United States - Part time employment, total (% of total employment)

Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in United States was 25.25 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 30.78 in 2009, while its lowest value was 24.77 in 2019.

Definition: Part time employment refers to regular employment in which working time is substantially less than normal. Definitions of part time employment differ by country.

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

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Year Value
1994 29.67
1995 29.05
1996 29.04
1997 28.03
1998 29.45
1999 27.21
2000 25.94
2001 27.06
2002 26.79
2003 27.11
2004 27.19
2005 26.66
2006 26.43
2007 26.12
2008 26.78
2009 30.78
2010 28.88
2011 28.55
2012 27.79
2013 27.00
2014 27.30
2015 27.72
2016 26.39
2017 26.55
2018 25.32
2019 24.77
2020 27.98
2021 25.25

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: More and more women are working part-time and one of the concern is that part time work does not provide the stability that full time work does.

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity