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Table 4. Employed persons working and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, educational attainment, and day of week, 2010 annual averages

    Table 4.  Employed persons working and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, educational
    attainment, and day of week, 2010 annual averages

    (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                          Employed persons who worked   Employed persons who worked   Employed persons who worked 
                                                               on an average day           on an average weekday        on an average Saturday,   
                                                                                                                         Sunday, and holiday(1)   
                  Characteristic                 Total                                                                                            
                                                employed                                                                                          
                                                                    Percent   Average             Percent   Average             Percent   Average 
                                                           Number      of     hours of Number(3)     of     hours of Number(4)     of     hours of
                                                                    employed  work(2)             employed  work(2)             employed  work(2) 
                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                  
        Full- and part-time status and sex                                                                                                        
    Total, 15 years and over(5)...............  147,746   100,837     68.2       7.50   120,718     81.7       7.86    52,356     35.4       5.48 
       Full-time workers......................  113,036    81,985     72.5       8.00    99,587     88.1       8.39    39,318     34.8       5.59 
       Part-time workers......................   34,701    18,851     54.3       5.37    21,178     61.0       5.43    13,060     37.6       5.16 
     Men(5)...................................   77,569    54,551     70.3       7.82    64,585     83.3       8.19    29,583     38.1       5.80 
       Full-time workers......................   64,043    47,201     73.7       8.17    57,004     89.0       8.56    23,156     36.2       5.86 
       Part-time workers......................   13,526     7,351     54.3       5.53     7,667     56.7       5.51     6,506     48.1       5.59 
     Women(5).................................   70,178    46,285     66.0       7.14    56,118     80.0       7.49    22,835     32.5       5.08 
       Full-time workers......................   48,993    34,785     71.0       7.75    42,579     86.9       8.16    16,178     33.0       5.21 
       Part-time workers......................   21,175    11,501     54.3       5.27    13,530     63.9       5.38     6,664     31.5       4.76 
                                                                                                                                                  
                Jobholding status                                                                                                                 
    Single jobholders.........................  134,253    90,351     67.3       7.51   108,641     80.9       7.85    45,357     33.8       5.47 
    Multiple jobholders.......................   13,484    10,486     77.8       7.48    12,099     89.7       7.97     6,867     50.9       5.58 
                                                                                                                                                  
    Educational attainment, 25 years and over                                                                                                     
    Less than a high school diploma...........   10,054     6,639     66.0       7.74     8,120     80.8       7.82     3,211     31.9       7.29 
    High school graduates, no college(6)......   36,218    24,311     67.1       7.75    29,059     80.2       8.01    12,805     35.4       6.33 
    Some college or associate degree..........   31,814    21,792     68.5       7.64    26,646     83.8       7.88    10,157     31.9       6.15 
    Bachelor's degree and higher(7)...........   49,407    36,323     73.5       7.40    43,699     88.4       8.01    18,304     37.0       3.86 

    (1) Holidays are New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.  In 2010, data were
    not collected for the Fourth of July.
    (2) Includes work at main and other job(s), and excludes travel related to work.
    (3) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday.
    (4) Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday.
    (5) Includes workers whose hours vary.
    (6) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
    (7) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
    NOTE:  Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.



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Last Modified Date: June 22, 2011