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 Sept. Aug. Sept. Sept. May June July Aug. Sept. 2007 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries........... 2,147 2,302 2,276 2,065 2,122 2,137 2,123 2,142 2,189 Wage and salary workers.................... 1,248 1,419 1,415 1,178 1,241 1,244 1,258 1,289 1,331 Self-employed workers...................... 875 850 834 861 849 840 844 817 820 Unpaid family workers...................... 24 33 28 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries................... 144,300 143,607 143,034 144,259 143,898 143,650 143,589 143,284 143,064 Wage and salary workers.................... 134,553 134,033 133,660 134,573 134,385 134,132 133,951 133,822 133,725 Government............................... 21,153 20,821 21,204 21,084 21,263 21,186 21,098 21,259 21,168 Private industries....................... 113,400 113,212 112,456 113,502 113,116 113,001 112,956 112,607 112,588 Private households..................... 823 799 820 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries....................... 112,577 112,413 111,636 112,694 112,315 112,155 112,157 111,851 111,778 Self-employed workers...................... 9,631 9,490 9,293 9,534 9,384 9,430 9,518 9,381 9,228 Unpaid family workers...................... 116 84 81 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons............. 4,137 5,736 5,701 4,499 5,233 5,416 5,724 5,718 6,055 Slack work or business conditions........ 2,768 4,011 3,983 2,991 3,595 3,816 4,194 4,112 4,232 Could only find part-time work........... 1,091 1,305 1,467 1,166 1,281 1,336 1,286 1,362 1,516 Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 20,037 17,698 19,582 19,812 19,428 19,496 19,406 19,712 19,371 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons............. 4,085 5,650 5,621 4,397 5,164 5,308 5,599 5,641 5,941 Slack work or business conditions........ 2,736 3,947 3,919 2,922 3,531 3,744 4,156 4,032 4,121 Could only find part-time work........... 1,088 1,294 1,465 1,153 1,288 1,328 1,277 1,350 1,537 Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 19,679 17,302 19,242 19,451 19,047 19,106 19,051 19,281 19,033 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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