December 2005, Vol. 128, No. 12
Regional Trends
Multiple jobholding in States, 2004
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Multiple jobholding in States, 2004
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Multiple jobholding in 2004 increased in 24 States (compared with 2003), decreased in 22 States and the District of Columbia, and showed no change in 5 States.1 (See table 1.) The national multiple jobholding rate (the number of employed persons reporting more than one job as a share of total employment) was little changed in 2004 at 5.4 percent, after trending downward since 1996. The largest over-the-year increases in the States were posted in Oklahoma (+0.9 percentage point), Illinois and North Carolina (+0.8 point each), and Louisiana and Wyoming (+0.7 point each). Arkansas experienced the largest decrease in multiple jobholding rates among the States (�0 percentage point), followed closely by Nebraska (�9 point). The next largest decreases were in Oregon and Wisconsin (�7 percentage point each) and Rhode Island (�6 point).
While the U.S. multiple jobholding rate was about the same as in 2003, it was still 0.8 percentage point lower than in 1996, when it peaked at 6.2 percent. Compared with 1996, 44 States and the District of Columbia had lower multiple jobholding rates in 2004. The largest declines over this period were in Wisconsin (�3 points), Oregon (�8 points), Missouri (�5 points), and Indiana (�3 points). Only two States had increases in multiple jobholding over this period greater than 0.4 percentage point桿tah (+0.9 point) and North Dakota (+0.7 point).
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1
Data are from the Current Population Survey, a survey of about 60,000 households
selected to represent the U.S. population 16 years and older. The survey is conducted
monthly by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"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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