Charts by Topic: Work and employment
Findings from the 2010 survey:
- Employed persons worked an average of 7.5 hours on the days they worked. More hours were
worked, on average, on weekdays than on weekend days—7.9 hours compared with 5.5 hours.
- On the days that they worked, employed men worked 41 minutes more than employed women.
This difference partly reflects women's greater likelihood of working part time. However, even
among full-time workers (those usually working 35 hours or more per week), men worked longer
than women—8.2 hours compared with 7.8 hours.
- Many more people worked on weekdays than on weekend days: 82 percent of employed persons
worked on an average weekday, compared with 35 percent on an average weekend day. These
estimates include individuals who worked on the day, regardless of whether they usually work
on those days. For example, the 35 percent of workers who worked on a weekend day includes
those whose jobs are typically performed on weekends, as well as those who usually work on
weekdays but spent time working on the weekend.
- On the days that they worked, 24 percent of employed persons did some or all of their work at
home, and 83 percent did some or all of their work at their workplace. Men and women were
about equally likely to do some or all of their work at home.
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- Multiple jobholders were more likely to work on a weekend
day or holiday than single jobholders. (Data are from the 2010 survey).
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- Self-employed workers were three times as likely to work at home as wage and salary workers;
multiple jobholders were also more likely to work at home as single jobholders. Working at home includes
any time persons did work at home and is not restricted to persons whose usual workplace is their home. (Data are from the 2010 survey).
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- Among educational groups, those with a bachelors degree or higher
were most likely to work at home. On the days they worked, 37 percent of
individuals with a bachelor's degree or higher worked from home compared
to 21 percent of those with some college and 14 percent of those with a
high school diploma. (These data are averages for 2006 to
2010).
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- On days that they worked, more than three-quarters of employed
individuals age 15 and over worked between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Less than 8.8
percent of employed individuals worked between the hours of midnight and
5 a.m. (These data are averages for 2006 to 2010).
Last Modified Date: December 2, 2011
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