Chart 10. Annualized quarter-to-quarter percent change in hours for the self-employed in the nonfarm business sector, published, composited with extreme-value-adjusted irregulars removed, and composited with all irregulars removed, seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2000 to fourth quarter 2022
Date Self-employed, published Self-employed, composited with extreme-value-adjusted irregulars removed Self-employed, composited with all irregulars removed

Q2 2000

2.2 -2.6 -2.6

Q3 2000

-9.3 -8.5 -8.5

Q4 2000

-10.2 -8.2 -8.2

Q1 2001

11.1 3.5 3.5

Q2 2001

-0.9 2.9 2.9

Q3 2001

-14.0 -13.0 -5.9

Q4 2001

-1.4 -0.5 -8.0

Q1 2002

-13.3 -6.3 -6.3

Q2 2002

9.5 -0.1 -0.1

Q3 2002

1.4 3.9 3.9

Q4 2002

7.5 2.3 5.6

Q1 2003

4.6 10.5 1.5

Q2 2003

-4.3 -6.5 -1.3

Q3 2003

6.6 5.3 5.3

Q4 2003

7.7 6.3 6.3

Q1 2004

-7.0 -2.1 -2.1

Q2 2004

-3.0 -2.7 -2.7

Q3 2004

11.6 2.8 2.8

Q4 2004

3.0 4.1 4.1

Q1 2005

1.6 4.7 4.7

Q2 2005

-0.5 -3.9 -3.9

Q3 2005

-10.0 -1.9 -5.7

Q4 2005

-0.8 -2.8 1.1

Q1 2006

13.0 8.1 3.5

Q2 2006

-1.9 -1.4 3.0

Q3 2006

2.3 1.8 1.8

Q4 2006

4.9 0.4 0.4

Q1 2007

-7.0 -5.0 -1.1

Q2 2007

2.0 4.5 0.5

Q3 2007

-7.3 -3.6 -3.6

Q4 2007

-11.6 -11.2 -7.6

Q1 2008

-4.6 -4.4 -8.1

Q2 2008

-1.5 -2.6 -2.6

Q3 2008

-4.7 -2.4 -5.7

Q4 2008

-25.8 -19.9 -17.2

Q1 2009

-0.9 -9.7 -9.7

Q2 2009

-0.5 -3.1 -3.1

Q3 2009

-0.8 -4.0 -4.0

Q4 2009

0.2 -0.5 -0.5

Q1 2010

-4.1 2.4 2.4

Q2 2010

0.6 0.9 0.9

Q3 2010

-5.2 -2.3 -2.3

Q4 2010

0.0 -4.1 -4.1

Q1 2011

-2.4 0.7 -4.7

Q2 2011

-4.0 -6.7 -1.3

Q3 2011

-5.4 -8.0 -4.2

Q4 2011

5.3 7.3 3.0

Q1 2012

6.5 4.1 4.1

Q2 2012

-0.8 -4.3 -4.3

Q3 2012

2.6 7.0 7.0

Q4 2012

6.1 6.4 6.4

Q1 2013

-12.6 -5.7 -5.7

Q2 2013

1.6 -2.5 -2.5

Q3 2013

4.1 -2.6 -2.6

Q4 2013

-7.2 -6.4 -6.4

Q1 2014

6.5 -0.7 -0.7

Q2 2014

-12.1 -2.7 -2.7

Q3 2014

4.7 5.0 5.0

Q4 2014

19.3 12.9 12.9

Q1 2015

-3.6 7.5 3.0

Q2 2015

8.5 1.7 0.5

Q3 2015

-9.9 -3.0 -2.5

Q4 2015

-6.1 -7.7 -3.0

Q1 2016

9.2 1.7 1.7

Q2 2016

10.0 6.6 6.6

Q3 2016

-10.5 -0.5 -0.5

Q4 2016

-3.6 -6.3 -6.3

Q1 2017

5.5 2.9 2.9

Q2 2017

6.3 1.9 1.9

Q3 2017

-9.6 -2.6 -2.6

Q4 2017

13.9 5.0 5.0

Q1 2018

6.8 7.7 7.7

Q2 2018

-2.5 -0.1 -0.1

Q3 2018

-0.1 0.9 0.9

Q4 2018

6.7 5.0 5.0

Q1 2019

-10.8 -3.7 -3.7

Q2 2019

-12.5 -7.1 -7.1

Q3 2019

19.0 3.3 3.3

Q4 2019

2.9 5.5 5.5

Q1 2020

-13.7 -10.8 -10.8

Q2 2020

-74.9 -74.5 -19.7

Q3 2020

161.8 141.7 2.1

Q4 2020

18.7 19.1 0.6

Q1 2021

8.0 8.7 5.3

Q2 2021

18.2 21.3 12.7

Q3 2021

22.1 21.1 11.7

Q4 2021

-10.7 -4.6 2.2

Q1 2022

-1.3 0.9 0.8

Q2 2022

8.2 -0.5 -0.5

Q3 2022

-7.2 -2.5 -2.6

Q4 2022

-4.2 -4.5 -5.6

Note: Q1 = first quarter, Q2 = second quarter, Q3 = third quarter, and Q4 = fourth quarter.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.