Table 5. Wage and salary workers who can adjust their schedule or location (1) at their main job by selected characteristics, 2011 annual averages
Wage and salary workers Percent of workers who can adjust their:
(in thousands)
Schedule Location Schedule or Location
Characteristic
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Age
Total, 15 years and over................ 139,058 73,430 65,628 53.1 52.5 53.8 22.1 23.3 20.7 55.9 55.6 56.3
15 to 24 years........................ 20,880 10,535 10,346 62.6 59.8 65.6 16.0 16.6 15.3 65.4 61.4 69.4
25 to 34 years........................ 30,901 16,712 14,189 55.3 53.1 57.9 23.8 24.0 23.6 57.9 56.0 60.2
35 to 44 years........................ 28,954 15,939 13,015 51.8 51.2 52.5 25.0 25.0 24.9 55.4 55.6 55.0
45 to 54 years........................ 31,566 16,297 15,268 49.0 49.0 49.1 23.5 25.7 21.2 51.7 51.8 51.5
55 to 64 years........................ 21,254 11,264 9,990 48.9 51.9 45.6 20.4 23.0 17.6 51.5 55.0 47.6
65 years and over..................... 5,503 2,684 2,819 51.2 52.4 50.2 18.5 22.1 15.0 53.0 53.9 52.2
Race (2)
White.................................. 116,125 62,571 53,554 53.7 53.3 54.1 22.3 23.8 20.6 56.6 56.5 56.7
Black or African American.............. 15,204 6,809 8,395 47.9 41.2 53.4 18.2 17.5 18.8 49.8 43.2 55.2
Asian.................................. 5,188 2,565 2,623 57.6 60.7 54.6 30.5 35.9 25.3 59.8 64.9 54.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (3)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity........... 18,511 10,938 7,573 44.1 40.8 48.9 14.9 12.3 18.6 48.2 45.7 51.9
Nonhispanic............................ 120,548 62,492 58,055 54.5 54.6 54.4 23.2 25.2 21.0 57.1 57.3 56.9
Educational attainment (25 years
and over)
Less than a high school diploma........ 8,002 5,286 2,716 32.0 29.8 36.1 11.7 11.2 12.5 37.6 35.8 41.3
High school graduates, no college...... 33,358 19,044 14,313 44.4 40.2 50.1 13.3 11.1 16.2 48.2 45.1 52.5
Some college or associate degree....... 30,886 15,043 15,843 53.8 52.6 55.0 18.8 18.8 18.8 55.8 54.6 56.9
Bachelor's degree and higher........... 45,932 23,522 22,410 58.3 64.3 52.0 35.3 41.9 28.4 60.5 66.5 54.2
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under
18 years............................. 47,401 24,631 22,770 52.5 51.2 54.0 24.6 26.8 22.3 55.1 54.5 55.7
Parent of a child 13 to 17 (none
younger)........................... 9,711 4,937 4,774 46.4 48.1 44.6 21.6 23.9 19.2 50.3 53.8 46.8
Parent of a child under 13.......... 37,690 19,695 17,996 54.1 52.0 56.5 25.4 27.5 23.1 56.3 54.7 58.1
Not a parent of a household child
under 18............................. 91,657 48,799 42,858 53.4 53.2 53.7 20.8 21.6 19.9 56.3 56.1 56.7
Health (4)
Excellent.............................. 38,052 19,423 18,629 56.7 59.4 53.9 25.4 28.8 21.9 59.1 61.7 56.3
Very good.............................. 52,725 28,664 24,061 56.1 55.3 57.1 24.4 25.4 23.2 58.3 57.6 59.1
Good................................... 38,054 20,092 17,962 48.7 45.1 52.6 17.2 17.6 16.8 52.7 49.7 56.1
Fair or poor........................... 10,227 5,252 4,975 40.8 40.0 41.6 16.0 13.7 18.4 43.8 44.0 43.6
Occupation
Management, business, and financial
operations........................... 21,246 12,324 8,922 64.7 65.5 63.5 38.6 39.5 37.3 67.1 68.2 65.5
Professional and related............... 32,140 13,599 18,540 51.3 59.9 45.1 28.4 36.7 22.3 53.5 62.7 46.7
Services............................... 24,004 10,660 13,343 55.5 55.5 55.4 12.3 12.4 12.2 58.7 58.6 58.7
Sales and related...................... 14,042 6,857 7,185 68.5 68.2 68.7 27.2 32.5 22.2 71.1 69.2 72.8
Office and administrative support....... 18,929 5,166 13,762 55.7 59.4 54.3 17.1 18.1 16.8 57.0 60.4 55.7
Farming, fishing, and forestry......... 703 430 273 (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7)
Construction and extraction............ 6,878 6,629 249 31.1 30.9 (7) 14.8 15.1 (7) 38.7 37.2 (7)
Installation, maintenance, and repair.. 4,972 4,819 153 44.1 43.2 (7) 13.0 11.9 (7) 45.5 44.7 (7)
