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Participation of full and part-time workers, NCS, March 2023
Private industry only*.
| Percent by full and part-time status | Access | Participation | Take-up Rate |
| Full-time workers | 79% | 63% | 79% |
| Part-time workers | 44% | 22% | 51% |
All workers (private industry and local government workers)**
| Percent by full and part-time status | Access | Participation | Take-up Rate |
| Full-time workers | 82% | 66% | 81% |
| Part-time workers | 44% | 24% | 54% |
*U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States. Economic News Release, March 2023 Table 1. Retirement Benefits: Access, participation and take-up rates.
Note: Part-time workers by definition work less than 35 hours per week. In 2022 there were 33.7 million workers in nonagricultural industries who reported they usually work part-time. The total number of part-time workers in nonagricultural industries reported for 2022 was 34.2 million.
Current Population Survey Tables (CPS), Annual averages, Characteristics of the employed, Table 20.
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