HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                  Sept.     Aug.      Sept.     Sept.     May       June      July      Aug.      Sept.  
                                                  2007      2008      2008      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008      2008   
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,147     2,302     2,276     2,065     2,122     2,137     2,123     2,142     2,189 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,248     1,419     1,415     1,178     1,241     1,244     1,258     1,289     1,331 
    Self-employed workers......................      875       850       834       861       849       840       844       817       820 
    Unpaid family workers......................       24        33        28     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  144,300   143,607   143,034   144,259   143,898   143,650   143,589   143,284   143,064 
    Wage and salary workers....................  134,553   134,033   133,660   134,573   134,385   134,132   133,951   133,822   133,725 
      Government...............................   21,153    20,821    21,204    21,084    21,263    21,186    21,098    21,259    21,168 
      Private industries.......................  113,400   113,212   112,456   113,502   113,116   113,001   112,956   112,607   112,588 
        Private households.....................      823       799       820     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
        Other industries.......................  112,577   112,413   111,636   112,694   112,315   112,155   112,157   111,851   111,778 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,631     9,490     9,293     9,534     9,384     9,430     9,518     9,381     9,228 
    Unpaid family workers......................      116        84        81     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,137     5,736     5,701     4,499     5,233     5,416     5,724     5,718     6,055 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,768     4,011     3,983     2,991     3,595     3,816     4,194     4,112     4,232 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,091     1,305     1,467     1,166     1,281     1,336     1,286     1,362     1,516 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   20,037    17,698    19,582    19,812    19,428    19,496    19,406    19,712    19,371 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,085     5,650     5,621     4,397     5,164     5,308     5,599     5,641     5,941 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,736     3,947     3,919     2,922     3,531     3,744     4,156     4,032     4,121 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,088     1,294     1,465     1,153     1,288     1,328     1,277     1,350     1,537 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   19,679    17,302    19,242    19,451    19,047    19,106    19,051    19,281    19,033 

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
  vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
  only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.