For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, June 16, 2015 USDL-15-1162 

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PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS —2014 

In 2014, 17.1 percent of persons with a disability were employed, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

reported today. In contrast, the employment-population ratio for those without a disability was 64.6 

percent. The ratio for persons with a disability declined by 0.5 percentage point from 2013 to 2014, 

while the ratio for those with no disability increased by 0.6 percentage point. The unemployment rate of 

persons with a disability edged down to 12.5 percent from 2013 to 2014, while the rate for those without 

a disability declined to 5.9 percent. 

The data on persons with a disability are collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a 

monthly sample survey of about 60,000 households that provides statistics on employment and 

unemployment in the United States. The collection of data on persons with a disability is sponsored by 

the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. For more information, see the 

Technical Note. 

Highlights from the 2014 data: 

 Persons with a disability were about three times as likely as those with no disability to be 

age 65 and over. (See table 1.) 

 For all age groups, the employment-population ratio was much lower for persons with a 

disability than for those with no disability. (See table 1.) 

 Unemployment rates were higher for persons with a disability than for those with no 

disability among all educational attainment groups. (See table 1.) 

 In 2014, 33 percent of workers with a disability were employed part time, compared with 

18 percent for those with no disability. (See table 2.) 

 Employed persons with a disability were more likely to be self-employed than those with 

no disability. (See table 4.) 
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Demographic characteristics 

Persons with a disability tend to be older than persons with no disability, reflecting the increased 

incidence of disability with age. In 2014, 47 percent of persons with a disability were age 65 and 

older, compared with 14 percent of those with no disability. Women were somewhat more likely 

to have a disability than men, partly reflecting the greater life expectancy of women. In 2014, the 

prevalence of a disability was higher for blacks and whites than for Hispanics and Asians. 

(See table 1.) 

Employment 

The employment-population ratio for persons with a disability declined from 17.6 percent to 17.1 

percent from 2013 to 2014. The ratio for those with no disability increased from 64.0 percent to 64.6 

percent. The lower ratio among persons with a disability reflects, in part, the older age profile of persons 

with a disability; older workers, regardless of disability status, are less likely to be employed. However, 

across all age groups, persons with a disability were much less likely to be employed than those with no 

disability. (See tables A and 1.) 

Persons with a disability are less likely to have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher than those with 

no disability. Among both groups, those who have completed higher levels of education were more 

likely to be employed than those with less education. However, at all levels of education, persons with 

a disability were much less likely to be employed than were their counterparts with no disability. 

(Educational attainment data are presented for those age 25 and over.) (See table 1.) 

Workers with a disability were more likely to be employed part time than those with no disability. 

Among those with a disability, 33 percent usually worked part time in 2014, compared with 18 percent 

of workers without a disability. A slightly larger proportion of workers with a disability worked part 

time for economic reasons than those with no disability (7 percent compared with 5 percent). These 

individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable 

to find a full-time job. (See table 2.) 

Workers with a disability were more likely than those with no disability to work in production, 

transportation, and material moving occupations (15 percent compared with 12 percent). Workers with a 

disability were less likely to work in management, professional, and related occupations than those 

without a disability (31 percent compared with 39 percent). (See table 3.) 

In 2014, 15 percent of workers with a disability were employed in federal, state, and local government, 

about the same percentage as those with no disability (14 percent). Seventy-four percent of workers with 

a disability were employed as private wage and salary workers, compared with 80 percent of those with 

no disability. A larger proportion of workers with a disability were self-employed than were those with 

no disability (11 percent versus 6 percent). (See table 4.) 

Unemployment 

The unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 12.5 percent in 2014, about twice the figure of 

5.9 percent for those with no disability. (Unemployed persons are those who did not have a job, were 

available for work, and were actively looking for a job in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.) The 

unemployment rate for persons with a disability edged down by 0.7 percentage point in 2014, while the 

rate for persons with no disability declined by 1.1 percentage points. (See tables A and 1.) 
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Among persons with a disability, the unemployment rate was the same for both men and women in 2014 

(12.5 percent); the figure for men was little changed from 2013, while that for women edged down. 

