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Table 6. Employed persons working (1) at home and at their workplace and time spent working at each location by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status, and educational attainment, 2008 annual averages (Numbers in thousands) Employed persons who Employed persons who Employed persons who worked on an average worked at their worked at home on an day workplace on an average average day (2) (3) day (2) Total Characteristic employ- ed Percent Average Percent Percent Average of hours of Average Number of hours Number those of work Number those hours employ- of work who at who of work ed worked work- worked at home place Full- and part-time status and sex Total, 15 years and over (4)............ 155,371 105,735 68.1 7.59 90,443 85.5 7.88 22,272 21.1 2.90 Full-time workers.................... 121,122 87,297 72.1 8.05 75,647 86.7 8.31 18,232 20.9 3.01 Part-time workers.................... 34,250 18,439 53.8 5.37 14,796 80.2 5.73 4,040 21.9 2.36 Men (4)................................ 83,045 58,744 70.7 7.97 50,883 86.6 8.17 11,751 20.0 3.03 Full-time workers.................... 71,006 52,368 73.8 8.27 45,700 87.3 8.44 10,522 20.1 3.13 Part-time workers.................... 12,039 6,376 53.0 5.47 5,183 81.3 5.77 1,229 19.3 2.23 Women (4).............................. 72,326 46,991 65.0 7.11 39,560 84.2 7.52 10,521 22.4 2.74 Full-time workers.................... 50,115 34,928 69.7 7.73 29,947 85.7 8.10 7,710 22.1 2.86 Part-time workers.................... 22,211 12,063 54.3 5.33 9,613 79.7 5.71 2,811 23.3 2.42 Jobholding status Single jobholders....................... 140,936 93,810 66.6 7.57 81,323 86.7 7.86 18,025 19.2 2.88 Multiple jobholders..................... 14,436 11,925 82.6 7.73 9,120 76.5 8.13 4,247 35.6 2.95 Educational attainment, 25 years and over Less than a high school diploma......... 11,659 7,955 68.2 8.17 7,238 91.0 8.34 680 8.6 (7) High school graduates, no college (5)... 36,749 24,843 67.6 7.86 22,113 89.0 8.03 3,203 12.9 3.49 Some college or associate degree........ 33,637 22,655 67.4 7.63 19,458 85.9 7.95 4,647 20.5 3.03 Bachelor's degree and higher (6)........ 48,938 35,669 72.9 7.42 28,008 78.5 7.90 12,604 35.3 2.70 1 Includes work at main and other job(s) and at locations other than home or workplace. Excludes travel related to work. 2 Individuals may have worked at more than one location. 3 "Working at home" includes any time persons did work at home and it is not restricted to persons whose usual workplace is their home. 4 Includes workers whose hours vary. 5 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 6 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 7 Data not shown where base is less than 1.2 million. NOTE: Data refer to persons 15 years and over.