Employed

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000594",
  "term": "Employed",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definitions": [
    "People who, during the reference week, did any work for pay or profit; did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-operated enterprise; or were temporarily absent from their regular job(s) because of illness, vacation, bad weather, an industrial dispute, or various personal reasons.\n\nNote: Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job. (The employment-population ratio represents the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population that is employed.) The scope of the employed in the Current Population Survey (CPS) is smaller than that in American Time Use Survey (ATUS), because the CPS counts people 16 years and older, whereas ATUS counts people 15 years and older. (The reference period in ATUS is the last 7 days prior to the interview.)",
    "Employed includes all civilians 16 years old and over who were either (1) \"at work\" -- those who did any work at all during the reference week as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession, worked on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers on a family farm or in a family business; or (2) were \"with a job but not at work\" -- those who did not work during the reference week but had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent due to illness, bad weather, industrial dispute, vacation, or other personal reasons. Excluded from the employed are people whose only activity consisted of work around the house or unpaid volunteer work for religious, charitable, and similar organizations; also excluded are people on active duty in the United States Armed Forces. The reference week is the calendar week preceding the date on which the respondents completed their questionnaires or were interviewed. This week may not be the same for all respondents."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Employment status",
    "Labor force",
    "Unemployed",
    "Worker"
  ],
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary",
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/employed/"
}