HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

47. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry

Occupation and industry

2007

Total

employed

(in

thousands)

Absence rate 1 Lost worktime rate 2

Total Illness or

injury

Other

reasons Total Illness orinjury

Other

reasons

OCCUPATION

 Management, professional, and related occupations ...................... 39,173 2.9 1.8 1.1 1.5 0.9 0.6

 Management, business, and financial operations occupations ..... 15,943 2.4 1.5 .9 1.3 .8 .5

 Management occupations .......................................................... 10,987 2.1 1.4 .8 1.2 .7 .5

 Business and financial operations occupations .......................... 4,956 3.0 1.9 1.1 1.5 .9 .6

 Professional and related occupations ............................................ 23,230 3.2 2.1 1.2 1.7 1.0 .7

 Computer and mathematical occupations .................................. 3,131 2.7 1.8 .9 1.3 .7 .5

 Architecture and engineering occupations ................................. 2,655 2.4 1.6 .8 1.2 .8 .4

 Life, physical, and social science occupations ........................... 1,147 3.1 2.0 1.1 1.6 1.0 .6

 Community and social services occupations .............................. 1,893 3.8 2.6 1.2 2.1 1.3 .8

 Legal occupations ....................................................................... 1,180 3.4 2.0 1.4 1.9 1.1 .9

 Education, training, and library occupations ............................... 6,488 3.3 2.0 1.4 1.7 .9 .9

 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations ...... 1,537 2.8 2.0 .8 1.3 .9 .5

 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ..................... 5,199 3.8 2.5 1.3 2.2 1.3 .9

 Service occupations ........................................................................ 14,700 3.5 2.3 1.1 1.9 1.3 .6

 Healthcare support occupations .................................................... 2,182 4.9 3.0 1.9 2.9 1.7 1.2

 Protective service occupations ...................................................... 2,722 3.2 2.3 .8 1.8 1.3 .5

 Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................... 4,089 2.9 1.9 1.0 1.6 1.0 .6

 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ...... 3,564 3.1 2.3 .8 1.7 1.3 .4

 Personal care and service occupations ......................................... 2,142 3.9 2.5 1.4 2.1 1.4 .7

 Sales and office occupations ........................................................... 25,511 3.5 2.5 1.1 1.9 1.3 .6

 Sales and related occupations ...................................................... 10,291 2.8 2.0 .9 1.6 1.1 .5

 Office and administrative support occupations .............................. 15,221 4.0 2.8 1.2 2.1 1.5 .6

 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations ..... 12,477 2.5 2.0 .6 1.4 1.2 .2

 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations .................................... 734 2.1 1.6 .4 1.2 1.1 .2

 Construction and extraction occupations ....................................... 7,198 2.5 1.9 .6 1.4 1.1 .3

 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ........................ 4,545 2.7 2.2 .5 1.5 1.2 .2

 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations ......... 15,304 3.3 2.5 .8 2.0 1.6 .4

 Production occupations ................................................................. 8,453 3.5 2.6 .9 2.0 1.6 .5

 Transportation and material moving occupations .......................... 6,851 3.2 2.4 .8 1.9 1.5 .4

See footnotes at end of table.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

47. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry—Continued

Occupation and industry

2007

Total

employed

(in

thousands)

Absence rate 1 Lost worktime rate 2

Total Illness or

injury

Other

reasons Total Illness orinjury

Other

reasons

INDUSTRY

 Private sector ................................................................................... 89,072 3.0 2.0 0.9 1.6 1.1 0.5

 Agriculture and related industries .............................................. 856 1.8 1.2 .7 1.1 .7 .4

 Nonagricultural industries .......................................................... 88,216 3.0 2.0 .9 1.6 1.1 .5

 Mining ....................................................................................... 672 2.3 2.0 .3 1.7 1.4 .2

 Construction ............................................................................. 7,908 2.3 1.7 .6 1.3 1.0 .3

 Manufacturing ........................................................................... 14,840 3.1 2.3 .8 1.8 1.3 .4

