Table 4a. Percent distribution of multiple jobholders by contingent status on second job, usual full- or part-time status, occupation, industry, and class of worker, July 2023

Table 4. Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by occupation and industry, May 2017
(Percent distribution)
Characteristic	Contingent workers			Noncontingent workers
Characteristic	Estimate 1	Estimate 2	Estimate 3	Noncontingent workers
OCCUPATION
Total, 16 years and over (thousands)	1,958	2,511	5,858	147,473
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Management, professional, and related occupations	31.0	33.3	39.1	40.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	5.6	7.4	7.9	17.2
Professional and related occupations	25.4	25.9	31.2	23.5
Service occupations	18.2	18.8	17.1	17.2
Sales and office occupations	20.7	18.0	16.2	21.5
Sales and related occupations	5.1	5.2	4.9	10.1
Office and administrative support occupations	15.5	12.8	11.3	11.4
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	15.1	15.8	15.3	9.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	3.5	2.7	2.7	0.7
Construction and extraction occupations	11.0	11.5	10.6	5.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	0.6	1.6	2.0	3.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	14.9	14.1	12.2	11.6
Production occupations	4.9	4.6	4.6	5.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	10.0	9.5	7.7	5.8
INDUSTRY
Total, 16 years and over (thousands)	1,958	2,511	5,858	147,473
Percent	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Agriculture and related industries	4.5	4.0	3.2	1.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.5
Construction	9.6	10.9	10.8	6.7
Manufacturing	6.5	5.8	6.3	10.6
Wholesale trade	1.5	1.1	1.0	2.3
Retail trade	8.5	8.1	6.2	10.7
Transportation and utilities	3.8	5.5	4.1	5.1
Information	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.9
Financial activities	1.9	2.3	2.6	7.1
Professional and business services	12.7	16.3	14.9	12.0
Education and health services	29.1	25.3	31.3	22.7
Leisure and hospitality	12.1	10.1	9.3	9.3
Other services	5.2	6.7	5.3	4.9
Public administration	2.7	2.1	3.3	4.7
NOTE: Noncontingent workers are those who do not fall into any estimate of "contingent" workers. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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Last Modified Date: November 07, 2024