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the jobless rates for whites and Hispanics were down over 

the year, while the rates for blacks and Asians showed little or no change. As is the case among those 

without a disability, the unemployment rates in 2014 for those with a disability were higher among 

blacks (21.6 percent) and Hispanics (16.1 percent) than among whites (11.2 percent) and Asians (8.6 

percent). (See table 1.) 

Not in the labor force 

Persons who are neither employed nor unemployed are not in the labor force. As was the case in 2013, a 

large proportion of persons with a disability—about 8 in 10—were not in the labor force in 2014, 

compared with about 3 in 10 of those with no disability. In part, this reflects the fact that many of those 

with a disability are age 65 and over, and older persons are, in general, less likely to participate in the 

labor force compared with younger age groups. Across all age groups, however, persons with a 

disability were more likely to be out of the labor force than those with no disability. (See table 1.) 

Among those not in the labor force with or without a disability, the vast majority reported that they do 

not want a job. In 2014, about 1 percent of persons with a disability were marginally attached to the 

labor force, compared with 3 percent of those with no disability. These individuals were not in the labor 

force, wanted and were available to work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. 

They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding 

the survey. (See table 5.) 
Table A. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by disability status and age, 2013 and

2014 annual averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

2013 2014

Total, 16

years

and over

16 to 64

years

65 years

and over

Total, 16

years

and over

16 to 64

years

65 years

and over

PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 28,634 15,450 13,184 29,219 15,612 13,606

Civilian labor force.................................................. 5,820 4,858 962 5,699 4,717 981

Participation rate.................................................. 20.3 31.4 7.3 19.5 30.2 7.2

Employed.......................................................... 5,050 4,145 904 4,985 4,062 923

Employment-population ratio................................. 17.6 26.8 6.9 17.1 26.0 6.8

Unemployed....................................................... 770 713 58 714 656 58

Unemployment rate............................................ 13.2 14.7 6.0 12.5 13.9 5.9

Not in labor force.................................................... 22,814 10,592 12,222 23,520 10,895 12,625

PERSONS WITH NO DISABILITY

Civilian noninstitutional population................................... 217,045 186,817 30,228 218,728 187,375 31,353

Civilian labor force.................................................. 149,569 142,415 7,154 150,223 142,847 7,376

Participation rate.................................................. 68.9 76.2 23.7 68.7 76.2 23.5

Employed.......................................................... 138,880 132,103 6,777 141,320 134,273 7,048

Employment-population ratio................................. 64.0 70.7 22.4 64.6 71.7 22.5

Unemployed....................................................... 10,689 10,313 377 8,903 8,574 329

Unemployment rate............................................ 7.1 7.2 5.3 5.9 6.0 4.5

Not in labor force.................................................... 67,476 44,402 23,074 68,505 44,528 23,977

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
Technical Note

 The estimates in this release are based on annual 

average data obtained from the Current Population 

Survey (CPS). The CPS, which is conducted by the 

U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS), is a monthly survey of about 60,000 eligible 

households that provides information on the labor 

force status, demographics, and other characteristics

of the nation's civilian noninstitutional population age 

16 and over. 

 Questions were added to the CPS in June 2008 to 

identify persons with a disability in the civilian 

noninstitutional population age 16 and older. The

addition of these questions allowed the BLS to begin 

releasing monthly labor force data from the CPS for 

persons with a disability. The collection of these data 

is sponsored by the Department of Labor's Office of 

Disability Employment Policy.

 Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory-impaired individuals upon request. Voice 

phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service:

(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 component 

of this difference that occurs because samples differ 

by chance is known as sampling error, and its 

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.

 Additional information about the reliability of data 

from the CPS and estimating standard errors is 

available at

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability.

