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            WORKERS ON FLEXIBLE AND SHIFT SCHEDULES IN MAY 2004
     
   In May 2004, over 27 million full-time wage and salary workers had flexi-
ble work schedules that allowed them to vary the time they began or ended
work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today.  These workers comprised 27.5 percent of all full-time wage and salary
workers, down from 28.6 percent in May 2001, when these data were last collect-
ed.  The proportion who usually worked a shift other than a daytime schedule
(14.8 percent) remained close to the 2001 level.  (See table A.)
   
   These findings were obtained from a supplement to the May 2004 Current
Population Survey (CPS).  The CPS is the monthly household survey that
provides information on national employment and unemployment.  In May 2004,
the survey also collected information about flexible schedules, shift work,
and other related topics.  The data presented in this release pertain to
wage and salary workers who usually worked full time (35 or more hours per
week) on their main job.  For further information about the survey, see the
Technical Note.
   
Flexible Schedules
   
   In May 2004, men continued to be somewhat more likely to have flexible
schedules than women (28.1 and 26.7 percent, respectively).
   
   Flexible schedules were more common among white workers (28.7 percent)
than among black (19.7 percent) or Hispanic or Latino workers (18.4 percent).
The proportion of Asians who worked flexible schedules was 27.4 percent in
May 2004.  Among whites, 29.4 percent of men and 27.8 percent of women had
flexible schedules.  Among Asians as well, a greater proportion of men worked
flexible schedules than women.  In contrast, among blacks and Hispanics or
Latinos, women were slightly more likely than men to work flexible schedules.
(See tables A and 1.)

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Table A.  Flexible schedules and shift work of full-time wage and salary
workers by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, May, selected
years, 1985-2004
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                   |                         |
                   |  Percent with flexible  |  Percent with alternative
                   |        schedules        |          shifts
 Characteristic    |                         |
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                   |May |May |May |May  |May |May |May |May |May  |May
                   |1985|1991|1997|2001r|2004|1985|1991|1997|2001r|2004
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                   |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
       SEX         |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
                   |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
Total, 16 years    |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
 and over..........|12.4|15.0|27.6| 28.6|27.5|16.0|18.0|16.9| 14.5|14.8
  Men..............|13.1|15.4|28.6| 29.7|28.1|17.9|20.4|19.2| 16.4|16.7
  Women............|11.3|14.5|26.2| 27.3|26.7|13.2|14.8|13.7| 12.1|12.4
                   |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
 RACE AND HISPANIC |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
     OR LATINO     |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |     
     ETHNICITY     |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
                   |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
  White(1).........|12.8|15.4|28.6| 29.7|28.7|15.5|17.2|16.2| 13.7|13.7
  Black or Afri-   |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
   can American(1).| 9.1|12.0|20.1| 21.1|19.7|20.0|23.3|21.0| 19.7|20.8
  Asian(1).........|  - | -  | -  | 30.6|27.4|  - |  - |  - | 15.6|15.7
  Hispanic or La-  |    |    |    |     |    |    |    |    |     |
   tino ethnicity..| 8.9|10.6|18.2| 19.6|18.4|15.5|19.2|16.2| 15.0|16.0
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  r = revised.  Data for May 2001 have been revised to reflect the intro-
duction of Census 2000-based population controls.  See the Technical Note
for additional information.
  1 Beginning with May 2004 data, persons who selected this race group
only; persons who selected more than one race group are not included.
Prior to 2004, persons who reported more than one race group were included
in the group they identified as their main race.  Data for Asians were not
tabulated for supplements prior to May 2001.
  Note:  Data exclude the incorporated and unincorporated self-employed.  


   Among the major occupational groups, flexible schedules were most common
among management, professional, and related occupations (36.8 percent).
Within that occupational group, 44.7 percent of management, business, and
financial operations workers were able to vary their work hours.  Flexible
schedules also were prevalent among sales and office workers (29.5 percent).
In contrast, only 17.6 percent of natural resources, construction, and main-
tenance workers and 14.3 percent of production, transportation, and material
moving workers had such flexibility.  (See table 2.)
   
   Among private sector employees, industries with a relatively high prev-
alence of workers with flexible schedules included financial activities
(37.7 percent), professional and business services (37.6 percent), and
information (34.9 percent).  Industries with a relatively low prevalence
of workers on flexible schedules included mining (22.9 percent) and con-
struction (20.3 percent).  In the public sector, flexible schedules were
more common among federal (28.8 percent) and state government employees
(28.4 percent) than among workers in local government (13.7 percent).
(See table 2.)

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Formal Flexitime Programs
   
   Although more than 1 in 4 workers can work a flexible schedule, only
about 1 in 10 are enrolled in a formal, employer-sponsored flexitime pro-
gram.  Workers in management, professional, and related occupations were
among the most likely to have a formal flexitime program (14.2 percent).
Workers in production, transportation, and material moving occupations
were the least likely to have a formal flexitime program (5.9 percent).
(See table 3.)
   
Shift Work
   
   Almost 15 percent of full-time wage and salary workers usually worked an 
alternative shift in May 2004.  By type of shift, 4.7 percent of the total
worked evening shifts, 3.2 percent worked night shifts, 3.1 percent worked
employer-arranged irregular schedules, and 2.5 percent worked rotating
shifts.  The proportion of full-time wage and salary workers on alternative
schedules has fallen since May 1991.  (See tables A and 4.)
   
   Men were more likely than women to work an alternative shift (16.7 and
12.4 percent, respectively).  Blacks were more likely than whites, Hispanics
or Latinos, or Asians to work such shifts.  (See table 4.)
   
   The prevalence of shift work was greatest among workers in service occu-
pations, such as protective service (50.6 percent)--which includes police,
firefighters, and guards--and food preparation and serving (40.4 percent)
and among those employed in production, transportation, and material moving
occupations (26.2 percent).  Alternative shifts were least common among man-
agement, professional, and related occupations (7.6 percent) and workers in
natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations (7.5 percent).
(See table 5.)
   
