Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full‐ or part‐time status : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
20. Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full- or part-time status [Numbers in thousands]
Reason for working less than 35 hours	2021
	All industries			Nonagricultural industries
	Total	Usually work full time	Usually work part time	Total	Usually work full time	Usually work part time
Total, at work 1 to 34 hours	32,673	9,653	23,020	32,147	9,522	22,624

Economic reasons	4,914	1,621	3,292	4,844	1,582	3,262
Slack work or business conditions	3,623	1,417	2,206	3,575	1,389	2,186
Could only find part-time work	1,030	-	1,030	1,023	-	1,023
Seasonal work	169	112	57	156	102	53
Job started or ended during week	92	92	-	91	91	-

Noneconomic reasons	27,760	8,032	19,728	27,303	7,940	19,362
Child-care problems	1,035	82	953	1,026	81	945
Other family or personal obligations	4,342	624	3,718	4,264	616	3,648
Health or medical limitations	922	-	922	906	-	906
In school or training	5,568	77	5,491	5,524	77	5,447
Retired or Social Security limit on earnings	2,433	-	2,433	2,308	-	2,308
Vacation or personal day	3,634	3,634	-	3,603	3,603	-
Holiday, legal or religious	836	836	-	829	829	-
Weather-related curtailment	378	378	-	366	366	-
All other reasons	8,612	2,402	6,210	8,476	2,369	6,107

Average hours, economic reasons	22.4	23.0	22.1	22.4	23.1	22.1
Average hours, noneconomic reasons	21.4	24.4	20.1	21.4	24.4	20.2
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (value not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022