Production............................. 7,688 5,661 2,027 35.5 34.0 39.8 8.7 7.2 12.8 40.4 39.3 43.2
Transportation and material moving..... 8,456 7,285 1,171 32.7 32.9 (7) 12.0 10.5 (7) 36.5 36.4 (7)
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and
hunting.............................. 1,251 981 270 55.2 (7) (7) 17.2 (7) (7) 58.1 (7) (7)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction........................... 1,014 925 90 (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7) (7)
Construction........................... 8,684 7,924 760 33.5 30.9 (7) 20.4 18.0 (7) 38.1 34.6 (7)
Manufacturing.......................... 14,272 10,735 3,537 48.1 47.6 49.7 20.9 19.3 25.5 52.1 52.0 52.5
Wholesale and retail trade............. 19,279 10,295 8,983 63.1 63.6 62.5 22.8 25.4 19.8 66.2 65.3 67.2
Transportation and utilities........... 7,411 5,633 1,778 34.3 30.5 46.1 14.1 11.3 23.2 38.2 34.7 49.2
Information............................ 3,548 1,789 1,759 67.8 67.0 68.5 42.4 41.5 43.4 69.0 68.3 69.6
Financial activities................... 8,096 3,321 4,775 58.4 62.9 55.4 31.4 45.1 21.9 60.9 67.9 56.1
Professional and business services..... 15,433 9,814 5,619 61.2 60.9 61.9 36.8 38.8 33.2 65.1 64.8 65.6
Education and health services.......... 34,912 9,458 25,453 44.6 48.2 43.2 16.6 19.5 15.5 46.5 50.9 44.9
Leisure and hospitality................ 13,224 6,276 6,948 69.1 69.3 68.9 14.7 12.7 16.5 70.5 69.8 71.2
Other services......................... 5,066 2,269 2,797 58.6 53.9 62.4 25.5 23.8 26.8 60.9 54.9 65.8
Public administration.................. 6,870 4,011 2,859 58.0 57.5 58.7 21.4 21.1 21.8 59.6 59.6 59.6
Class of worker (5)
Private sector......................... 111,092 59,928 51,164 54.9 52.4 57.9 22.6 22.9 22.2 58.0 55.6 60.8
Private, for profit.................. 100,795 56,456 44,339 54.4 52.0 57.3 22.0 22.3 21.7 57.6 55.3 60.5
Private, not for profit.............. 10,296 3,472 6,825 60.4 58.6 61.4 28.2 33.7 25.3 62.2 61.1 62.8
Public sector.......................... 23,586 10,474 13,112 39.6 45.4 35.0 14.9 18.3 12.1 40.8 46.8 36.0
Federal government................... 3,878 2,404 1,473 49.5 49.0 50.4 20.6 20.9 20.3 52.7 53.3 51.7
State government..................... 8,627 3,587 5,039 45.4 53.0 40.0 20.1 29.3 13.4 46.3 54.0 40.8
Local government..................... 11,082 4,482 6,599 31.7 37.4 27.9 8.8 8.0 9.3 32.4 37.5 28.9
Full- and part-time status
(single jobholders only)
Full-time workers...................... 98,492 56,935 41,557 50.0 50.3 49.6 22.5 23.9 20.7 52.8 53.4 52.0
Part-time workers...................... 27,743 10,021 17,722 63.0 62.3 63.4 19.2 17.5 20.2 65.7 64.9 66.2
Earnings of full-time workers
(single jobholders only) (6)
$0 - $540.............................. 24,229 11,941 12,287 43.9 41.9 45.8 11.7 11.6 11.8 47.2 45.1 49.3
$541 - $830............................ 23,989 12,260 11,729 46.3 44.1 48.5 14.4 13.5 15.5 48.8 47.4 50.3
$831 - $1,230.......................... 23,260 14,367 8,892 48.6 47.3 50.8 22.4 20.3 25.8 51.5 51.1 52.1
$1,231 and higher...................... 24,195 16,243 7,952 58.1 60.0 54.1 39.3 41.5 34.7 60.2 62.1 56.4
1 Data refer to workers who can adjust their schedule or location instead of taking leave or because they need to take time off from work.
2 Estimates for the race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.
3 Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
4 Health status was self-reported by individuals who participated in the survey.
5 Class of worker estimates do not include self-employed incorporated workers.
6 These values are based on usual weekly earnings. Each earnings range represents approximately 25 percent of full-time wage and salary workers
(except self-employed incorporated workers) who held only one job.
7 Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to wage and salary workers age 15 years and over. Self-employed workers whose businesses are
incorporated are classified as wage and salary workers.