   The proportion of workers on alternative shifts was highest in leisure and
hospitality industries (38.3 percent), mining (31.9 percent), and transpor-
tation and utilities (27.9 percent).  Shift work was less prevalent in pro-
fesssional and business services (7.8 percent), financial activities
(5.4 percent), and lowest in construction (2.9 percent).  (See table 5.)
   
Reasons for Shift Work
   
   Over half (54.6 percent) of those working an alternative shift did so
because it was the "nature of the job."  Other reasons for working a non-
daytime schedule included "personal preference" (11.5 percent), "better
arrangements for family or child care" (8.2 percent), "could not get any
other job" (8.1 percent), and "better pay" (6.8 percent).  Many of those
who worked night and evening shifts chose such schedules due to personal
preference (21.0 and 15.9 percent, respectively) or because these shifts
facilitated better arrangements for family or child care (15.9 and 11.0
percent, respectively).  The vast majority of those with rotating, split,
and employer-arranged irregular schedules reported the "nature of the job"
as the reason for working a non-daytime schedule.  (See table 6.)
   
Beginning and Ending Hours
   
   The May 2004 supplement also provided data on the times people usually
begin and end work.  About two-thirds of all full-time wage and salary
workers usually began work between 6:30 A.M. and 9:29 A.M., with the
greatest concentration during the 7:30 to 8:29 A.M. period.  Over half
usually left work between 3:30 P.M. and 6:29 P.M., with the greatest
concentration in the 4:30 to 5:29 P.M. bracket.  (See table 7.)
   
   
   
   
   
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TECHNICAL NOTE



   These data and other information on work schedules were obtained from a
supplement to the May 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS).  The CPS is a
monthly sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S.
Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), principally to gather
information on employment and unemployment for the nation.  Respondents to
the May 2004 supplement answered questions about flexible and shift sched-
ules, the reasons for working particular shifts, the beginning and ending 
hours of work, formal flexitime programs, home-based work, and other related 
topics.  The data in this release cover the incidence and nature of flexible 
and shift schedules and pertain to wage and salary workers who usually worked 
35 hours or more per week on their principal job.  The data exclude all self-
employed persons, regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorp-
orated.

   The May 2001 data presented in this release have been revised to reflect the
introduction of Census 2000-based population controls and thus may differ from
previously published estimates which were based on population controls derived
from the 1990 census.  The introduction of the Census 2000-based population
controls increased the May 2001 employment levels but had relatively little
impact on proportions and percents derived from the employment levels.  Sample
results from the CPS are weighted up to independent estimates of the population
by sex, age, race, and Hispanic or Latino/non-Hispanic ethnicity.  The weights,
or population controls, are developed using counts of the civilian noninstitu-
tional population derived from the decennial census and are updated using
information from administrative records.
   
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phone number: 1-800-877-8339.

Reliability of the estimates
     
   Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling 
error.  When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there 
is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population 
values they represent.  The exact difference, or sampling error, varies 
depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured 
by the standard error of the estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, 
or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no 
more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of 
sampling error.  BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level 
of confidence.
   
   The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error.  Nonsampling error
can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of
the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the
sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct
information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
   
   For a full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and for
information on estimating standard errors, see the "Explanatory Notes and
Estimates of Error" section of Employment and Earnings.

Concepts
     
   Data on flexible schedules, shift work, and beginning and ending hours
of work were obtained from the following questions:
     
   Beginning and ending hours of work.  At what time of day do you begin work
on your (main) job most days?
     1.   __hour __minutes A.M./P.M.
     2.   It varies

   At what time of day do you end work on your main job most days?
     1.   __hour __minutes A.M./P.M.
     2.   It varies

   Flexible schedules.  Do you have flexible work hours that allow you to vary
or make changes in the time you begin and end work?
     1.   Yes
     2.   No
     
   Formal flexitime programs.  (If the respondent answers "yes" to the above
question on flexible hours, the following question is then asked.)  Is your
flexible work schedule part of a flexitime or other program offered by your
employer?
     1.   Yes
     2.   No

   Shift work.  On your (main) job, do you usually work a daytime schedule or
some other schedule?
     1.   A daytime schedule (Anytime between 6 A.M. to 6 P.M.)
     2.   Some other schedule

   (If the respondent answers "some other schedule" to the above question,
then the following question is asked to determine the shift worked.)
     
   Which of the following best describes the hours you usually work at this
(main) job?
     1.   An evening shift (Anytime between 2 P.M. and midnight)
     2.   A night shift (Anytime between 9 P.M. to 8 A.M.)
     3.   A rotating shift--one that changes periodically from days to evenings
          or night
     4.   A split shift--one consisting of two distinct periods each day
     5.   An irregular schedule
     6.   Some other shift
     
   Reason for alternative shift.  What is the main reason why you work this
type of shift?  (Interviewer reads all.)
     1.   Better arrangements for family or child care
     2.   Better pay
     3.   Allows time for school
     4.   Could not get any other job
     5.   Local transportation or pollution control program
     6.   Nature of the job
     7.   Personal preference
     8.   Some other reason




    
     Table 1.  Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                      Both sexes                     Men                       Women          
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                         With flexible              With flexible              With flexible  
                  Characteristic                           schedules                  schedules                  schedules    
                                                Total                      Total                      Total                   
                                                 (1)                        (1)                        (1)                    
                                                        Number   Percent           Number   Percent           Number   Percent
                                                                of total                   of total                   of total
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                       AGE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
         Total 16 years and over.............  99,778   27,411     27.5   56,412   15,853     28.1   43,366   11,558     26.7 
     16 to 19 years..........................   1,427      336     23.6      903      185     20.5      524      151     28.9 
     20 years and over.......................  98,351   27,075     27.5   55,509   15,668     28.2   42,842   11,406     26.6 
       20 to 24 years........................   9,004    2,058     22.9    5,147    1,065     20.7    3,856      993     25.8 
       25 to 34 years........................  24,640    6,902     28.0   14,358    4,051     28.2   10,283    2,851     27.7 
       35 to 44 years........................  26,766    7,807     29.2   15,424    4,605     29.9   11,342    3,202     28.2 
       45 to 54 years........................  24,855    6,651     26.8   13,440    3,769     28.0   11,415    2,882     25.2 
       55 to 64 years........................  11,745    3,181     27.1    6,383    1,865     29.2    5,361    1,316     24.5 
       65 years and over.....................   1,341      475     35.4      757      314     41.4      585      161     27.6 
                                                                                                                              
      RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
                                                                                                                              
     White...................................  80,498   23,121     28.7   46,222   13,582     29.4   34,276    9,539     27.8 
     Black or African American...............  12,578    2,476     19.7    6,447    1,193     18.5    6,131    1,283     20.9 
     Asian...................................   4,136    1,132     27.4    2,300      720     31.3    1,836      412     22.4 
     Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............  14,110    2,596     18.4    8,621    1,430     16.6    5,489    1,166     21.2 
                                                                                                                              
                  MARITAL STATUS                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
     Married, spouse present.................  57,630   16,270     28.2   34,926   10,382     29.7   22,704    5,888     25.9 
     Not married.............................  42,148   11,141     26.4   21,486    5,471     25.5   20,662    5,670     27.4 
       Never married.........................  25,144    6,693     26.6   14,469    3,605     24.9   10,676    3,088     28.9 
       Other marital status..................  17,004    4,448     26.2    7,018    1,866     26.6    9,986    2,582     25.9 
                                                                                                                              
           PRESENCE AND AGE OF CHILDREN                                                                                       
                                                                                                                              
     Without own children under 18...........  61,761   16,759     27.1   34,680    9,410     27.1   27,081    7,349     27.1 
     With own children under 18..............  38,018   10,652     28.0   21,733    6,443     29.6   16,285    4,209     25.8 
       With youngest child 6 to 17...........  21,739    5,960     27.4   11,477    3,341     29.1   10,262    2,619     25.5 
       With youngest child under 6...........  16,279    4,692     28.8   10,256    3,102     30.2    6,023    1,590     26.4 

       1 Includes persons who did not provide information on flexible schedules.
       NOTE:  Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all self-employed
     persons, regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin
     groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
     both the white and black population groups.  Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. 
     Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.




   
     Table 2.  Flexible schedules:  Full-time wage and salary workers by sex, occupation, and industry, May 2004
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                  Both sexes                     Men                       Women          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                     With flexible              With flexible              With flexible  
                   Occupation and industry                             schedules                  schedules                  schedules    
                                                            Total                      Total                      Total                   
                                                             (1)                        (1)                        (1)                    
                                                                    Number    Percent          Number    Percent          Number    Percent
                                                                             of total                   of total                   of total
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                          OCCUPATION                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over............................  99,778   27,411     27.5   56,412   15,853     28.1   43,366   11,558     26.7 
                                                                                                                                          
     Management, professional, and related occupations...  36,200   13,325     36.8   17,911    7,832     43.7   18,289    5,492     30.0 
       Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                     
        occupations......................................  14,496    6,483     44.7    7,969    3,741     46.9    6,527    2,742     42.0 
         Management occupations..........................  10,036    4,598     45.8    6,000    2,862     47.7    4,035    1,736     43.0 
         Business and financial operations occupations...   4,461    1,885     42.3    1,969      879     44.7    2,492    1,006     40.4 
       Professional and related occupations..............  21,704    6,842     31.5    9,942    4,091     41.1   11,762    2,751     23.4 
         Computer and mathematical occupations...........   2,683    1,405     52.4    2,023    1,085     53.6      660      320     48.5 
         Architecture and engineering occupations........   2,478    1,080     43.6    2,147      917     42.7      330      163     49.3 
         Life, physical, and social science                                                                                               
          occupations....................................   1,016      483     47.5      640      285     44.6      376      198     52.6 
         Community and social services occupations.......   1,866      860     46.1      786      430     54.7    1,080      430     39.8 
         Legal occupations...............................   1,118      497     44.5      536      312     58.2      582      185     31.8 
         Education, training, and library occupations....   6,414      843     13.1    1,779      374     21.0    4,635      469     10.1 
         Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                                   
          occupations....................................   1,502      613     40.8      915      396     43.3      587      217     37.0 
         Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                                            
          occupations....................................   4,626    1,060     22.9    1,115      291     26.1    3,511      769     21.9 
                                                                                                                                          
     Service occupations.................................  13,423    2,849     21.2    6,858    1,339     19.5    6,566    1,510     23.0 
       Healthcare support occupations....................   1,908      315     16.5      199       37     18.7    1,708      278     16.3 
       Protective service occupations....................   2,224      419     18.8    1,807      312     17.2      417      107     25.7 
       Food preparation and serving related                                                                                               
        occupations......................................   3,881      972     25.0    2,086      524     25.1    1,795      448     25.0 
       Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                                      
        occupations......................................   3,481      531     15.2    2,260      318     14.1    1,221      213     17.4 
       Personal care and service occupations.............   1,929      612     31.7      505      148     29.2    1,424      465     32.6 
                                                                                                                                          
     Sales and office occupations........................  24,359    7,196     29.5    9,561    3,069     32.1   14,798    4,127     27.9 
       Sales and related occupations.....................   9,634    3,669     38.1    5,683    2,305     40.6    3,952    1,364     34.5 
       Office and administrative support occupations.....  14,724    3,527     24.0    3,878      764     19.7   10,847    2,763     25.5 
                                                                                                                                          
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                     
        occupations......................................  10,848    1,908     17.6   10,403    1,820     17.5      445       88     19.8 
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........     744      172     23.1      591      132     22.4      152       39     25.7 
       Construction and extraction occupations...........   5,825      942     16.2    5,750      925     16.1       74       17     (2)  
       Installation, maintenance, and repair                                                                                              
        occupations......................................   4,280      795     18.6    4,061      762     18.8      218       32     14.7 
                                                                                                                                          
     Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                      
        occupations......................................  14,948    2,133     14.3   11,679    1,793     15.3    3,268      340     10.4 
       Production occupations............................   8,281    1,030     12.4    5,928      806     13.6    2,353      224      9.5 
       Transportation and material moving occupations....   6,666    1,102     16.5    5,751      986     17.1      915      116     12.7 

                           INDUSTRY
                                                                                                                                          
     Private sector......................................  82,870   23,978     28.9   48,724   14,119     29.0   34,145    9,859     28.9 
                                                                                                                                          
