As of May 2024, about 28 million people were employed on a part-time basis in the United States. In line with the definition of the BLS, part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series used when analyzing non-seasonal trends, whereas non-seasonally-adjusted reflects the actual current data.
Monthly number of part-time employees in the United States from May 2022 to May 2024
(in millions, seasonally adjusted)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 7, 2024). Monthly number of part-time employees in the United States from May 2022 to May 2024 (in millions, seasonally adjusted) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/192344/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-number-of-part-time-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Monthly number of part-time employees in the United States from May 2022 to May 2024 (in millions, seasonally adjusted)." Chart. June 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/192344/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-number-of-part-time-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Monthly number of part-time employees in the United States from May 2022 to May 2024 (in millions, seasonally adjusted). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/192344/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-number-of-part-time-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Monthly Number of Part-time Employees in The United States from May 2022 to May 2024 (in Millions, Seasonally Adjusted)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/192344/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-number-of-part-time-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly number of part-time employees in the United States from May 2022 to May 2024 (in millions, seasonally adjusted) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/192344/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-number-of-part-time-employees-in-the-us/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Monthly number of part-time employees in the United States from May 2022 to May 2024 (in millions, seasonally adjusted) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/192344/seasonally-adjusted-monthly-number-of-part-time-employees-in-the-us/