 Durable goods ..................................................................... 9,476 3.0 2.3 .8 1.7 1.4 .4

 Nondurable goods ............................................................... 5,364 3.1 2.3 .9 1.8 1.3 .5

 Wholesale and retail trade ........................................................ 14,282 3.0 2.2 .8 1.7 1.2 .5

 Wholesale trade ................................................................... 3,604 2.5 1.8 .6 1.4 1.0 .4

 Retail trade .......................................................................... 10,679 3.2 2.3 .9 1.8 1.3 .5

 Transportation and utilities ....................................................... 4,892 2.8 2.1 .6 1.6 1.3 .3

 Transportation and warehousing ......................................... 4,064 2.7 2.1 .6 1.6 1.3 .3

 Utilities ................................................................................. 828 2.9 1.9 1.0 1.7 1.2 .5

 Information ................................................................................ 2,788 2.8 1.9 .9 1.5 1.0 .4

 Financial activities .................................................................... 7,857 3.0 1.9 1.1 1.6 1.0 .6

 Finance and insurance ........................................................ 6,002 3.0 1.9 1.1 1.6 1.0 .6

 Finance ............................................................................ 3,934 2.8 1.7 1.1 1.5 .8 .6

 Insurance ......................................................................... 2,068 3.4 2.2 1.2 1.9 1.2 .7

 Real estate and rental and leasing ...................................... 1,854 2.9 1.9 1.0 1.5 1.0 .5

 Professional and business services ......................................... 10,431 2.7 1.7 1.0 1.4 .8 .5

 Professional and technical services .................................... 6,207 2.5 1.5 1.1 1.3 .7 .6

 Management, administrative, and waste services ............... 4,223 3.0 2.0 1.0 1.5 1.1 .5

 Education and health services .................................................. 13,934 3.9 2.5 1.4 2.2 1.4 .8

 Educational services ............................................................ 2,609 2.9 2.1 .8 1.6 1.1 .5

 Health care and social assistance ....................................... 11,326 4.1 2.6 1.5 2.3 1.4 .9

 Leisure and hospitality .............................................................. 6,633 2.6 1.7 1.0 1.4 .9 .5

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ..................................... 1,302 2.5 1.6 .9 1.3 .8 .5

 Accommodation and food services ...................................... 5,331 2.6 1.7 1.0 1.4 .9 .5

 Accommodation ................................................................. 1,119 3.0 2.2 .8 1.7 1.2 .5

 Food services and drinking places .................................... 4,213 2.6 1.5 1.0 1.4 .9 .5

 Other services .......................................................................... 3,979 2.6 1.7 .9 1.3 .8 .5

 Other services, except private households .......................... 3,581 2.7 1.8 .9 1.3 .8 .5

Public sector ..................................................................................... 18,092 4.0 2.8 1.2 2.1 1.4 .7

 Federal government ................................................................. 3,186 4.4 3.3 1.1 2.3 1.8 .5

 State government ..................................................................... 5,403 4.5 3.2 1.2 2.2 1.6 .6

 Local government ..................................................................... 9,503 3.6 2.4 1.2 1.9 1.2 .7

1 Absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work

35 or more hours a week at their main job worked less than 35 hours

during the reference week for one of the following reasons: Own illness,

injury, or medical problems; child-care problems; other family or personal

obligations; civic or military duty; and maternity or paternity leave. 

Excluded are situations in which work was missed due to vacation or

personal days, holiday, labor dispute, slack work or business conditions,

and the wait for a new job to begin. For multiple jobholders, absence data

refer only to work missed at their main jobs. All self-employed persons are

excluded, regardless of whether or not their jobs are incorporated. The

absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage

and salary workers who usually work 35 hours or more on their main job. 

The estimates of full-time wage and salary employment shown in this table

do not match those in other tables in part because the estimates in this

table are based on the full CPS sample and those in the other tables are

based on a quarter of the sample only. 2 Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked.

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.

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