A recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed 12 occupations in which full-time workers have a lower hourly wage than part-time workers.
The bureau looked at 194 occupations in which there was a statistically significant difference in hourly earnings between part-time and full-time workers. The bureau found that in nearly all of those occupations, full-time workers had a higher hourly wage than part-time workers did. There were 12 exceptions:
Occupation |
Median Hourly Earnings |
|
Full-Time Workers |
Part-Time Workers |
Computer systems analysts |
$37.64 |
$60.10 |
Clergy |
16.23 |
22.87 |
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary |
57.42 |
73.56 |
Therapists |
29.59 |
34.32 |
Physical therapists |
33.82 |
37.16 |
Speech-language pathologists |
33.20 |
63.52 |
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists |
23.24 |
26.69 |
Dental hygienists |
30.60 |
36.01 |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
18.50 |
19.36 |
Legal secretaries |
20.57 |
23.37 |
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse |
9.77 |
14.51 |
Construction laborers |
15.73 |
19.69 |
Part-time workers in the Pacific region of the country were most likely to earn more than their full-time counterparts. Nearly 12 percent of all part-time workers in the Pacific region earn more than the full-time workers in the same occupation.
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