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Table 29. Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and alternative work arrangements, 

February 2005

Total, 16 years and over......... 138,952 100.0 7.4 1.8 0.9 0.6 89.1

 16 to 19 years.................... 5,510 100.0 1.6 2.4 .6 .1 94.3

 20 to 24 years..................... 13,114 100.0 2.7 2.7 1.5 .7 91.9

 25 to 34 years................... 30,103 100.0 5.0 1.8 1.2 .7 91.1

 35 to 44 years.................... 34,481 100.0 8.0 1.7 .7 .6 88.9

 45 to 54 years.................... 32,947 100.0 8.5 1.3 .6 .6 89.0

 55 to 64 years................... 17,980 100.0 10.8 1.5 .8 .6 86.2

 65 years and over................ 4,817 100.0 18.3 3.6 .7 .4 76.8

Women, 16 years and over... 65,006 100.0 5.6 1.9 1.0 .4 91.0

 16 to 19 years..................... 2,931 100.0 1.9 1.8 .3 - 95.7

 20 to 24 years.................... 6,186 100.0 2.6 2.5 1.5 .4 92.5

 25 to 34 years.................... 13,480 100.0 3.8 1.8 1.3 .5 92.6

 35 to 44 years..................... 15,958 100.0 5.8 2.0 .8 .4 91.0

 45 to 54 years................... 15,754 100.0 6.6 1.3 .8 .3 90.9

 55 to 64 years.................... 8,495 100.0 7.7 1.9 1.0 .5 88.8

 65 years and over............... 2,202 100.0 13.3 3.8 .8 .7 81.1

Men, 16 years and over......... 73,946 100.0 9.1 1.7 .8 .8 87.5

 16 to 19 years.................... 2,579 100.0 1.2 3.2 .9 .3 92.6

 20 to 24 years.................... 6,928 100.0 2.8 2.9 1.5 .9 91.4

 25 to 34 years.................... 16,624 100.0 6.1 1.8 1.1 .8 89.9

 35 to 44 years................... 18,523 100.0 9.8 1.4 .6 .8 87.1

 45 to 54 years................... 17,193 100.0 10.3 1.2 .4 .8 87.3

 55 to 64 years..................... 9,485 100.0 13.6 1.1 .5 .7 83.9

 65 years and over............... 2,615 100.0 22.5 3.5 .6 .1 73.3

Age and sex

Total

employed

(in

thousands)

Total

Percent of workers with alternative arrangements 1

Workers with 

traditional

arrangements Independent

contractors

On-call

workers

Temporary

help agency 

workers

Workers

provided by 

contract

firms

1 Independent contractors are workers who were

identified as independent contractors, independent

consultants, or freelance workers, whether they were selfemployed or wage and salary workers. On-call workers are

workers who are called to work only as needed, although

they can be scheduled to work for several days or weeks in

a row. Temporary help agency workers are workers who

were paid by a temporary help agency, whether or not their

job was temporary. Workers provided by contract firms are

workers who are employed by a company that provides

them or their services to others under contract and who are

usually assigned to only one customer and usually work at

the customer's worksite.

NOTE: Workers with traditional arrangements are

those who do not fall into any of the "alternative

arrangements" categories. Detail may not sum to totals

because the total employed includes day laborers (an

alternative arrangement, not shown separately) and a

small number of workers who were both "on-call" and

"provided by contract firms." Dash represents zero.

SOURCE: Contingent and alternative work

arrangements supplement to the Current Population

Survey, February 2005, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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