Who Are We Celebrating?
154.4 million
Number of people 16 and older in the nation’s labor force in May 2010.
Employee Benefits
83%
Percentage of full-time workers 18 to 64 covered by health insurance during all or part of 2008.
78%
Percentage of workers in private industry who receive a paid vacation as one of their employment benefits.
The Commute to Work
17.7 million
Number of commuters who leave for work between midnight and 5:59 a.m. They represent 13 percent of all commuters.
76%
Percentage of workers who drive alone to work. Another 11 percent carpool and 5 percent take public transportation (excluding taxicabs).
25.5 minutes
The average time it takes people in the nation to commute to work. New York and Maryland had the most time-consuming commutes, averaging 31.6 and 31.5 minutes. (They are not significantly different from one another.)
3.5 million
Number of workers who face extreme commutes to work of 90 or more minutes each day.
