Table 4
Estimating hours worked in the United States, non-corporate and corporate sectors, 1998 to 2005

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Estimating hours worked in the United States, non-corporate and corporate sectors, 1998 to 2005
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
  millions of hours
Benchmark  
Business sector 220,260 224,357 229,561 225,963 221,270
Non-corporate self-employed owners 21,354 21,053 20,807 20,354 19,750 20,511 20,781
Extrapolation indicators  
Bureau of labor statistics business-sector hours worked 193,919 197,785 199,930 195,544 190,783 189,394 191,628 194,768
Bureau of labor statistics self-employed hours worked 21,768 21,488 21,105 20,559 20,001 20,548 20,718 20,826
Estimates  
Business sector 220,260 224,357 229,561 225,963 221,270 219,659 222,250 225,892
Non-corporate self-employed owners 21,354 21,053 20,807 20,354 19,750 20,511 20,781 20,881
Paid workers 198,906 203,303 208,754 205,609 201,520 199,148 201,469 205,011
Hours, non-corporate 38,639 39,083 39,252 41,301 41,513 42,956 44,709 45,999
Self-employed owners 21,354 21,053 20,807 20,354 19,750 20,511 20,781 20,881
Paid workers of self-employed 17,284 18,030 18,445 20,947 21,763 22,446 23,928 25,118
Hours, sole proprietorships 21,343 20,906 20,717 20,291 19,909 20,579 21,073 21,148
Self-employed owners 17,099 16,858 16,661 16,298 15,815 16,424 16,701 16,759
Paid workers of self-employed 4,244 4,048 4,056 3,993 4,095 4,155 4,372 4,389
Note(s):
Numbers may not add up because of rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Productivity Program; Bureau of Labor Statistics (special tabulation of hours worked for self-employed and for business sector); Bureau of Economic Analysis, Table 1.13; and Internal Revenue Service, Tables 2, 10, 11 and 12.
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