HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2020

Full-time

wage

and salary

workers1

Absence rate1Lost worktime rate2

Total Illness or

injury

Other

reasons

Total Illness or

injury

Other

reasons

Total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,495 3.0 2.1 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.5

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,126 2.3 1.5 0.9 1.4 0.8 0.6

Management, business, and financial operations occupations. . . 20,901 1.9 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.4

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,635 1.7 1.1 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.4

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,266 2.2 1.4 0.8 1.3 0.7 0.5

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,225 2.6 1.6 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.7

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,177 2.1 1.3 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.5

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,912 1.7 1.1 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.4

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,379 2.6 1.6 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.7

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,186 3.2 2.0 1.2 2.0 1.2 0.9

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427 2.1 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.4

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,979 2.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.7

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations. . . 1,684 2.0 1.2 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.3

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . 7,482 3.6 2.2 1.4 2.4 1.4 1.0

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,804 4.0 2.9 1.1 2.6 1.9 0.7

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,194 4.9 3.3 1.6 3.3 2.3 1.1

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,689 3.2 2.2 1.0 2.3 1.6 0.7

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,351 4.1 3.1 0.9 2.4 1.9 0.5

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations. . . 3,157 3.7 2.8 0.9 2.1 1.7 0.4

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,413 4.3 3.0 1.4 2.9 2.0 0.8

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,219 3.3 2.3 1.0 2.0 1.4 0.6

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,003 3.1 2.2 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.6

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,216 3.5 2.4 1.1 2.1 1.4 0.7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. . . . 10,661 2.9 2.4 0.6 1.8 1.5 0.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775 3.0 2.5 0.5 1.4 1.1 0.3

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,867 2.9 2.3 0.6 1.8 1.5 0.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,019 2.9 2.4 0.5 1.9 1.6 0.3

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations. . . . . . 14,685 3.8 3.1 0.7 2.6 2.2 0.4

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,768 3.7 3.1 0.6 2.5 2.1 0.4

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,917 3.8 3.1 0.7 2.8 2.3 0.4

INDUSTRY

Private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,265 3.0 2.1 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.5

Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088 2.8 2.3 0.6 1.4 1.1 0.3

Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,178 3.0 2.1 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.6

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630 2.2 1.7 0.5 1.8 1.4 0.4

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,294 2.5 1.8 0.6 1.4 1.1 0.3

Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,187 3.0 2.4 0.6 2.0 1.6 0.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,351 2.9 2.3 0.6 1.9 1.5 0.4

Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,836 3.1 2.5 0.6 2.2 1.7 0.4

Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,174 3.5 2.6 0.9 2.2 1.6 0.6

Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,866 2.6 2.0 0.6 1.7 1.4 0.3

Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,309 3.7 2.7 1.0 2.3 1.7 0.6

Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,606 3.0 2.4 0.6 2.2 1.8 0.4

Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,601 3.2 2.6 0.7 2.4 1.9 0.4

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,005 2.3 1.7 0.5 1.6 1.3 0.3

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,993 2.3 1.4 0.9 1.5 0.9 0.6

Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,415 2.3 1.5 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.5

Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,631 2.2 1.4 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.5

Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,281 2.1 1.4 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.5

Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,350 2.4 1.6 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.6

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,784 2.7 1.8 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.5

Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,327 2.3 1.4 0.9 1.4 0.8 0.6

Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,316 1.8 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.6

Management, administrative, and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . 4,010 3.4 2.3 1.1 2.0 1.4 0.6

Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,774 3.6 2.3 1.2 2.3 1.4 0.8

Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,468 2.2 1.4 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.6

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,306 3.9 2.5 1.3 2.5 1.6 0.9

Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,851 3.2 2.5 0.8 1.9 1.5 0.4

See footnotes at end of table.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

industry — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation and industry

2020

Full-time

wage

and salary

workers1

Absence rate1Lost worktime rate2

Total Illness or

injury

Other

reasons

Total Illness or

injury

Other

reasons

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,189 2.5 1.9 0.6 1.7 1.3 0.4

Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,662 3.4 2.6 0.8 2.0 1.6 0.5

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 2.6 2.1 0.5 1.7 1.3 0.4

Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,972 3.6 2.7 0.9 2.1 1.6 0.5

Other services3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,926 2.9 2.0 0.9 1.6 1.1 0.5

Other services, except private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,590 2.8 2.0 0.8 1.6 1.2 0.5

Public sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,229 3.1 2.2 0.9 1.9 1.3 0.6

Federal government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,668 3.7 2.8 0.9 2.2 1.6 0.6

State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,025 3.2 2.2 1.0 1.9 1.3 0.6

Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,536 2.8 2.0 0.8 1.8 1.2 0.5

1 Absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours per week (full time) 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, and other reasons. For multiple jobholders, absence

data refer only to work missed at their main jobs. The absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage and salary employment.

2 Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked.

3

Includes other industries, not shown separately.

NOTE: All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. The estimates of full-time wage and

salary employment shown in this table do not match those in other tables 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data,

occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical

data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

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