One Job Isn’t Enough For Millions Of Americans. In Some States, Nearly 1 In 10 Workers Have a Second.

Millions of Americans are juggling more than one job, with nearly one in 10 employed workers in some states taking on additional work, according to a new study.

About 9 million Americans, representing 5.5% of employed workers, held multiple jobs in June, according to the Statistics.

A SmartAsset study released Thursday examined where multiple-job holding is most common and how much additional time workers spend at their second jobs.

The analysis found that Kansas had the highest share of full-time workers with second jobs, at 8.8%. At the other end of the rankings, Washington had the lowest share with 3%.

The findings are based on federal employment and time-use survey data and cover workers ages 20 to 64.

The study did not establish whether people were taking additional jobs primarily because of financial pressure, personal preference or other circumstances.

Workers in Louisiana Spend Nearly 20 Hours a Week at Second Jobs

The number of people holding multiple jobs tells only part of the story. SmartAsset also examined how many hours those workers spend at their additional jobs.

Louisiana topped the country for time spent in secondary employment, with multiple-job holders averaging 19.7 hours a week at their second jobs.

For someone already working a standard 40-hour primary job, that would bring their combined working time to nearly 60 hours a week.

The Louisiana figure, however, includes both full-time workers with second jobs and people working multiple part-time positions.

Nebraska recorded the lowest average among states with available data, with multiple-job holders spending just 7.5 hours a week at their secondary jobs.

The difference between the two states was more than 12 hours a week.

SmartAsset analyzed secondary-job hours using data from the American Time Use Survey covering 2021 through 2025. The study excluded nine states from this portion of the analysis because their sample sizes were too small to produce reliable estimates.

Women Account for More Than Half of Americans Working Multiple Jobs

Women accounted for approximately 4.99 million multiple-job holders in September, compared with 4.01 million men. The figures represented 6.4% of employed women and 4.7% of employed men.

Among Americans working multiple jobs, about 5.2 million held a full-time primary job alongside a part-time secondary position.

Another 2.25 million worked two part-time jobs, while approximately 421,000 held two full-time positions.

The remaining workers had varying hours across their primary or secondary employment.

The figures show that combining a full-time position with additional part-time employment remains the most common arrangement among multiple-job holders.