Hours worked and share of workers with full- or part-time hours, domestic workers versus other workers, 2019
| Domestic worker occupations | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child care workers | Home care aides | |||||||
| All other (nondomestic) workers | Domestic workers | Difference | House cleaners | Nannies | Provide care in own home | Non- agency-based | Agency-based | |
| Average weekly hours | 38.94 | 33.36 | -14.3% | 26.7 | 31.1 | 39.1 | 34.2 | 34.2 |
| All | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Full-time | 77.3% | 54.8% | -22.5 ppt. | 37.0% | 52.3% | 67.4% | 51.7% | 57.6% |
| Part-time | 22.7% | 45.2% | 22.5 ppt. | 63.0% | 47.7% | 32.6% | 48.3% | 42.4% |
| Part-time for economic reasons (i.e., want full-time) | 4.0% | 9.7% | 5.6 ppt. | 15.0% | 7.4% | 6.2% | 9.3% | 9.4% |
| Part-time for noneconomic reasons | 18.7% | 35.6% | 16.9 ppt. | 47.9% | 40.3% | 26.4% | 39.0% | 33.0% |
Notes: “Part-time” is defined as usually working less than 35 hours per week on the primary job. Those who say they are working part time because they could only find part-time work or because of slack work or business conditions are categorized by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as part-timers “for economic reasons” and often described as workers who would prefer to work full time. The “part-time for economic reasons” category also includes those who are not at work but are usually part time. The “part-time for noneconomic reasons” category includes workers who say they work part time to take care of their children or for other family and personal reasons; while they may prefer to work full time if, say, they could afford child care, they are not included in the standard count of part-timers who want full-time work. To ensure sufficient sample sizes, this table draws from pooled 2017–2019 microdata.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.2 (2020), https://microdata.epi.org