Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   June      May       June      June      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.      May       June  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,331     2,205     2,351     2,134     2,148     2,050     2,134     2,173     2,165 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,401     1,278     1,366     1,250     1,244     1,167     1,209     1,256     1,232 
    Self-employed workers......................      876       901       941       840       875       875       887       882       896 
    Unpaid family workers......................       53        26        43     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  144,319   138,158   138,475   143,563   139,579   138,842   138,828   138,296   137,812 
    Wage and salary workers....................  134,573   128,997   129,255   134,094   130,465   129,478   129,724   129,298   128,939 
      Government...............................   20,955    21,607    21,260    21,190    21,192    20,904    21,211    21,247    21,446 
      Private industries.......................  113,618   107,389   107,995   112,895   109,311   108,674   108,555   108,054   107,498 
        Private households.....................      862       779       908     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
        Other industries.......................  112,756   106,610   107,087   112,080   108,574   107,898   107,813   107,238   106,631 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,625     9,099     9,138     9,396     8,962     9,184     9,052     8,990     8,891 
    Unpaid family workers......................      120        63        83     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    5,697     8,785     9,301     5,495     8,626     9,049     8,910     9,084     8,989 
      Slack work or business conditions........    3,806     6,647     6,616     3,905     6,443     6,857     6,699     6,794     6,783 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,532     1,898     2,263     1,359     1,764     1,839     1,810     1,922     1,980 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   18,424    19,111    17,712    19,428    18,855    18,833    19,065    18,872    18,718 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    5,608     8,663     9,190     5,390     8,543     8,942     8,826     8,928     8,845 
      Slack work or business conditions........    3,749     6,552     6,537     3,839     6,390     6,773     6,650     6,681     6,699 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,513     1,886     2,245     1,340     1,760     1,850     1,802     1,909     1,969 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   18,038    18,783    17,327    19,036    18,562    18,493    18,661    18,502    18,358 

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
  vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
  only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



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