Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 5. Employed workers with alternative and traditional work arrangements by selected characteristics, February 2005
Table 5. Employed workers with alternative and traditional work arrangements by selected characteristics,
February 2005
(In thousands)
Workers with alternative arrangements
Total Workers with
Characteristic employed Temporary Workers traditional
Independent On-call help agency provided arrangements
contractors workers workers by
contract
firms
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and
over.................... 138,952 10,342 2,454 1,217 813 123,843
16 to 19 years................ 5,510 89 133 33 7 5,194
20 to 24 years................ 13,114 356 355 202 87 12,055
25 to 34 years................ 30,103 1,520 535 362 205 27,427
35 to 44 years................ 34,481 2,754 571 253 196 30,646
45 to 54 years................ 32,947 2,799 417 200 186 29,324
55 to 64 years................ 17,980 1,943 267 135 114 15,496
65 years and over............. 4,817 881 175 33 18 3,701
Men, 16 years and over.... 73,946 6,696 1,241 574 561 64,673
16 to 19 years................ 2,579 32 82 24 7 2,389
20 to 24 years................ 6,928 194 200 107 61 6,331
25 to 34 years................ 16,624 1,006 299 185 138 14,950
35 to 44 years................ 18,523 1,824 252 120 140 16,130
45 to 54 years................ 17,193 1,764 209 71 143 15,003
55 to 64 years................ 9,485 1,287 108 52 70 7,954
65 years and over............. 2,615 589 91 16 3 1,917
Women, 16 years and
over.................... 65,006 3,647 1,212 643 252 59,170
16 to 19 years................ 2,931 57 52 9 - 2,805
20 to 24 years................ 6,186 162 155 95 27 5,724
25 to 34 years................ 13,480 514 236 177 67 12,477
35 to 44 years................ 15,958 930 319 133 57 14,516
45 to 54 years................ 15,754 1,035 208 129 43 14,322
55 to 64 years................ 8,495 656 158 83 44 7,542
65 years and over............. 2,202 292 84 17 15 1,785
RACE AND HISPANIC OR
LATINO ETHNICITY
White......................... 115,043 9,169 2,097 840 637 102,052
Black or African American..... 14,688 583 212 276 121 13,471
Asian......................... 6,083 370 64 63 43 5,538
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity................... 18,062 951 385 255 133 16,202
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers............. 113,798 7,732 1,370 979 695 102,889
Part-time workers............. 25,154 2,611 1,084 238 119 20,954
NOTE: Workers with traditional arrangements are those who do not fall into any of the "alternative
arrangements" categories. Detail may not add to totals because the total employed includes day laborers (an
alternative arrangement, not shown separately) and a small number of workers who were both "on call" and
"provided by contract firms." 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 Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by
race. Detail for other characteristics may not sum to totals due to rounding. Dash represents zero.
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Last Modified Date: July 27, 2005