       Agriculture and related industries................     888      233     26.3      702      180     25.6      186       53     28.7 
                                                                                                                                          
       Nonagricultural industries........................  81,982   23,745     29.0   48,023   13,939     29.0   33,959    9,806     28.9 
                                                                                                                                          
         Mining..........................................     446      102     22.9      416       84     20.2       30       18     (2)  
                                                                                                                                          
         Construction....................................   6,617    1,341     20.3    6,059    1,153     19.0      558      188     33.7 
                                                                                                                                          
         Manufacturing...................................  15,125    3,631     24.0   10,659    2,638     24.7    4,466      993     22.2 
           Durable goods.................................   9,249    2,351     25.4    6,881    1,794     26.1    2,368      558     23.6 
           Nondurable goods..............................   5,875    1,280     21.8    3,777      844     22.3    2,098      436     20.8 
                                                                                                                                          
         Wholesale and retail trade......................  14,008    4,100     29.3    8,717    2,544     29.2    5,291    1,557     29.4 
           Wholesale trade...............................   3,771    1,209     32.1    2,698      910     33.7    1,072      300     27.9 
           Retail trade..................................  10,237    2,891     28.2    6,019    1,634     27.1    4,219    1,257     29.8 
                                                                                                                                          
         Transportation and utilities....................   4,226    1,086     25.7    3,454      906     26.2      771      179     23.2 
           Transportation and warehousing................   3,482      912     26.2    2,858      767     26.8      624      145     23.3 
           Utilities.....................................     744      173     23.3      596      139     23.4      147       34     23.0 
                                                                                                                                          
         Information (3).................................   2,716      948     34.9    1,674      600     35.8    1,041      348     33.4 
           Publishing, except Internet...................     648      274     42.3      364      165     45.4      284      109     38.4 
           Motion picture and sound recording                                                                                             
            industries...................................     211       74     35.3      162       62     38.5       49       12     (2)  
           Broadcasting, except Internet.................     512      116     22.7      319       79     24.7      193       37     19.4 
           Telecommunications............................   1,180      419     35.5      732      254     34.7      448      164     36.7 
                                                                                                                                          
         Financial activities............................   7,341    2,767     37.7    3,117    1,323     42.4    4,224    1,444     34.2 
           Finance and insurance.........................   5,537    2,056     37.1    2,100      943     44.9    3,437    1,113     32.4 
             Finance.....................................   3,633    1,218     33.5    1,443      584     40.5    2,190      633     28.9 
             Insurance...................................   1,904      838     44.0      657      359     54.6    1,247      480     38.5 
           Real estate and rental and leasing............   1,805      711     39.4    1,017      380     37.3      787      332     42.1 
                                                                                                                                          
         Professional and business services..............   8,997    3,381     37.6    5,342    2,072     38.8    3,655    1,309     35.8 
           Professional and technical services...........   5,476    2,570     46.9    3,113    1,596     51.3    2,364      974     41.2 
           Management, administrative, and waste                                                                                          
            services.....................................   3,521      811     23.0    2,229      477     21.4    1,292      335     25.9 
                                                                                                                                          
         Education and health services...................  12,485    3,202     25.6    2,969      862     29.0    9,517    2,339     24.6 
           Educational services..........................   2,260      541     23.9      812      246     30.3    1,448      295     20.4 
           Health care and social assistance.............  10,226    2,661     26.0    2,157      616     28.6    8,069    2,045     25.3 
                                                                                                                                          
         Leisure and hospitality.........................   6,111    1,686     27.6    3,458      956     27.6    2,653      730     27.5 
           Arts, entertainment, and recreation...........   1,134      312     27.5      630      165     26.2      504      147     29.2 
           Accommodation and food services...............   4,977    1,374     27.6    2,828      791     28.0    2,149      583     27.1 
             Accomodation................................   1,123      252     22.4      546      147     26.9      577      105     18.2 
             Food services and drinking places...........   3,854    1,122     29.1    2,282      644     28.2    1,572      478     30.4 
                                                                                                                                          
         Other services..................................   3,911    1,502     38.4    2,158      801     37.1    1,753      701     40.0 
           Other services, except private households.....   3,584    1,370     38.2    2,140      792     37.0    1,444      577     40.0 
           Other services, private households............     327      132     40.4       18        9     (2)       309      123     39.9 
                                                                                                                                          
     Public sector.......................................  16,909    3,433     20.3    7,688    1,734     22.6    9,221    1,699     18.4 
       Federal government................................   2,786      803     28.8    1,617      453     28.0    1,169      351     30.0 
       State government..................................   4,724    1,340     28.4    2,089      640     30.7    2,635      700     26.6 
       Local government..................................   9,399    1,289     13.7    3,982      641     16.1    5,417      648     12.0 

       1 Includes persons who did not provide information on flexible schedules.
       2 Percent not shown where base is less than 75,000.
       3 Includes other industries not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all self-employed persons,
     regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.




   
     Table 3.  Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by formal flexitime program status, occupation,
     and industry, May 2004
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                      With a formal flexitime program  
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                                                                           With                                Percent 
                   Occupation and industry                  Total (1)    flexible                 Percent of      of   
                                                                         schedules     Number        total     workers 
                                                                                                   employed      with  
                                                                                                               flexible
                                                                                                              schedules
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
                          OCCUPATION                                                                                   
                                                                                                                       
     Total, 16 years and over............................    99,778       27,411       10,642         10.7       38.8  
                                                                                                                       
