---
title: "Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment"
slug: the-second-job
summary: "Multiple jobholding was little changed at 5.5% of employed people in September 2026"
category: "The Deal"
unit: percent
frequency: monthly
direction: bidirectional
latest_value: 5.5
latest_period: "2026-09"
trend: stable
last_updated: "2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"
source: "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data retrieved via FRED"
source_url: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620
canonical_html: https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/
citation_apa: "Kilburn, R. (2026). Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment [Data set]. American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/"
citation_chicago: "Kilburn, Ross. 2026. \"Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment.\" American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/."
citation_mla: "Kilburn, Ross. \"Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment.\" American Default Research, 2026, americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/."
---

# Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment

Also tracked as The Second Job.

> Multiple jobholding was little changed at 5.5% of employed people in September 2026

## Current Reading

As of September 2026, Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment is **5.5%** (stable).

Share of employed people 16 and older who held two or more jobs in the survey week, seasonally adjusted, little changed from 5.4% a year earlier.

## What Changed

- The share of employed people with more than one job was little changed at 5.5% in September 2026, compared with 5.4% in August 2026.
- Little changed from a year earlier, when it was 5.4%.

## Recent Values

| Period | Value |
|--------|-------|
| 2026-09 | 5.5% |
| 2026-08 | 5.4% |
| 2026-07 | 5.4% |
| 2026-06 | 5.3% |
| 2026-05 | 5.2% |
| 2026-04 | 5.2% |
| 2026-03 | 5.1% |
| 2026-02 | 5.1% |
| 2026-01 | 5.3% |
| 2025-12 | 5.4% |
| 2025-11 | 5.7% |
| 2025-09 | 5.4% |

## Historical Context

- Peak since 1994: **6.5%** in November 1996
- Low since 1994: **4%** in April 2020
- Pre-pandemic average (2015-01 – 2019-12): **4.98%**
- Post-pandemic average (2020-01 – 2024-12): **4.83%**

## Methodology

This indicator carries monthly observations and is interpreted as moving in both directions against household distress, with no single end of the range reading as the distressed one. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data retrieved via FRED.
Automation: collected automatically on the daily refresh pipeline, with no hand entry.

## Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data retrieved via FRED — [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12026620)

Data retrieved: 2026-10-02T00:00:00Z

## Related Indicators

- [part-time-for-economic-reasons](https://americandefault.org/indicators/part-time-for-economic-reasons/)
- [total-nonfarm-payrolls](https://americandefault.org/indicators/total-nonfarm-payrolls/)
- [unemployment-rate](https://americandefault.org/indicators/unemployment-rate/)

## Machine-Readable Endpoints

- HTML page: https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/
- JSON: https://americandefault.org/api/indicators/the-second-job.json
- CSV: https://americandefault.org/api/downloads/the-second-job.csv
- BibTeX: https://americandefault.org/citations/the-second-job.bib
- RIS: https://americandefault.org/citations/the-second-job.ris

## Citation

**APA 7th**

    Kilburn, R. (2026). Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment [Data set]. American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/

**Chicago (author-date)**

    Kilburn, Ross. 2026. "Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment." American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/.

**MLA 9th**

    Kilburn, Ross. "Multiple Jobholders Share of Employment." American Default Research, 2026, americandefault.org/indicators/the-second-job/.

Use **American Default Research** as the institutional name in source lists, bibliographies, and press citations. **American Default** is the brand and URL form. **American Distress Index (ADI)** is the product name for the national composite score.