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In 2013, the multiple-jobholding rate (the percentage of individuals who hold more than one job) in individual states continued to vary considerably from the national average of 4.9 percent, a rate that has been unchanged since 2010. Twenty-three states had multiple-jobholding rates significantly higher than the national average, 8 states had significantly lower rates, and 19 states and the District of Columbia had rates that were not significantly different from the U.S. average.
Multiple-jobholding rates by state, annual averages, 2013
7.1 percent and higher
6.1 to 7.0 percent
5.1 to 6.0 percent
4.1 to 5.0 percent
Lower than 4.1 percent
6.6
Wyoming
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Multiple-jobholding rates by state, annual averages, 2013
State
Percentage
United States
4.9
Florida
3.4
Georgia
3.5
Alabama
3.7
New York
3.9
Texas
3.9
Arkansas
4.0
Oklahoma
4.1
New Mexico
4.1
California
4.1
Nevada
4.2
New Jersey
4.3
South Carolina
4.3
Mississippi
4.3
Delaware
4.4
Tennessee
4.5
District of Columbia
4.7
Indiana
4.7
Michigan
4.7
Illinois
4.8
North Carolina
4.9
West Virginia
4.9
Louisiana
4.9
Arizona
4.9
Pennsylvania
5.0
Virginia
5.2
Kentucky
5.3
Massachusetts
5.4
Connecticut
5.6
Rhode Island
5.7
Ohio
5.8
Hawaii
5.8
New Hampshire
5.9
Washington
5.9
Utah
6.0
Maryland
6.1
Idaho
6.1
Colorado
6.2
Oregon
6.2
Wisconsin
6.3
Missouri
6.5
Wyoming
6.6
Alaska
6.7
Montana
6.9
Kansas
7.5
Iowa
7.6
Nebraska
7.9
North Dakota
7.9
Minnesota
8.0
Maine
8.6
Vermont
8.8
South Dakota
8.9
Source: Current Population Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Most of the states with high multiple-jobholding rates in 2013 have had consistently high rates since estimates became available in 1994. South Dakota recorded the highest multiple-jobholding rate of any state, 8.9 percent. Vermont and Maine followed with rates of 8.8 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively. Five additional states had multiple-jobholding rates of 7.5 percent or above.
United States Department of Labor
