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Hawaii workers with multiple jobs at 8.2% in 2007
POSTED: 02:30 a.m. HST, Oct 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
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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.
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
|
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.
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