Chart 2. Annualized quarter-to-quarter percent change in hours, by class of worker in the nonfarm business sector, seasonally adjusted, second quarter 2000 to fourth quarter 2019
Date Self-employed, published Employees All workers

Q2 2000

2.2 1.0 1.2

Q3 2000

-9.3 0.8 -0.1

Q4 2000

-10.2 -0.4 -1.4

Q1 2001

11.1 -1.3 -0.2

Q2 2001

-0.9 -4.0 -3.8

Q3 2001

-14.0 -3.9 -4.9

Q4 2001

-1.4 -4.7 -4.4

Q1 2002

-13.3 -2.3 -3.3

Q2 2002

9.5 0.2 1.0

Q3 2002

1.4 -1.7 -1.5

Q4 2002

7.5 -0.2 0.5

Q1 2003

4.6 -2.7 -2.1

Q2 2003

-4.3 -0.8 -1.2

Q3 2003

6.6 0.0 0.6

Q4 2003

7.7 1.3 1.9

Q1 2004

-7.0 2.7 1.7

Q2 2004

-3.0 0.7 0.3

Q3 2004

11.6 1.6 2.5

Q4 2004

3.0 2.0 2.1

Q1 2005

1.6 0.7 0.8

Q2 2005

-0.5 2.7 2.4

Q3 2005

-10.0 2.5 1.3

Q4 2005

-0.8 2.8 2.4

Q1 2006

13.0 3.1 4.0

Q2 2006

-1.9 1.6 1.3

Q3 2006

2.3 1.6 1.7

Q4 2006

4.9 1.4 1.7

Q1 2007

-7.0 1.4 0.6

Q2 2007

2.0 2.0 2.0

Q3 2007

-7.3 -0.9 -1.5

Q4 2007

-11.6 -0.3 -1.4

Q1 2008

-4.6 -0.9 -1.3

Q2 2008

-1.5 -2.2 -2.1

Q3 2008

-4.7 -4.5 -4.5

Q4 2008

-25.8 -9.1 -10.6

Q1 2009

-0.9 -10.5 -9.8

Q2 2009

-0.5 -9.8 -9.0

Q3 2009

-0.8 -4.7 -4.3

Q4 2009

0.2 -0.5 -0.5

Q1 2010

-4.1 1.7 1.2

Q2 2010

0.6 3.7 3.4

Q3 2010

-5.2 2.3 1.6

Q4 2010

0.0 2.2 2.0

Q1 2011

-2.4 1.0 0.7

Q2 2011

-4.0 5.1 4.3

Q3 2011

-5.4 1.9 1.3

Q4 2011

5.3 3.3 3.5

Q1 2012

6.5 3.1 3.4

Q2 2012

-0.8 0.8 0.7

Q3 2012

2.6 2.1 2.1

Q4 2012

6.1 2.0 2.3

Q1 2013

-12.6 3.1 1.7

Q2 2013

1.6 1.7 1.7

Q3 2013

4.1 1.9 2.1

Q4 2013

-7.2 1.8 1.1

Q1 2014

6.5 1.6 2.0

Q2 2014

-12.1 4.6 3.2

Q3 2014

4.7 2.9 3.0

Q4 2014

19.3 3.4 4.6

Q1 2015

-3.6 1.5 1.1

Q2 2015

8.5 1.0 1.5

Q3 2015

-9.9 1.0 0.1

Q4 2015

-6.1 3.4 2.6

Q1 2016

9.2 1.0 1.6

Q2 2016

10.0 0.5 1.2

Q3 2016

-10.5 2.0 1.0

Q4 2016

-3.6 0.7 0.4

Q1 2017

5.5 1.1 1.5

Q2 2017

6.3 2.6 2.8

Q3 2017

-9.6 1.3 0.4

Q4 2017

13.9 2.4 3.2

Q1 2018

6.8 1.5 1.9

Q2 2018

-2.5 2.2 1.9

Q3 2018

-0.1 2.2 2.0

Q4 2018

6.7 0.6 1.0

Q1 2019

-10.8 0.8 -0.1

Q2 2019

-12.5 1.7 0.6

Q3 2019

19.0 0.7 1.9

Q4 2019

2.9 -1.1 -0.8

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.