In May, the number of full-time workers decreased by 623,000 while the number of part-time workers rose by 33,000. As of May 2025, full-time employment made up 82.5% of all employment. In May 2025, ...

Working part-time while also having at least one other full-time job has become the new normal for American workers. Long ...

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Learn what the differences between a part-time and full-time employee are and what these classifications may mean for your business’s compliance requirements.

Hannah Piper works two jobs to make ends meet - full time at Starbucks in northeast Cedar Rapids and part time at American Eagle Outfitters in Coral Ridge Mall. "I've tried finding a single full ...

The number of people working part-time for economic reasons beyond their control jumped by nearly 500,000 last month, the biggest jump in more than three years.

From September through November, an average of 2.8% of all employed Americans worked part time because they couldn’t find full-time jobs, up from 2.7% during the same three months in 2019 – a ...

The best part-time jobs for college students are flexible and related to a student's intended area of study, allowing them to both make money and get more experience in their field.

How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap. For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork. By Adelle Waldman. Illustration by Doug Chayka.