Share of workers with given demographic characteristics, by part- and full-time status, 2019
| Share of workers by part-time and full-time status, 2019 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All workers* | Part time | Full time | |||
| Total | Noneconomic | Economic | |||
| All | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| By gender | |||||
| Female | 47.0% | 63.3% | 66.1% | 50.0% | 43.2% |
| Male | 53.0% | 36.7% | 33.9% | 50.0% | 56.8% |
| By race/ethnicity** | |||||
| Black | 12.5% | 11.1% | 10.0% | 16.7% | 12.9% |
| Hispanic | 17.6% | 17.5% | 15.7% | 26.5% | 17.7% |
| White | 77.4% | 79.0% | 80.2% | 73.3% | 77.0% |
| By gender and race/ethnicity** | |||||
| Black male | 5.9% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 8.1% | 6.3% |
| Black female | 6.6% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 8.6% | 6.5% |
| Hispanic male | 10.0% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 13.6% | 10.7% |
| Hispanic female | 7.6% | 10.8% | 10.3% | 12.8% | 7.0% |
| White male | 41.8% | 28.7% | 26.9% | 37.3% | 44.8% |
| White female | 35.6% | 50.3% | 53.2% | 36.1% | 32.2% |
*All workers includes the universe of individuals who were “at work” in the reference week of the survey.
**Column data do not add up to 100% because the categories are not mutually exclusive, e.g., white includes Hispanic white and non-Hispanic white.
Note: Part time is defined as usually working less than 35 hours per week on the primary job. Part time for noneconomic reasons category includes workers who say they work part time to take care of child care problems or for other family and personal reasons. Part-time for economic reasons includes workers whose reasons for working part time include “slack work or business conditions” or “could only find part-time work.” See methodology and expanded note.
Note: Part time is defined as usually working less than 35 hours per week on the primary job. Part-time for noneconomic reasons category includes workers who say they work part time to take care of child care problems or for other family and personal reasons. Part-time for economic reasons includes workers whose reasons for working part time include “slack work or business conditions” or “could only find part-time work.” Noneconomic reasons for working part time include “child care problems,” “other family/personal obligations,” “health/medical limitations,” “school/training,” “retired/Social Security limit on earnings,” “full-time workweek is less than 35 hours,” and “other for non-economic reasons.” Economic reasons includes “slack work or unfavorable business conditions,” “an inability to find full-time work,” and for a small number of respondents, because of “seasonal declines” in demand or because the respondent’s “job ended or started” during the reference week.
Source: Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey (BLS 2020a).