How many people have multiple jobs?

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In June 2026, about 8.6 million or 5.3% of all people with jobs had multiple jobs. That’s up from the pandemic-era low in June 2020, when 5.5 million workers, about 4% of all employed, had multiple jobs.

8.55M

people with multiple jobs (June 2026)

5.3%

of people employed had multiple jobs (June 2026)

As defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a person is considered a multiple jobholder if they have at least two jobs, and for at least one, receive a wage or salary from a private-sector or government-run employer. People who are self-employed with multiple unincorporated businesses or work for multiple private households are not counted as multiple jobholders.

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The percentage of multiple jobholders among all people employed hit a high of 6.5% in November 1996 and declined to 5.1% in February 2020, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April and May 2020, it hit an all-time low of 4.0%. Since then, the share of people employed with more than one job increased to 5.3% in June 2026.

About 1 in 20 people employed in June 2026 had more than one job.

Multiple jobholders as a percentage of employed, seasonally adjusted

In 2025, there was an average of 8.73 million multiple jobholders. People who held only one full-time position (more than 35 hours per week) accounted for 57.8% of all multiple jobholders. People who only held part-time jobs accounted for 25.5% of all multiple jobholders, while people with two full-time jobs made up 4.8%.

The majority of multiple jobholders have one full-time job.

Multiple jobholders by employment type, annual average

The likelihood of people holding multiple jobs vary by demographic. In 2025, 5.9% of employed women had more than one job, compared with 4.9% of men.

In 2025, employed women were likelier to have more than one job than employed men.

Multiple jobholders as a percentage of employed by sex, annual average

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