     Management, professional, and related occupations...    36,200       13,325        5,137         14.2       38.6  
       Management, business, and financial operations                                                                  
        occupations......................................    14,496        6,483        2,293         15.8       35.4  
         Management occupations..........................    10,036        4,598        1,436         14.3       31.2  
         Business and financial operations occupations...     4,461        1,885          857         19.2       45.5  
       Professional and related occupations..............    21,704        6,842        2,844         13.1       41.6  
         Computer and mathematical occupations...........     2,683        1,405          729         27.1       51.8  
         Architecture and engineering occupations........     2,478        1,080          509         20.5       47.1  
         Life, physical, and social science                                                                            
          occupations....................................     1,016          483          203         19.9       42.0  
         Community and social services occupations.......     1,866          860          325         17.4       37.8  
         Legal occupations...............................     1,118          497          140         12.6       28.2  
         Education, training, and library occupations....     6,414          843          278          4.3       33.0  
         Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                
          occupations....................................     1,502          613          272         18.1       44.4  
         Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                         
          occupations....................................     4,626        1,060          389          8.4       36.6  
                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations.................................    13,423        2,849        1,188          8.9       41.7  
       Healthcare support occupations....................     1,908          315          139          7.3       44.3  
       Protective service occupations....................     2,224          419          192          8.6       45.8  
       Food preparation and serving related                                                                            
        occupations......................................     3,881          972          423         10.9       43.5  
       Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                   
        occupations......................................     3,481          531          178          5.1       33.5  
       Personal care and service occupations.............     1,929          612          256         13.3       41.8  
                                                                                                                       
     Sales and office occupations........................    24,359        7,196        2,734         11.2       38.0  
       Sales and related occupations.....................     9,634        3,669        1,175         12.2       32.0  
       Office and administrative support occupations.....    14,724        3,527        1,559         10.6       44.2  
                                                                                                                       
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                  
        occupations......................................    10,848        1,908          697          6.4       36.5  
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........       744          172           47          6.3       27.1  
       Construction and extraction occupations...........     5,825          942          416          7.1       44.2  
       Installation, maintenance, and repair                                                                           
        occupations......................................     4,280          795          234          5.5       29.5  
                                                                                                                       
     Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                   
        occupations......................................    14,948        2,133          885          5.9       41.5  
       Production occupations............................     8,281        1,030          490          5.9       47.6  
       Transportation and material moving occupations....     6,666        1,102          395          5.9       35.8  

                           INDUSTRY
                                                                                                                       
     Private sector......................................    82,870       23,978        8,816         10.6       36.8  
                                                                                                                       
       Agriculture and related industries................       888          233           53          6.0       22.9  
                                                                                                                       
       Nonagricultural industries........................    81,982       23,745        8,762         10.7       36.9  
                                                                                                                       
         Mining..........................................       446          102           47         10.5       46.1  
                                                                                                                       
         Construction....................................     6,617        1,341          493          7.5       36.8  
                                                                                                                       
         Manufacturing...................................    15,125        3,631        1,618         10.7       44.6  
           Durable goods.................................     9,249        2,351        1,061         11.5       45.1  
           Nondurable goods..............................     5,875        1,280          557          9.5       43.5  
                                                                                                                       
         Wholesale and retail trade......................    14,008        4,100        1,302          9.3       31.8  
           Wholesale trade...............................     3,771        1,209          300          8.0       24.8  
           Retail trade..................................    10,237        2,891        1,002          9.8       34.6  
                                                                                                                       
         Transportation and utilities....................     4,226        1,086          432         10.2       39.8  
           Transportation and warehousing................     3,482          912          335          9.6       36.7  
           Utilities.....................................       744          173           97         13.0       55.9  
                                                                                                                       
         Information (2).................................     2,716          948          371         13.7       39.2  
           Publishing, except Internet...................       648          274          102         15.8       37.3  
           Motion picture and sound recording                                                                          
            industries...................................       211           74           33         15.9       (3)   
           Broadcasting, except Internet.................       512          116           43          8.4       37.2  
           Telecommunications............................     1,180          419          170         14.4       40.5  
                                                                                                                       
         Financial activities............................     7,341        2,767        1,066         14.5       38.5  
           Finance and insurance.........................     5,537        2,056          868         15.7       42.2  
             Finance.....................................     3,633        1,218          425         11.7       34.9  
             Insurance...................................     1,904          838          443         23.3       52.9  
           Real estate and rental and leasing............     1,805          711          198         11.0       27.9  
                                                                                                                       
         Professional and business services..............     8,997        3,381        1,294         14.4       38.3  
           Professional and technical services...........     5,476        2,570          991         18.1       38.6  
           Management, administrative, and waste                                                                       
            services.....................................     3,521          811          303          8.6       37.3  
                                                                                                                       
         Education and health services...................    12,485        3,202        1,118          9.0       34.9  
           Educational services..........................     2,260          541          156          6.9       28.8  
           Health care and social assistance.............    10,226        2,661          962          9.4       36.2  
                                                                                                                       
         Leisure and hospitality.........................     6,111        1,686          598          9.8       35.4  
           Arts, entertainment, and recreation...........     1,134          312           84          7.4       27.1  
           Accommodation and food services...............     4,977        1,374          513         10.3       37.4  
             Accomodation................................     1,123          252          105          9.3       41.5  
             Food services and drinking places...........     3,854        1,122          408         10.6       36.4  
                                                                                                                       
         Other services..................................     3,911        1,502          422         10.8       28.1  
           Other services, except private households.....     3,584        1,370          404         11.3       29.5  
           Other services, private households............       327          132           18          5.5       13.6  
                                                                                                                       
     Public sector.......................................    16,909        3,433        1,826         10.8       53.2  
       Federal government................................     2,786          803          561         20.1       69.9  
       State government..................................     4,724        1,340          665         14.1       49.6  
       Local government..................................     9,399        1,289          600          6.4       46.5  

       1 Includes persons who did not provide information on flexible schedules.
       2 Includes other industries not shown separately.
       3 Percent not shown where base is less than 75,000.
       NOTE:  Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all
     self-employed persons, regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.