 CPS estimates are controlled to population totals 

that are available by age, sex, race, and Hispanic 

ethnicity. These controls are developed by the Census 

Bureau and are based on complete population counts 

obtained in the decennial census. In the years between 

decennial censuses, they incorporate the latest 

information about population change (births, deaths, 

and net international migration). As part of its annual 

update of population estimates, the Census Bureau 

introduces adjustments to the total population 

controls. The updated controls typically have a 

negligible impact on unemployment rates and other 

ratios. The estimates of the population of persons with 

a disability are not controlled to independent 

population totals of persons with a disability because 

such data are not available. Without independent 

population totals, sample-based estimates are more 

apt to vary from one time period to the next. 

Information about population controls is available at 

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop.

Disability questions and concepts

 The CPS uses a set of six questions to identify 

persons with disabilities. In the CPS, persons are 

classified as having a disability if there is a response 

of "yes" to any of these questions. The disability 

questions appear in the CPS in the following format: 

 This month we want to learn about people who have 

physical, mental, or emotional conditions that cause 

serious difficulty with their daily activities. Please 

answer for household members who are 15 years and 

older.

• Is anyone deaf or does anyone have serious 

difficulty hearing?

• Is anyone blind or does anyone have serious 

difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses?

• Because of a physical, mental, or emotional 

condition, does anyone have serious 

difficulty concentrating, remembering, or 

making decisions?

• Does anyone have serious difficulty walking 

or climbing stairs?

• Does anyone have difficulty dressing or 

bathing?
• Because of a physical, mental, or emotional 

condition, does anyone have difficulty doing 

errands alone such as visiting a doctor's 

office or shopping?

 The CPS questions for identifying individuals with 

disabilities are only asked of household members who 

are age 15 and older. Each of the questions ask the 

respondent whether anyone in the household has the 

condition described, and if the respondent replies 

"yes," they are then asked to identify everyone in the 

household who has the condition. Labor force 

measures from the CPS are tabulated for persons age 

16 and older. More information on the disability 

questions and the limitations of the CPS disability

data is available on the BLS website at 

www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_faq.htm.

Other definitions

 Other definitions used in this release are described 

briefly below. Additional information on the concepts 

and methodology of the CPS is available at

www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm.

 Employed. Employed persons are all those who, 

during the survey reference week, (a) did any work at 

all as paid employees; (b) worked in their own 

business, profession, or on their own farm; or (c) 

worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in a 

family member's business. Persons who were 

temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, 

bad weather, vacation, labor dispute, or another 

reason also are counted as employed. 

 Unemployed. Unemployed persons are those who 

had no employment during the reference week, were 

available for work at that time, and had made specific 

efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-

week period ending with the reference week. Persons 

who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which 

they had been laid off need not have been looking for 

work to be classified as unemployed.

 Civilian labor force. The civilian labor force

comprises all persons classified as employed or 

unemployed.

 Unemployment rate. The unemployment rate

represents the number of unemployed persons as a 

percent of the civilian labor force.

 Not in the labor force. Persons not in the labor force

include all those who are not classified as employed 

or unemployed. Information is collected on their 

desire for and availability to take a job at the time of 

the CPS interview, job search activity in the prior 

year, and reason for not looking in the 4-week period 

ending with the reference week. This group includes 

individuals marginally attached to the labor force, 

defined as persons not in the labor force who want and 

are available for a job and who have looked for work 

sometime in the past 12 months (or since the end of 

their last job if they held one within the past 12 

months). They are not counted as unemployed 

because they had not actively searched for work in the 

prior 4 weeks. Within the marginally attached group 

are discouraged workers—persons who are not 

currently looking for work because they believe there 

are no jobs available or there are none for which they 

would qualify. The other persons marginally attached 

to the labor force group includes persons who want a 

job but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks 

for reasons such as family responsibilities or 

transportation problems.

 Part time for economic reasons. Persons classified 

as at work part time for economic reasons, a measure 

sometimes referred to as involuntary part time, are 

those who gave an economic reason for working 1 to 

34 hours during the reference week. Economic 

reasons include slack work or unfavorable business

conditions, inability to find full-time work, and 

seasonal declines in demand. Those who usually work 

part time must also indicate that they want and are 

available for full-time work to be classified as part 

time for economic reasons. 

