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                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Oct.     Sept.      Oct.      Oct.      June      July      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.  
                                                   2007     2008       2008      2007      2008      2008      2008     2008       2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,130     2,276     2,203     2,089     2,137     2,123     2,142     2,189     2,167 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,200     1,415     1,328     1,195     1,244     1,258     1,289     1,331     1,321 
    Self-employed workers......................      914       834       853       878       840       844       817       820       823 
    Unpaid family workers......................       17        28        23     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  144,612   143,034   143,340   143,933   143,650   143,589   143,284   143,064   142,773 
    Wage and salary workers....................  135,119   133,660   134,388   134,533   134,132   133,951   133,822   133,725   133,808 
      Government...............................   21,096    21,204    21,720    20,907    21,186    21,098    21,259    21,168    21,510 
      Private industries.......................  114,023   112,456   112,668   113,641   113,001   112,956   112,607   112,588   112,301 
        Private households.....................      760       820       840     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
        Other industries.......................  113,263   111,636   111,828   112,850   112,155   112,157   111,851   111,778   111,431 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,379     9,293     8,882     9,274     9,430     9,518     9,381     9,228     8,844 
    Unpaid family workers......................      115        81        69     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,028     5,701     6,267     4,401     5,416     5,724     5,718     6,055     6,700 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,612     3,983     4,548     2,788     3,816     4,194     4,112     4,232     4,733 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,180     1,467     1,466     1,215     1,336     1,286     1,362     1,516     1,491 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   19,956    19,582    19,541    19,337    19,496    19,406    19,712    19,371    19,147 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    3,930     5,621     6,157     4,302     5,308     5,599     5,641     5,941     6,485 
      Slack work or business conditions........    2,549     3,919     4,460     2,745     3,744     4,156     4,032     4,121     4,690 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,171     1,465     1,457     1,207     1,328     1,277     1,350     1,537     1,481 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   19,634    19,242    19,197    19,157    19,106    19,051    19,281    19,033    18,889 

    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.