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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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SOME KEY DATA on WORKING HOURS in the U.S.
by Stuart Basefsky (November 2007)



HOURS of WORK

Experimental All Employee Hours and Earnings Series from the Current Employment Statistics Program

http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesaepp.htm

Table 1. Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, not seasonally adjusted, 2007

Table 2. Average weekly hours of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by major industry sector and selected industry detail, not seasonally adjusted, 2007

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2006
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage.htm

Full-time and part-time workers.
# Table 3. Civilian full-time workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.
# Table 4. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.
# Table 5. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.
# Table 6. Full-time State government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.
# Table 7. Full-time local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.

Supervisory occupations.
* Table 24. Civilian supervisory workers: Mean and median weekly and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.
* Table 25. Private industry supervisory workers: Mean and median weekly and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.
* Table 26. State and local government supervisory workers: Mean and median weekly and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.

Size of establishment.
# Table 30. Private industry establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers.
# Table 31. Private industry establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time workers.

Nonprofit establishments.
* Table 33. Nonprofit establishments: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours of full-time workers in private industry, by work levels.

Hospitals.
* Table 34. Civilian full-time workers in hospitals: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours by work levels.

Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
* Table 37. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and geographic areas.
* Table 38. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours of civilian workers in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas by worker and establishment characteristics.
* Table 39. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas by geographic area.
* Table 40. Civilian workers in metropolitan areas: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.
* Table 41. Civilian workers in nonmetropolitan areas: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS (CES)

http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm#analytical

TABLE 6. Aggregate weekly hours and payrolls, August 2007 in thousands, seasonally adjusted.

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/empsit.tab6.txt

or

TABLE 5. Estimated change in hours and earnings, normal seasonal movement and test of significance

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/empsit.tab5.txt

Employment Situation

-- Benchmark Data

http://stats.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm#benchmark

see-

# Comparison of AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

# Comparison of AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

# Comparison of AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

# Comparison of AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

Total Private Average Weekly Hours, 1988-Present (seasonally adjusted) [Production Workers]

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref2

CHART Total Private Average Weekly Hours (production workers/) over time

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=CE_cesbref2

[PERSONS AT WORK...BY HOURS OF WORK]

HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

19. Persons at work in agriculture and related and in nonagricultural industries by hours of work

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat19.txt

or

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat19.pdf

Combined Work Hours per week of Husbands and Wives
http://www.bls.gov/opub/working/chart17.pdf

Average Hours of Work of Men and Women 2006
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2007/jul/wk1/art01.htm

Overemployment mismatches: the preference for fewer work hours

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/04/art2full.pdf

Hours: Two surveys compared

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2005/jan/wk1/art04.htm

OVERTIME HOURS

Comparison of Average Overtime Hours, seasonally adjusted

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ee/Tables/compots.txt

Comparison of Average Overtime Hours, not seasonally adjusted

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ee/Tables/compotu.txt

WEEKEND WORK

-Female

Monthly Labor Review, August 2005 (pages 41-53)

The female share of weekend employment: a study of 16 countries

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art4full.pdf

-Total employed; Multiple job holders; Single job holders

American Time Use Survey: Charts by Topic [28 August 2007]

Work and employment

http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/work.htm

PART-TIME WORK

BLS for 2006

20. Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full- or part-time status

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat20.txt

or

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat20.pdf

Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangements, February 2005

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/conemp.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/conemp.pdf

PAID HOLIDAYS and VACATIONS +

Available days of paid holidays and vacations and more...

Employee Benefits Survey page

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/home.htm

National Compensation Survey:

Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2007

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0006.pdf

FLEXIBLE and SHIFT SCHEDULES

Workers on Flexible and Shift Schedules in 2004 Summary

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/flex.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/flex.pdf

PHASED RETIREMENT

EBRI

Employment Status of Workers Ages 55 or Older

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_08a-20071.pdf

See -

[by Full-time & Part-time]

Figure 1 - Employment Status of Workers Age 55 or Older, 1987–2005

Figure 2 - Employment Status of Workers Age 55 or Older, by Gender, 1987–2005

Figure 3 - Percentage of Workers Age 55 or Older Working Full Time, Full Year, by Age, 1987–2005

Figure 4 - Percentage of Workers Working Part Time, Full Year, by Age, 1987–2005

Figure 5 - Percentage of Workers Ages 55 or Older Working Part Year, by Age, 1987–2005

Figure 6 - Percentage of Workers Age 55 or Older Working Full Time, Full Year, by Race/Ethnicity, 1987–2005

Figure 7 - Percentage of Workers Ages 55 or Older Working Full-Time, Full-Year, by Educational Level, 1987–2005

HOURS of WORK as economy measure

AMERICA'S DYNAMIC WORKFORCE [August 2007]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key workplace/305

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1310&context=key_workplace

Figure 3-2. GDP per hour worked in 2005, United States and selected countries

Figure 3-3. GDP per hour worked in the United States and the Eurozone countries, 1995-2005

Figure 3-4. Annualized growth in GDP per hour worked, 2000 to 2005 United States and selected other OECD countries

Figure 3-5. Annual labor hours per capita in 2005, United States and selected countries

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

Work schedules of Americans: an overview of new findings [1986]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1986/11/art1exc.htm

Trends in Working Hours since the Mid 1970s [1997]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1997/04/art1abs.htm

American Time Use Survey Papers and Publications

http://www.bls.gov/tus/papersandpubs.htm

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SEE -
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OVERVIEW OF THE U.S.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/subjectGuides/industrialRelationsOverview.html
[see WORKING HOURS in the left margin]

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