 Occupation, industry, and class of worker. The 

occupation, industry, and class of worker 

classifications for the employed relate to the job held 

in the survey reference week. Persons with two or 

more jobs are classified in the job at which they 

worked the greatest number of hours. Persons are 

classified using the 2010 Census occupational and 

2007 Census industry classification systems. The 

class-of-worker breakdown assigns workers to the 

following categories: Private and government wage 

and salary workers, self-employed workers, and 

unpaid family workers. Wage and salary workers

receive wages, salary, commissions, tips, or pay in 

kind from a private employer or from a government

unit. Self-employed persons are those who work for 

profit or fees in their own business, profession, trade, 

or farm. Only the unincorporated self-employed are

included in the self-employed category. Selfemployed persons who respond that their businesses 

are incorporated are included among wage and salary 

workers. Unpaid family workers are persons working 

without pay for 15 hours a week or more on a farm or 

in a business operated by a family member in their

household. 
Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by disability status and selected

characteristics, 2014 annual averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic

Civilian

noninstitutional

population

Civilian labor force

Not in

labor

Total force

Participation

rate

Employed Unemployed

Total Percent of

population Total Rate

TOTAL

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247,947 155,922 62.9 146,305 59.0 9,617 6.2 92,025

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,748 82,882 69.2 77,692 64.9 5,190 6.3 36,865

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,199 73,039 57.0 68,613 53.5 4,426 6.1 55,159

PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,219 5,699 19.5 4,985 17.1 714 12.5 23,520

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,580 3,108 22.9 2,719 20.0 389 12.5 10,472

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,639 2,591 16.6 2,266 14.5 325 12.5 13,047

Age

16 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,612 4,717 30.2 4,062 26.0 656 13.9 10,895

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585 137 23.5 81 13.8 56 41.0 448

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 368 43.9 274 32.6 95 25.7 471

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,783 757 42.5 622 34.9 135 17.9 1,026

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,127 748 35.2 645 30.3 103 13.8 1,379

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,058 1,196 29.5 1,057 26.0 139 11.6 2,863

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,220 1,511 24.3 1,384 22.2 128 8.4 4,709

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,606 981 7.2 923 6.8 58 5.9 12,625

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,551 4,719 20.0 4,189 17.8 530 11.2 18,833

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,871 598 15.5 469 12.1 129 21.6 3,273

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791 140 17.7 128 16.2 12 8.6 651

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,051 646 21.2 542 17.8 104 16.1 2,405

Educational attainment

Total, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,794 5,193 18.7 4,630 16.7 563 10.8 22,601

Less than a high school diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,917 557 9.4 468 7.9 89 16.0 5,359

High school graduates, no college1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,242 1,650 16.1 1,464 14.3 186 11.3 8,592

Some college or associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,088 1,690 23.8 1,510 21.3 181 10.7 5,398

Bachelor’s degree and higher2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,547 1,295 28.5 1,188 26.1 107 8.3 3,252

PERSONS WITH NO DISABILITY

Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,728 150,223 68.7 141,320 64.6 8,903 5.9 68,505

Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,168 79,775 75.1 74,974 70.6 4,801 6.0 26,393

Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,560 70,448 62.6 66,347 58.9 4,101 5.8 42,112

Age

16 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,375 142,847 76.2 134,273 71.7 8,574 6.0 44,528

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,048 5,517 34.4 4,467 27.8 1,050 19.0 10,532

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,240 15,273 71.9 13,620 64.1 1,653 10.8 5,967

25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,348 33,442 82.9 31,353 77.7 2,088 6.2 6,906

35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,438 31,758 84.8 30,322 81.0 1,436 4.5 5,680

45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,756 32,866 84.8 31,499 81.3 1,368 4.2 5,890

55 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,544 23,991 71.5 23,012 68.6 979 4.1 9,553

65 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,353 7,376 23.5 7,048 22.5 329 4.5 23,977

