Part Time Employment in the United States increased to 28557 Thousand in May from 28524 Thousand in April of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Part Time Employment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In October 2024, around 28.05 million people were employed on a part-time basis in the United States. This value is not seasonally adjusted. In line with the definition of the BLS, part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.

In 2024, almost 28 million people were employed on a part-time basis in the United States. This is a significant increase from 1990 when there were only 20.13 million part-time employees in the U.S.

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In 2024, about 133 million people were employed in the United States on a full-time basis, returning to pre-pandemic levels. Employment in the U.S. The number of full-time employees in the United States has increased by more than 30 million people since 1991. In 1990, there were 98.67 million full-time employees which had increased to 134.06 million employees in 2023. After the recession, the number of full-time employees dropped and part-time employment increased significantly. There were about 28.1 million part-time employees in the country as of January 2024. Full-time employment usually is associated with certain benefits that are otherwise not offered to part-time employees, such as health insurance and annual leave. In the United States, a full time worker us usually regard as an individual who works more than 30 hours a week. Salaries nationwide Salary in the United States can vary greatly between ethnicities and gender. The median weekly earnings of a full-time salary worker, was 1,310 U.S. dollars for the Asian population, but only 794 U.S. dollars for the Black or African American population in 2020. In the same year, the median hourly wage for female salary workers 15.22 U.S. dollars, while males earned an hourly wage of 17.75 U.S. dollars. Based on a constant value, the wage among salary workers has fluctuated since 1979, where employees earned a median of 14.80 U.S. dollars, compared to 16.36 U.S. dollars in 2020. The minimum wage in the United States was established at 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour as of 2009.

Full Time Employment in the United States decreased to 134840 Thousand in May from 135463 Thousand in April of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Full Time Employment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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As of October 2024, there were 133.89 million full-time employees in the United States. This is a slight decrease from the previous month, when there were 134.15 million full-time employees. The impact COVID-19 on employment In December 2019, the COVID-19 virus began its spread across the globe. Since being classified as a pandemic, the virus caused a global health crisis that has taken the lives of millions of people worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic changed many facets of society, most significantly, the economy. In the first years, many businesses across all industries were forced to shut down, with large numbers of employees being laid off. The economy continued its recovery in 2022 with the nationwide unemployment rate returning to a more normal 3.4 percent as of April 2023. Unemployment benefits Because so many people in the United States lost their jobs, record numbers of individuals applied for unemployment insurance for the first time. As an early response to this nation-wide upheaval, the government issued relief checks and extended the benefits paid by unemployment insurance. In May 2020, the amount of unemployment insurance benefits paid rose to 23.73 billion U.S. dollars. As of December 2022, this value had declined to 2.24 billion U.S. dollars.

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Since 1990 in the U.S., there has always been more men than women working at full-time status. In 2024, there were 74.86 million men working full-time compared to 58.51 million women. For part-time workers, this trend is flipped, there are more women working part-time than there are men.

The unemployment rate of part-time workers in the United States stood at four percent in 2023. This is a decrease from the previous year, when 4.1 percent of the part-time workforce was unemployed. See the United States unemployment rate for further information.

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As of October 2024, about 27.93 million people were employed on a part-time basis in the United States. In line with the definition of the BLS, part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series used when analyzing non-seasonal trends, whereas non-seasonally-adjusted reflects the actual current data.

Graph and download economic data for Employed full time: Median usual weekly nominal earnings (second quartile): Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over (LES1252881500Q) from Q1 1979 to Q1 2025 about second quartile, full-time, salaries, workers, earnings, 16 years +, wages, median, employment, and USA.

United States Private Employee: MCB: Part-Time Workers data was reported at 11.000 % in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 11.000 % for 2016. United States Private Employee: MCB: Part-Time Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 13.000 % from Mar 1999 (Median) to 2017, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.000 % in 2010 and a record low of 11.000 % in 2017. United States Private Employee: MCB: Part-Time Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G076: Employee Benefits Survey: Private Industry.

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In October 2024, about 133.5 million people in the United States were employed on a full-time basis. In line with the definition of the BLS, full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series used when analyzing non-seasonal trends, whereas non-seasonally-adjusted reflects the actual current data.

United States Private Employee: ARP: Part-Time Workers data was reported at 22.000 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 21.000 % for 2017. United States Private Employee: ARP: Part-Time Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 20.500 % from Mar 1999 (Median) to 2018, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 23.000 % in 2008 and a record low of 18.000 % in 2003. United States Private Employee: ARP: Part-Time Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.G077: Employee Benefits Survey: Private Industry.

This graph shows, the share of part-time workers in America who have a desire for a full-time job by household's income. In 2010 31 percent of the part-time workers who lived in an household with an income above 75.000 US-Dollars said, that they would prefer a full-time job.

United States Private Employee: DCP: Part-Time Workers data was reported at 18.000 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 17.000 % for 2017. United States Private Employee: DCP: Part-Time Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 15.000 % from Mar 1999 (Median) to 2018, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 18.000 % in 2018 and a record low of 12.000 % in 2000. United States Private Employee: DCP: Part-Time Workers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.G077: Employee Benefits Survey: Private Industry.