.3 17.6 15.7 15.6 Sales and office occupations.......................... 24.3 22.5 20.6 26.0 Sales and related occupations....................... 4.9 6.0 5.7 12.1 Office and administrative support occupations....... 19.4 16.5 14.8 13.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations......................................... 16.5 16.7 16.1 10.2 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......... 2.4 2.0 2.1 .5 Construction and extraction occupations............. 11.4 12.3 11.1 5.8 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations... 2.7 2.4 2.9 3.8 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......................................... 13.6 12.5 11.7 13.1 Production occupations.............................. 4.5 4.0 5.2 6.8 Transportation and material moving occupations...... 9.1 8.5 6.5 6.2 INDUSTRY Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............... 2,504 3,177 5,705 133,247 Percent............................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Agriculture and related industries..................... 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.3 Mining................................................. .7 .6 .4 .4 Construction........................................... 13.0 14.0 12.3 7.2 Manufacturing.......................................... 6.7 6.0 6.4 11.9 Wholesale trade........................................ 3.2 2.9 2.2 3.2 Retail trade........................................... 6.4 6.7 6.4 12.4 Transportation and utilities........................... 5.0 4.7 3.7 5.3 Information ........................................... 1.6 1.3 2.1 2.3 Financial activities................................... 1.4 2.6 3.1 7.7 Professional and business services..................... 18.2 20.7 18.2 9.7 Education and health services.......................... 23.5 21.8 27.1 20.8 Leisure and hospitality................................ 10.1 8.9 7.4 8.1 Other services......................................... 5.0 5.3 4.9 4.7 Public administration.................................. 2.8 2.3 4.0 4.9 NOTE: Noncontingent workers are those who do not fall into any estimate of "contingent" workers. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
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