Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

Table 35. Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years, 1970-2008, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands)
Year Total
employed		 Multiple jobholders Multiple jobholding rate (1)
Total Women Men Total Women Men White Black or
African American (2)
Number Percent of all
multiple jobholders

1970

 78,358 4,048 636 15.7 3,412 5.2 2.2 7.0 5.3 4.4

1971

 78,708 4,035 765 19.0 3,270 5.1 2.6 6.7 5.3 3.8

1972

 81,224 3,770 735 19.5 3,035 4.6 2.4 6.0 4.8 3.7

1973

 83,758 4,262 869 20.4 3,393 5.1 2.7 6.6 5.1 4.7

1974

 85,786 3,889 867 22.3 3,022 4.5 2.6 5.8 4.6 3.8

1975

 84,146 3,918 956 24.4 2,962 4.7 2.9 5.8 4.8 3.7

1976

 87,278 3,948 911 23.1 3,037 4.5 2.6 5.8 4.7 2.8

1977

 90,482 4,558 1,241 27.2 3,317 5.0 3.4 6.2 5.3 2.6

1978

 93,904 4,493 1,281 28.5 3,212 4.8 3.3 5.8 5.0 3.1

1979

 96,327 4,724 1,407 29.8 3,317 4.9 3.5 5.9 5.1 3.0

1980

 96,809 4,759 1,549 32.5 3,210 4.9 3.8 5.8 5.1 3.2

1985

 106,878 5,730 2,192 38.3 3,537 5.4 4.7 5.9 5.7 3.2

1989

 117,084 7,225 3,109 43.0 4,115 6.2 5.9 6.4 6.5 4.3

1991

 116,626 7,183 3,129 43.6 4,054 6.2 5.9 6.4 6.4 4.9

1994

 122,946 7,316 3,343 45.7 3,973 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.1 4.9

1995

 124,554 7,952 3,727 46.9 4,225 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.6 5.2

1996

 126,391 7,846 3,494 44.5 4,352 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.4 5.1

1997

 129,565 8,197 3,800 46.4 4,398 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.5 5.7

1998

 131,476 8,126 3,688 45.4 4,438 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.3 5.5

1999

 133,411 7,895 3,778 47.9 4,117 5.9 6.1 5.8 6.0 5.5

2000

 136,685 7,751 3,667 47.3 4,084 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.9 4.9

2001

 137,121 7,540 3,626 48.1 3,914 5.5 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.3

2002

 136,559 7,247 3,511 48.4 3,736 5.3 5.5 5.1 5.5 4.7

2003

 137,567 7,338 3,498 47.7 3,841 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.5 4.3

2004

 138,867 7,258 3,605 49.7 3,653 5.2 5.6 4.9 5.3 5.1

2005

 141,730 6,895 3,402 49.3 3,493 4.9 5.2 4.6 5.4 4.4

2006

 144,041 7,641 3,778 49.4 3,863 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.4

2007

 145,864 7,693 3,858 50.1 3,835 5.3 5.7 4.9 5.5 4.4

2008

 145,927 7,653 3,812 49.8 3,842 5.2 5.6 4.9 5.4 4.9

Footnotes:
(1) Multiple jobholders as a percent of all employed persons in specified group.
(2) Data for years prior to 1977 refer to the black-and-other population group.

NOTE: Data beginning in 1994 are not strictly comparable with data for prior years. For an explanation, see the Historical Comparability documentation provided at www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf. Comprehensive surveys of multiple jobholders were not conducted in 1981-84, 1986-88, 1990, and 1992-93.

 

SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.