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Backstory: Office hours by the numbers
After a Labor Day weekend of biking and barbecues, Americans head back to their cubicles Tuesday. Here's a statistical snapshot of the US workforce.
Jobs
151 million people make up the American labor force. Among them are:
6.8 million teachers
827,000 farmers and ranchers
738,000 hairstylists and cosmetologists
317,000 chefs
291,000 taxi drivers and chauffeurs
243,000 firefighters
213,000 musicians, singers, and related
212,000 athletes, coaches, and sport-related
98,000 gambling services workers
64,000 reporters and news analysts
Clocking in
7.5 million Americans juggle more than one job.
294,000 workers hold down two full-time jobs.
28 percent of workers clock more than 40 hours a week.
8 percent work more than 60 hours a week.
4 is the median number of years Americans have worked for their current employer.
10 percent have stayed with their current employer for 20 or more years.
62.2 percent of mothers work while raising a child under the age of 6. About 78 percent of moms with kids between ages 6 and 17 work.
Phoenix rising
105,500 jobs were created in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Ariz., between September 2004 and September 2005, the largest job market jump among the nation's largest counties.
Wage gap
$41,386 is the annual median earnings for men working full time in 2005.
$31,858 is what women received, 77 cents on the dollar compared with men.
$30,858 is the median income for a home with a Hispanic head of household, 63 cents on the dollar compared with homes with a white head of household.
$61,094 is the median income for a home with an Asian-American head of the household, 25 cents more on every dollar compared with homes with a white head of household.
$55,994 is the average income for workers in the District of Columbia, topping the nation.
$21,439 is the average income for workers in Louisiana, the lowest in the nation.
Watchful eye
71 percent of companies with more than 500 employees monitor office e-mail and Web surfing. About half of companies with 50 to 249 workers monitor Web use.
Bring a snack
25.1 minutes was the average daily commute to work in 2005.
38.3 minutes was the average commute for workers in New York City – the highest among major American cities in 2003, ahead of Chicago (33.2 minutes) and Newark, N.J. (31.5 minutes).
87.6 percent of Americans drove to work in 2005, up from 64 percent in 1960.
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