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. 2020 Sep 12;6(4):207–228. doi: 10.1093/workar/waaa013

Table 3.

Percent in Each Employment State in January 2020, By Gender, Age, and Education

Women
20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70+
No college degree Retired 0.4 0.9 1.3 7.5 44.2 83.7
Disabled 2.6 4.4 7.2 14.0 11.6 4.4
NILF-other 27.3 24.8 19.0 13.1 7.1 2.2
Unemployed 4.7 3.5 2.7 1.8 1.1 0.3
Self-employed 0.1 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.1
Part-time, economic/unknown 3.6 2.3 1.8 1.6 0.7 0.5
Part-time, noneconomic 14.1 8.8 7.7 6.9 8.0 3.8
Full-time 44.4 50.2 53.7 49.1 24.3 4.5
Full-time, long hours 2.8 4.3 5.6 5.4 2.5 0.5
College or above Retired 0.4 0.8 1.3 7.0 42.1 80.8
Disabled 0.2 0.8 1.3 2.9 3.3 1.5
NILF-other 13.3 14.5 13.8 8.2 4.7 1.6
Unemployed 2.4 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.0 0.5
Self-employed 0.3 0.7 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.4
Part-time, economic/unknown 2.1 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 0.9
Part-time, noneconomic 7.5 7.3 8.6 8.5 10.5 6.0
Full-time 63.8 63.0 58.4 58.0 30.0 6.9
Full-time, long hours 9.9 10.1 12.2 11.4 5.5 1.4
Men
20–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70+
No college degree Retired 0.3 0.4 1.4 5.9 35.3 79.7
Disabled 4.0 4.5 6.9 11.7 13.7 4.1
NILF-other 18.1 6.3 5.0 4.1 2.8 1.7
Unemployed 5.9 4.1 2.9 2.6 1.4 0.4
Self-employed 0.8 1.6 1.7 2.2 1.6 0.8
Part-time, economic/unknown 2.6 1.9 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.7
Part-time, noneconomic 9.6 3.2 2.3 2.7 5.5 4.3
Full-time 52.2 63.9 62.9 55.4 32.2 6.9
Full-time, long hours 6.6 14.0 15.7 14.6 6.7 1.4
College or above Retired 0.6 0.6 1.4 4.1 34.8 72.8
Disabled 0.9 0.6 1.0 1.9 2.4 1.4
NILF-other 11.8 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.5 1.4
Unemployed 3.5 1.3 1.8 1.7 1.7 0.6
Self-employed 0.5 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.6
Part-time, economic/unknown 1.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.7
Part-time, noneconomic 6.3 1.9 1.6 2.9 6.9 7.9
Full-time 64.0 70.0 65.7 62.1 35.8 10.3
Full-time, long hours 10.8 21.1 23.7 22.2 13.9 3.1

Note. NILF-other = not in the labor force for other reasons.