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Hawaii workers with multiple jobs at 8.2% in 2007


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POSTED: Saturday, October 11, 2008

More Hawaii workers hold multiple jobs than the national average, and the percentage of people doing so has ticked upward.

               

     

 

 

MULTIPLE JOB RATES FOR 2007

       

       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
STATE
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
1. South Dakota10.2%
2. Nebraska9.7%
3. Vermont9.4%
4. Kansas8.9%
5. Iowa8.8%
6. North Dakota 8.7%
6. Minnesota8.7%
7. Hawaii8.2%
U.S. average5.2%

       

       

        Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

       

       

In 2007, 8.2 percent of workers held multiple jobs, up from 8 percent in 2006, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released yesterday.

The national multiple job-holding rate in 2007 was 5.2 percent, the same as in 2006.

While 26 states and the District of Columbia experienced decreases in their multiple job-holding rates in 2007 compared to 2006, 20 states, including Hawaii, recorded increases. Four states had no change.

Overall, 28 states had higher multiple job-holding rates than the national average. Hawaii was among about a dozen states in the U.S. with a rate of 8 percent or higher.

Hawaii edged ahead of Maine, at 8.1 percent, and Montana and Wyoming, at 8 percent.

  South Dakota took the top spot, at 10.2 percent. Other states with multiple jobholding rates higher than Hawaii: Nebraska, Vermont, Kansas, Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota.