“Millions of Americans are currently working two or more jobs
in order to make ends meet, as global inflation and corporations jacking up prices have sent prices of food, gas, housing, health
insurance and other necessities soaring in
the past year…
“More Americans have been working two or more
jobs over the past few decades, according to data from
the US census, with women more likely than men to have multiple jobs and
multiple jobholders most prevalent among low-wage workers…
“Based on data from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, more
than 400,000 Americans work two full-time jobs. In September
2022, 4.9% of all the more than 164 million US workers held two or
more job positions, over 7.7 million workers.
“Though US census data
estimates these rates and numbers to be much higher, at
7.8% in the most recent year where data is available, 2018, about 13 million workers, while
BLS data at the time estimated 5.0% of
the workforce holding multiple jobs.
“Both data sets are
considered an underestimate of the number of multiple jobholders
in the US labor market due to constrictions on what is defined as a multiple
jobholder and the lack of data on self-employment, such as gig workers.
“An annual survey sponsored
by the Federal Reserve Board estimated an even higher number of workers in
multiple jobs, at 16.4% in 2019, about 26.5 million workers.
“Many of these workers
holding multiple jobs are doing so to try to make ends meet and often working
longer than 40 hours a week…” (The Guardian).
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