Underemployment by occupation is relatively high among retail sales and food preparation and serving employees
| Occupation | Underemployment |
|---|---|
| Management | 32.5% |
| Bus/fin operations | 32.0% |
| Professl computer & math | 29.2% |
| Architecture & engineering | 38.2% |
| Life/physical/social sciences | 25.7% |
| Community & social srvcs | 43.1% |
| Lawyer/judge | 27.4% |
| Teacher (K–12) | 33.6% |
| Teacher (college/univ) | 16.0% |
| Other professional | 18.5% |
| Medical doctors | 18.7% |
| Other health care practitnr | 24.0% |
| Health tech | 25.8% |
| Health care support | 34.1% |
| Protective service | 34.7% |
| Food prep and serving | 46.7% |
| Building/grounds maint | 45.7% |
| Personal care and service | 41.2% |
| Sales representative | 23.9% |
| Retail sales | 47.4% |
| Other sales | 34.8% |
| Office/admin support | 31.5% |
| Farming/forestry/fishing | 20.1% |
| Construction and extraction | 35.9% |
| Installation/maintenance/repair | 29.0% |
| Precision production | 41.3% |
| Transport./material moving | 24.7% |
| Other, please specify | 52.0% |
| Unknown or other | 4.4% |
Note: SHED survey, May 2014 (n = 2,846), percentage of workers who indicate they are underemployed (prefer to “work more hours for more money”) and overemployed (prefer to “work fewer hours for less money”) when asked, “If you were paid the same hourly rate regardless of the number of hours you work, would you prefer…?”
Source: SHED survey, May 2014