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171,947 118,609 69.0 112,599 65.5 6,010 5.1 53,338

Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,972 18,275 67.8 16,264 60.3 2,011 11.0 8,697

Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,993 8,620 66.3 8,197 63.1 424 4.9 4,373

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,349 24,724 69.9 22,950 64.9 1,774 7.2 10,625

Educational attainment

Total, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,440 129,434 71.3 123,233 67.9 6,201 4.8 52,006

Less than a high school diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,226 10,271 56.4 9,384 51.5 887 8.6 7,955

High school graduates, no college1

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,818 34,382 66.4 32,401 62.5 1,981 5.8 17,435

Some college or associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,606 35,630 73.3 33,789 69.5 1,841 5.2 12,976

Bachelor’s degree and higher2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,790 49,151 78.3 47,659 75.9 1,492 3.0 13,639

1

Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2

Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons

whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Table 2. Employed full- and part-time workers by disability status and age, 2014 annual averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Disability status and age

Employed At work

part time for

economic

reasons1

Total

Usually

work

full time

Usually

work

part time

TOTAL

16 years and over........................................................................ 146,305 118,718 27,587 7,213

16 to 64 years.......................................................................... 138,334 113,912 24,422 6,978

65 years and over...................................................................... 7,971 4,806 3,165 235

Persons with a disability

16 years and over........................................................................ 4,985 3,350 1,635 339

16 to 64 years.......................................................................... 4,062 2,871 1,191 306

65 years and over...................................................................... 923 479 444 33

Persons with no disability

16 years and over........................................................................ 141,320 115,368 25,952 6,875

16 to 64 years.......................................................................... 134,273 111,042 23,231 6,672

65 years and over...................................................................... 7,048 4,327 2,721 202

1 Refers to persons who, whether they usually work full or part time, worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as

slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand. Persons who usually work part time

for an economic reason, but worked 35 hours or more during the reference week are excluded. Also excludes employed persons who were absent

from their jobs for the entire reference week.

NOTE: Full time refers to persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part time refers to persons who usually work less than 35 hours per

week.
Table 3. Employed persons by disability status, occupation, and sex, 2014 annual averages

[Percent distribution]

Occupation

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Total Men Women Total Men Women

Total employed (in thousands)....................................... 4,985 2,719 2,266 141,320 74,974 66,347

Occupation as a percent of total employed

Total employed......................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Management, professional, and related occupations........... 31.2 29.6 33.1 38.6 35.1 42.5

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations..................................................... 13.5 15.5 11.0 15.9 16.8 14.9

Management occupations.................................... 9.9 12.1 7.2 11.1 12.8 9.2

Business and financial operations occupations............ 3.6 3.4 3.8 4.8 4.0 5.7

Professional and related occupations.......................... 17.7 14.0 22.2 22.6 18.3 27.6

Computer and mathematical occupations.................. 2.2 2.6 1.6 3.0 4.2 1.6

Architecture and engineering occupations.................. 1.6 2.4 0.6 1.9 3.1 0.6

Life, physical, and social science occupations............. 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9

Community and social service occupations................ 1.7 1.4 2.1 1.7 1.1 2.3

Legal occupations............................................. 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.4

Education, training, and library occupations................ 5.0 2.8 7.6 6.0 2.9 9.4

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations.................................................. 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . .. 3.8 1.6 6.3 5.9 2.9 9.3

Service occupations................................................ 20.3 16.1 25.5 17.6 14.4 21.2

Healthcare support occupations................................ 2.4 0.5 4.7 2.4 0.6 4.4

Protective service occupations................................. 2.4 3.4 1.1 2.1 3.2 1.0

Food preparation and serving related occupations.......... 5.2 3.7 6.9 5.6 4.7 6.5

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations..................................................... 6.0 6.7 5.1 3.9 4.4 3.3

Personal care and service occupations....................... 4.5 1.8 7.7 3.6 1.5 6.0

Sales and office occupations...................................... 24.2 17.6 32.2 22.8 16.4 30.0

