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Table 28. 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 arrangements1

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 self-employed 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, Bureau of Labor Statistics