Share of young adults working full time, part time, variable hours, and multiple jobs by major industry, 2023

Industry Full-time Part-time Hours vary Multiple job holder
Transportation and utilities (+305k) 58.1% 34.5% 7.5% 3.4%
Construction (+143k) 77.6% 15.5% 7.0% 2.4%
Wholesale and retail trade (+103k) 38.2% 55.2% 6.5% 3.4%
Professional and business services (+41k) 68.7% 26.1% 5.2% 4.1%
Manufacturing (-8k) 80.3% 15.5% 4.2% 2.3%
Educational and health services (-47k) 45.3% 49.0% 5.7% 6.1%
Leisure and hospitality (-94k) 23.0% 67.8% 9.3% 4.5%

Notes: We remove all sectors that had less than 5% of young adult employment in 2023. This includes agriculture, financial activities, information, mining, other services, and public administration. Data reflect employment at main job. Data for 2023 represent the 12 month average ending in March 2023. 

Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey extracts, Version 1.0.40 (2023), https://microdata.epi.org/

View the underlying data on epi.org.