U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 4. Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by occupation and industry,
February 2005
(Percent distribution)
Contingent workers
Characteristic Noncontin-
gent workers
Estimate 1 Estimate 2 Estimate 3
OCCUPATION
Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............... 2,504 3,177 5,705 133,247
Percent............................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations..... 28.4 30.7 35.9 35.2
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations....................................... 5.5 8.0 8.7 14.6
Professional and related occupations................ 22.8 22.6 27.2 20.6
Service occupations................................... 17.3 17.6 15.7 15.6
Sales and office occupations.......................... 24.3 22.5 20.6 26.0
Sales and related occupations....................... 4.9 6.0 5.7 12.1
Office and administrative support occupations....... 19.4 16.5 14.8 13.9
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations......................................... 16.5 16.7 16.1 10.2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.......... 2.4 2.0 2.1 .5
Construction and extraction occupations............. 11.4 12.3 11.1 5.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations... 2.7 2.4 2.9 3.8
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations......................................... 13.6 12.5 11.7 13.1
Production occupations.............................. 4.5 4.0 5.2 6.8
Transportation and material moving occupations...... 9.1 8.5 6.5 6.2
INDUSTRY
Total, 16 years and over (thousands)............... 2,504 3,177 5,705 133,247
Percent............................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Agriculture and related industries..................... 2.5 2.3 1.7 1.3
Mining................................................. .7 .6 .4 .4
Construction........................................... 13.0 14.0 12.3 7.2
Manufacturing.......................................... 6.7 6.0 6.4 11.9
Wholesale trade........................................ 3.2 2.9 2.2 3.2
Retail trade........................................... 6.4 6.7 6.4 12.4
Transportation and utilities........................... 5.0 4.7 3.7 5.3
Information ........................................... 1.6 1.3 2.1 2.3
Financial activities................................... 1.4 2.6 3.1 7.7
Professional and business services..................... 18.2 20.7 18.2 9.7
Education and health services.......................... 23.5 21.8 27.1 20.8
Leisure and hospitality................................ 10.1 8.9 7.4 8.1
Other services......................................... 5.0 5.3 4.9 4.7
Public administration.................................. 2.8 2.3 4.0 4.9
NOTE: Noncontingent workers are those who do not fall into any estimate of "contingent" workers.
Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