 
     Table 4.  Shift usually worked: Full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
     
     (Percent distribution)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                               Shift workers                      
                                                      Total                                                                       
                                                     workers   Regular                                                            
                    Characteristic                     (1)     daytime                           Rotat-          Employer-        
                                                     (thou-    schedule  Total  Evening  Night    ing    Split   arranged   Other 
                                                     sands)                      shift   shift   shift   shift   irregular  shift 
                                                                                                                 schedule         
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                      AGE AND SEX                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                  
       Total 16 years and over....................   99,778      84.6     14.8     4.7     3.2     2.5     0.5       3.1      0.7 
     16 to 19 years...............................    1,427      64.9     34.6    14.5     4.4     6.1     1.0       8.3       .2 
     20 years and over............................   98,351      84.9     14.6     4.6     3.2     2.5      .5       3.0       .7 
       20 to 24 years.............................    9,004      76.8     22.3     8.8     3.7     3.3      .9       4.6       .9 
       25 to 34 years.............................   24,640      84.1     15.2     5.0     3.4     2.7      .5       2.8       .8 
       35 to 44 years.............................   26,766      85.4     14.1     4.1     3.2     2.5      .4       3.1       .7 
       45 to 54 years.............................   24,855      86.8     12.8     3.6     3.2     2.3      .5       2.5       .7 
       55 to 64 years.............................   11,745      87.1     12.5     3.8     2.6     2.0      .4       3.0       .7 
       65 years and over..........................    1,341      88.8     10.3     3.5     1.8     1.4      .5       2.9       .2 
                                                                                                                                  
     Men..........................................   56,412      82.7     16.7     5.2     3.6     2.8      .5       3.6       .9 
     Women........................................   43,366      87.0     12.4     4.1     2.8     2.2      .5       2.4       .4 
                                                                                                                                  
         RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
     White........................................   80,498      85.8     13.7     4.1     3.0     2.3      .5       3.1       .7 
     Black or African American....................   12,578      78.0     20.8     7.9     4.5     4.1      .4       3.0       .7 
     Asian........................................    4,136      83.6     15.7     5.4     4.1     1.6     1.2       2.6       .8 
     Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.................   14,110      83.1     16.0     5.8     3.9     2.1      .6       2.6       .9 
                                                                                                                                  
              MARITAL STATUS AND PRESENCE                                                                                         
                  AND AGE OF CHILDREN                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                  
     Men:                                                                                                                         
       Married, spouse present....................   34,926      84.8     14.9     3.9     3.3     2.9      .5       3.4       .9 
       Not married................................   21,486      79.5     19.7     7.4     3.9     2.6      .7       4.0      1.0 
         Never married............................   14,469      78.6     20.6     8.1     3.8     2.6      .8       4.2      1.0 
         Other marital status.....................    7,018      81.4     17.8     5.9     4.2     2.8      .4       3.6      1.0 
                                                                                                                                  
       Without own children under 18..............   34,680      81.8     17.6     6.0     3.6     2.7      .6       3.8       .9 
       With own children under 18.................   21,733      84.3     15.3     4.0     3.6     3.0      .5       3.2      1.0 
         With youngest child 6 to 17..............   11,477      85.1     14.6     3.9     3.2     3.1      .2       3.4       .8 
         With youngest child under 6..............   10,256      83.5     16.1     4.2     3.9     2.9      .8       3.0      1.2 
                                                                                                                                  
     Women:                                                                                                                       
       Married, spouse present....................   22,704      90.4      9.2     2.8     2.4     1.4      .3       1.9       .3 
       Not married................................   20,662      83.2     16.0     5.6     3.2     3.0      .6       2.9       .6 
         Never married............................   10,676      81.2     17.9     6.3     3.0     3.6      .8       3.6       .6 
         Other marital status.....................    9,986      85.5     13.9     4.8     3.5     2.3      .4       2.1       .6 
                                                                                                                                  
       Without own children under 18..............   27,081      86.4     13.0     4.1     2.7     2.5      .6       2.7       .4 
       With own children under 18.................   16,285      87.9     11.5     4.3     2.9     1.7      .3       1.9       .4 
         With youngest child 6 to 17..............   10,262      89.1     10.5     3.4     3.0     1.6      .2       1.8       .5 
         With youngest child under 6..............    6,023      86.0     13.2     5.8     2.7     1.8      .4       2.1       .4 

       1 Includes persons who did not provide information on shift usually worked.
       NOTE:  Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all self-employed
     persons, regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin
     groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both
     the white and black population groups.  Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children.  Not
     included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.




   
     Table 5.  Shift usually worked:  Full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry, May 2004
     
     (Percent distribution)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                    Shift workers                      
                                                             Total                                                                     
                                                            workers   Regular                                                          
                   Occupation and industry                    (1)     daytime                          Rotat-         Employer-        
                                                            (thou-   schedule  Total  Evening  Night    ing    Split   arranged  Other 
                                                            sands)                     shift   shift   shift   shift  irregular  shift 
                                                                                                                       schedule        
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                          OCCUPATION                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                       
     Total, 16 years and over............................   99,778      84.6    14.8     4.7     3.2     2.5     0.5      3.1      0.7 
                                                                                                                                       
     Management, professional, and related occupations...   36,200      91.9     7.6     1.7     1.6     1.3      .3      2.2       .5 
       Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                  
        occupations......................................   14,496      94.6     5.0     1.1      .5      .9      .2      2.0       .3 
         Management occupations..........................   10,036      93.6     6.1     1.4      .5     1.1      .3      2.4       .4 
         Business and financial operations occupations...    4,461      96.8     2.7      .5      .6      .4      .1       .9       .2 
       Professional and related occupations..............   21,704      90.1     9.4     2.1     2.4     1.6      .3      2.3       .7 
         Computer and mathematical occupations...........    2,683      95.2     4.1     1.1     1.3      .8      .3       .4       .4 
         Architecture and engineering occupations........    2,478      95.7     3.9      .9     1.2      .7      .1       .7       .4 
         Life, physical, and social science                                                                                            
          occupations....................................    1,016      93.9     5.8     1.1     1.4     2.0     -        1.2       .1 
         Community and social services occupations.......    1,866      87.0    12.7     1.9     1.3     2.2      .3      4.9      2.0 
         Legal occupations...............................    1,118      97.4     1.8     -       -       -        .2      1.4       .2 
         Education, training, and library occupations....    6,414      97.3     2.3      .6      .1      .2      .4       .9       .2 
         Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                                
          occupations....................................    1,502      84.7    14.7     3.1     1.6     2.2      .4      6.0      1.2 
         Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                                         
          occupations....................................    4,626      74.5    24.6     5.8     8.3     4.4      .5      4.4      1.1 
                                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations.................................   13,423      66.5    32.6    12.5     6.2     5.2     1.4      5.5      1.7 
       Healthcare support occupations....................    1,908      70.4    28.0    12.5     7.1     3.8      .7      3.1       .7 
       Protective service occupations....................    2,224      48.3    50.6    14.4    12.9    11.9      .6      6.2      4.3 
       Food preparation and serving related                                                                                            
        occupations......................................    3,881      58.7    40.4    17.6     3.4     5.8     3.3      8.9      1.1 
       Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                                   
        occupations......................................    3,481      82.1    17.5     8.3     5.4     1.5      .5      1.1       .7 
       Personal care and service occupations.............    1,929      70.9    28.1     7.3     4.6     4.5     1.0      8.1      2.7 
                                                                                                                                       