Sales and related occupations.................................. 11.2 10.4 12.2 10.7 10.2 11.2

Office and administrative support occupations............... 13.0 7.2 20.0 12.1 6.2 18.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations........................................................ 8.9 15.5 1.0 9.3 16.7 0.9

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................... 0.7 1.0 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.3

Construction and extraction occupations...................... 4.7 8.2 0.5 5.2 9.6 0.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........... 3.5 6.3 0.2 3.3 6.0 0.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations........................................................ 15.3 21.3 8.2 11.8 17.5 5.4

Production occupations.......................................... 7.3 9.6 4.5 5.7 7.8 3.4

Transportation and material moving occupations............ 8.0 11.7 3.7 6.1 9.7 2.0
Table 4. Employed persons by disability status, industry, class of worker, and sex, 2014 annual averages

[Percent distribution]

Industry and class of worker

Persons with a disability Persons with no disability

Total Men Women Total Men Women

Total employed (in thousands)....................................... 4,985 2,719 2,266 141,320 74,974 66,347

Industry as a percent of total employed

Total employed......................................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Agriculture and related industries................................. 2.7 4.0 1.3 1.5 2.1 0.8

Nonagricultural industries.......................................... 97.3 96.0 98.7 98.5 97.9 99.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction................. 0.9 1.5 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.2

Construction....................................................... 6.2 10.2 1.4 6.7 11.6 1.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 10.5 14.2 6.0 10.3 13.7 6.5

Wholesale trade.................................................. 2.7 3.6 1.6 2.5 3.3 1.6

Retail trade........................................................ 13.1 12.2 14.3 11.3 11.0 11.6

Transportation and utilities...................................... 4.7 6.3 2.8 5.2 7.6 2.5

Information........................................................ 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.5 1.8

Financial activities................................................ 5.5 4.7 6.4 6.8 6.0 7.7

Professional and business services............................ 10.6 11.4 9.7 11.7 12.9 10.2

Education and health services.................................. 21.2 11.3 33.0 22.5 10.7 35.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 8.8 8.0 9.8 9.2 8.5 10.1

Other services.................................................... 6.0 5.6 6.5 4.9 4.3 5.5

Public administration............................................. 5.2 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.4

Class of worker as a percent of total employed

Total employed1

........................................................ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Wage and salary workers2

......................................... 88.8 87.1 90.8 93.7 92.8 94.7

Private industries................................................. 73.6 74.2 72.8 80.0 81.7 78.0

Government....................................................... 15.2 12.9 18.0 13.8 11.1 16.8

Federal.......................................................... 3.1 3.4 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.3

State............................................................. 5.2 4.0 6.6 4.3 3.3 5.4

Local............................................................. 6.9 5.4 8.7 7.1 5.4 9.1

Self-employed workers, unincorporated.......................... 11.1 12.8 9.0 6.2 7.2 5.2

1

Includes a small number of unpaid family workers, not shown separately.

2

Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
Table 5. Persons not in the labor force by disability status, age, and sex, 2014 annual averages

[Numbers in thousands]

Category

Total,

16 years and

over

16 to 64 years Total,

65 years and

Total Men Women over

PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY

Total not in the labor force.................................................... 23,520 10,895 5,201 5,694 12,625

Persons who currently want a job......................................... 717 510 258 252 207

Marginally attached to the labor force1

................................. 225 184 99 85 41

Discouraged workers2................................................. 68 52 34 18 16

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3............ 157 132 65 66 25

PERSONS WITH NO DISABILITY

Total not in the labor force.................................................... 68,505 44,528 16,284 28,244 23,977

Persons who currently want a job......................................... 5,606 5,008 2,293 2,715 598

Marginally attached to the labor force1

................................. 1,983 1,828 936 891 155

Discouraged workers2................................................. 671 604 362 242 67

Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3............ 1,312 1,224 575 649 88

1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference

week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks.

2

Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks

schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.

3

Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and

transportation problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined.