Table 589. Multiple Jobholders: 2007

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Characteristic Total Male Female
Number
(1,000)
Percent of
employed
Number
(1,000)
Percent of
employed
Number
(1,000)
Percent of
employed
Total \1 7,655 5.2 3,833 4.9 3,822 5.6
Age:
16 to 19 years old 249 4.2 96 3.3 153 5.1
20 to 24 years old 738 5.3 309 4.2 429 6.5
25 to 54 years old 5,432 5.4 2,783 5.1 2,649 5.7
55 to 64 years old 1,022 5.1 522 4.9 501 5.2
65 years old and over 214 3.8 123 4.0 91 3.6
Race and Hispanic ethnicity:
White \2 6,467 5.4 3,250 5.0 3,217 5.9
Black or African American \2 753 4.7 375 5.0 379 4.4
Asian \2 249 3.6 119 3.2 130 4.1
Hispanic \3 638 3.1 353 2.9 284 3.5
Marital status:
Married, spouse present 4,215 5.1 2,435 5.3 1,780 5.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated 1,339 5.7 446 4.6 893 6.5
Single, never married 2,101 5.2 952 4.3 1,149 6.3
Full- or part-time status:
Primary job full-time, secondary job part-time 4,174 (X) 2,320 (X) 1,854 (X)
Both jobs part-time 1,764 (X) 531 (X) 1,233 (X)
Both jobs full-time 288 (X) 193 (X) 95 (X)
Hours vary on primary or secondary job 1,383 (X) 765 (X) 618 (X)

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HEADNOTE

[Annual average of monthly figures (7,655 represents 7,655,000). Civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. Multiple jobholders are employed persons who, either 1) had jobs as wage or salary workers with two employers or more; 2) were self-employed and also held a wage and salary job; or 3) were unpaid family workers and also held a wage and salary job. Based on the Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, Population, and Appendix III]

FOOTNOTES

  1. Includes a small number of persons who work part-time on their primary job and full-time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. Includes other races not shown separately.
  2. For persons who selected this race group only. See footnote 3, Table 568.
  3. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be any race.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employment and Earnings Online," January 2008 issue. See Internet site: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm

For more information: http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm

Alternative-1: Above table with H3 for grouping row headers, TH in Rows 1 and 2 and no header-id markup

Characteristic Total Male Female
Number
(1,000)
Percent of
employed
Number
(1,000)
Percent of
employed
Number
(1,000)
Percent of
employed
Total 7,655 5.2 3,833 4.9 3,822 5.6

Age:

16 to 19 years old 249 4.2 96 3.3 153 5.1
20 to 24 years old 738 5.3 309 4.2 429 6.5
25 to 54 years old 5,432 5.4 2,783 5.1 2,649 5.7
55 to 64 years old 1,022 5.1 522 4.9 501 5.2
65 years old and over 214 3.8 123 4.0 91 3.6

Race and Hispanic ethnicity:

White 6,467 5.4 3,250 5.0 3,217 5.9
Black or African American 753 4.7 375 5.0 379 4.4
Asian 249 3.6 119 3.2 130 4.1
Hispanic 638 3.1 353 2.9 284 3.5

Marital status:

Married, spouse present 4,215 5.1 2,435 5.3 1,780 5.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated 1,339 5.7 446 4.6 893 6.5
Single, never married 2,101 5.2 952 4.3 1,149 6.3

Full- or part-time status:

Primary job full-time, secondary job part-time 4,174 (X) 2,320 (X) 1,854 (X)
Both jobs part-time 1,764 (X) 531 (X) 1,233 (X)
Both jobs full-time 288 (X) 193 (X) 95 (X)
Hours vary on primary or secondary job 1,383 (X) 765 (X) 618 (X)

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