     Sales and office occupations........................   24,359      87.3    12.0     3.5     2.6     2.3      .3      2.8       .3 
       Sales and related occupations.....................    9,634      83.8    15.2     3.5     1.9     3.8      .6      5.0       .4 
       Office and administrative support occupations.....   14,724      89.6     9.9     3.6     3.0     1.4      .2      1.4       .3 
                                                                                                                                       
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                  
        occupations......................................   10,848      92.0     7.5     2.1     1.9     1.3      .1      1.5       .5 
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........      744      89.8     9.8      .6     2.4     1.4     1.0      2.4      2.0 
       Construction and extraction occupations...........    5,825      95.1     4.4      .8      .8     1.2      .1      1.3       .3 
       Installation, maintenance, and repair                                                                                           
        occupations......................................    4,280      88.2    11.4     4.3     3.4     1.5     -        1.7       .5 
                                                                                                                                       
     Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                   
        occupations......................................   14,948      73.3    26.2     9.1     6.5     4.2      .8      4.6      1.1 
       Production occupations............................    8,281      75.0    24.4    10.1     7.1     4.7      .3      1.4       .8 
       Transportation and material moving occupations....    6,666      71.2    28.5     7.8     5.7     3.7     1.4      8.4      1.5 

                           INDUSTRY
                                                                                                                                       
     Private sector......................................   82,870      84.0    15.4     5.0     3.3     2.6     0.5      3.3      0.7 
                                                                                                                                       
       Agriculture and related industries................      888      90.1     9.9     1.4     2.3     1.1     1.0      3.2      1.0 
                                                                                                                                       
       Nonagricultural industries........................   81,982      83.9    15.5     5.1     3.3     2.6      .5      3.3       .7 
                                                                                                                                       
         Mining..........................................      446      68.0    31.9     3.6     4.9    15.1      .2      6.1      2.1 
                                                                                                                                       
         Construction....................................    6,617      96.6     2.9      .5      .5      .3     -        1.3       .2 
                                                                                                                                       
         Manufacturing...................................   15,125      81.5    18.1     7.2     5.2     3.3      .3      1.2       .8 
           Durable goods.................................    9,249      85.3    14.4     6.7     4.2     1.9      .2       .7       .7 
           Nondurable goods..............................    5,875      75.6    23.8     8.1     6.8     5.4      .5      1.9      1.1 
                                                                                                                                       
         Wholesale and retail trade......................   14,008      82.9    16.3     4.4     3.2     3.6      .4      4.1       .5 
           Wholesale trade...............................    3,771      91.5     8.0     2.7     1.8      .7      .1      2.3       .2 
           Retail trade..................................   10,237      79.8    19.4     5.0     3.7     4.6      .5      4.8       .6 
                                                                                                                                       
         Transportation and utilities....................    4,226      71.4    27.9     5.0     4.8     4.0     1.7     11.0      1.3 
           Transportation and warehousing................    3,482      67.5    31.8     5.6     5.6     3.9     1.9     13.1      1.4 
           Utilities.....................................      744      89.5     9.5     1.9      .8     4.4      .9      1.1       .5 
                                                                                                                                       
         Information (2).................................    2,716      87.3    11.7     4.2     2.4     1.7      .1      2.6       .6 
           Publishing, except Internet...................      648      87.6    10.3     2.3     3.6      .8      .3      2.0      1.3 
           Motion picture and sound recording                                                                                          
            industries...................................      211      85.0    15.0     5.5     2.2     1.8     -        5.5      -   
           Broadcasting, except Internet.................      512      84.4    15.0     6.4      .1     2.9      .3      3.3      1.3 
           Telecommunications............................    1,180      88.8    10.5     3.6     2.7     1.9     -        2.3      -   
                                                                                                                                       
         Financial activities............................    7,341      94.0     5.4     2.0      .6      .6      .1      1.8       .3 
           Finance and insurance.........................    5,537      96.7     2.8     1.2      .4      .5      .1       .5       .1 
             Finance.....................................    3,633      96.8     2.6     1.2      .5      .5     -         .3       .1 
             Insurance...................................    1,904      96.5     3.1     1.2      .3      .4      .2       .8       .2 
           Real estate and rental and leasing............    1,805      85.6    13.4     4.3     1.4     1.0      .2      5.9       .7 
                                                                                                                                       
         Professional and business services..............    8,997      92.0     7.8     2.7     2.4      .7      .1      1.4       .5 
           Professional and technical services...........    5,476      96.5     3.2      .6      .5      .4      .1      1.3       .4 
           Management, administrative, and waste                                                                                       
            services.....................................    3,521      84.9    15.0     6.1     5.3     1.1      .2      1.5       .8 
                                                                                                                                       
         Education and health services...................   12,485      83.2    16.0     5.5     4.5     2.4      .5      2.3       .7 
           Educational services..........................    2,260      93.9     5.6     3.0      .4      .3      .5      1.3       .2 
           Health care and social assistance.............   10,226      80.9    18.3     6.0     5.4     2.9      .5      2.6       .8 
                                                                                                                                       
         Leisure and hospitality.........................    6,111      60.8    38.3    15.2     4.8     5.2     2.4      9.4      1.2 
           Arts, entertainment, and recreation...........    1,134      67.7    31.9    10.2     7.9     1.6      .7      9.2      2.1 
           Accommodation and food services...............    4,977      59.3    39.8    16.4     4.1     6.0     2.9      9.5      1.0 
             Accomodation................................    1,123      70.2    29.4    11.1     6.6     4.2      .7      5.9       .9 
             Food services and drinking places...........    3,854      56.1    42.8    17.9     3.3     6.6     3.5     10.5      1.0 
                                                                                                                                       
