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Multiple jobholding in U.S. States in 2009
Jim Campbell
Jim Campbell is an economist in the Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Email: campbell.jim@bls.gov
In 2009, 18 States and the District of Columbia experienced increases in their multiple jobholding rates1 from 2008, 26 States recorded decreases, and 6 States had no change.2 The national multiple jobholding rate was unchanged in 2009, at 5.2 percent for the fourth consecutive year. The largest over-the-year multiple jobholding rate increases among the States were posted in South Dakota (0.8 percentage point) and Illinois and Utah (0.7 point each). The District of Columbia also reported a rate increase of 0.7 percentage point. Michigan and Vermont experienced the largest decreases among the States (with a decline of 1.0 percentage point each), followed by Arizona and Delaware (a decline of 0.8 point each).
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Footnotes
1 Multiple jobholders are those people who report in the reference week that they are wage or salary workers who hold two or more jobs, self-employed workers who also hold a wage or salary job, or unpaid family workers who also hold a wage or salary job.
2 Data come 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.
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