         Other services..................................    3,911      88.9    10.6     1.5     1.0     1.9      .3      4.8      1.0 
           Other services, except private households.....    3,584      89.3    10.3     1.4     1.0     1.9      .3      4.9       .8 
           Other services, private households............      327      85.0    14.1     3.3      .6     2.7      .6      4.0      3.0 
                                                                                                                                       
     Public sector.......................................   16,909      87.6    11.9     3.4     2.9     2.4      .4      1.9       .9 
       Federal government................................    2,786      84.8    14.7     4.4     4.9     1.2      .2      3.1       .7 
       State government..................................    4,724      87.9    11.5     3.8     3.3     1.9      .4      1.4       .7 
       Local government..................................    9,399      88.3    11.3     2.9     2.0     3.0      .4      1.8      1.1 

       1 Includes persons who did not provide information on shift usually worked.
       2 Includes other industries not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all self-employed persons,
     regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.  Dash represents zero.





     Table 6.  Full-time wage and salary shift workers by reason for working a non-daytime schedule, May 2004
     
     (Percent distribution)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                      Total                                           Employer-          
       Reason for working a non-daytime schedule      shift    Evening    Night    Rotating   Split    arranged   Other  
                                                     workers    shift     shift     shift     shift   irregular   shift  
                                                       (1)                                             schedule          
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
         Number (2) (thousands)...................   14,805     4,736     3,221     2,526       497     3,064       715 
         Percent (2)..............................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                        
       Better arrangements for family or child                                                                          
          care....................................      8.2      11.0      15.9       1.6       5.8       2.6       4.3 
       Better pay.................................      6.8       7.1      10.1       6.5       6.0       3.5       6.1 
       Allows time for school.....................      3.2       6.0       2.5       1.4       3.7       1.5       1.8 
       Could not get any other job................      8.1      13.9       8.2       5.5       3.8       3.2       3.2 
       Nature of the job..........................     54.6      37.8      32.8      76.7      70.3      80.4      68.3 
       Personal preference........................     11.5      15.9      21.0       3.0       5.9       3.6       8.0 
       Some other reason..........................      5.6       6.2       7.0       3.8       3.9       4.6       7.1 

       1 Includes persons who worked a non-daytime schedule, but did not report the shift worked.
       2 Includes persons who worked a non-daytime schedule, but did not report a reason.
       NOTE:  Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all
     self-employed persons, regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.



       
  
     Table 7.  Beginning and ending hours: Full-time wage and salary workers, May 2004
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
                                                        Beginning time                 Ending time         
                                                                                                         
                       Time                                                                              
                                                 Number of        Percent       Number of       Percent   
                                                  workers                        workers                  
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         
     Total, 16 years and over................     99,778           100.0         99,778          100.0    
                                                                                                         
                       A.M.                                                                              
                                                                                                         
       12:30 to 1:29.........................        136             .1            464             .5    
       1:30 to 2:29..........................        104             .1            325             .3    
       2:30 to 3:29..........................        197             .2            363             .4    
       3:30 to 4:29..........................        487             .5            303             .3    
       4:30 to 5:29..........................      1,686            1.7            360             .4    
       5:30 to 6:29..........................      6,911            6.9            529             .5    
         5:30 to 5:59........................        958            1.0             88             .1    
         6:00 to 6:29........................      5,953            6.0            441             .4    
       6:30 to 7:29..........................     19,636           19.7          1,373            1.4    
         6:30 to 6:59........................      3,488            3.5            202             .2    
         7:00 to 7:29........................     16,148           16.2          1,171            1.2    
       7:30 to 8:29..........................     31,690           31.8            741             .7    
         7:30 to 7:59........................      9,164            9.2            319             .3    
         8:00 to 8:29........................     22,526           22.6            422             .4    
       8:30 to 9:29..........................     13,383           13.4            177             .2    
         8:30 to 8:59........................      6,140            6.2             79             .1    
         9:00 to 9:29........................      7,243            7.3             98             .1    
       9:30 to 10:29.........................      2,244            2.2             97             .1    
       10:30 to 11:29........................        645             .6            106             .1    
                                                                                                         
     11:30 A.M. to 12:29 P.M.................        451             .5            192             .2    
                                                                                                         
                       P.M.                                                                              
                                                                                                         
       12:30 to 1:29.........................        346             .3            492             .5    
       1:30 to 2:29..........................        921             .9          1,796            1.8    
       2:30 to 3:29..........................      1,869            1.9          7,550            7.6    
         2:30 to 2:59........................        358             .4          2,267            2.3    
         3:00 to 3:29........................      1,511            1.5          5,282            5.3    
       3:30 to 4:29..........................      1,195            1.2         16,455           16.5    
         3:30 to 3:59........................        306             .3          6,573            6.6    
         4:00 to 4:29........................        889             .9          9,882            9.9    
       4:30 to 5:29..........................        543             .5         27,848           27.9    
         4:30 to 4:59........................        158             .2          7,914            7.9    
         5:00 to 5:29........................        386             .4         19,934           20.0    
       5:30 to 6:29..........................        503             .5         11,644           11.7    
         5:30 to 5:59........................         95             .1          5,131            5.1    
         6:00 to 6:29........................        408             .4          6,513            6.5    
       6:30 to 7:29..........................        627             .6          4,511            4.5    
       7:30 to 8:29..........................        488             .5          1,811            1.8    
       8:30 to 9:29..........................        262             .3            954            1.0    
       9:30 to 10:29.........................        513             .5          1,125            1.1    
       10:30 to 11:29........................        979            1.0          1,856            1.9    
                                                                                                         
     11:30 P.M. to 12:29 A.M.................        330             .3          1,170            1.2    
                                                                                                         
     Time varies.............................     12,131           12.2         15,947           16.0    
                                                                                                         
     Actual time not available...............      1,504            1.5          1,589            1.6    

        NOTE:  Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude
     all self-employed persons, regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated.