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RELEASED TODAY (April 26, 2000):

The average person in the United States holds 9.2 jobs from age 18 to age 34. More than half of these jobs were held between the ages of 18 and 24.

... These findings are from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79), a survey of 9,964 young men and women who were born between 1957 and 1964. These respondents were 14 to 22 years of age when first interviewed in 1979 and 33 to 41 when interviewed most recently in 1998.

The survey spans nearly 2 decades and provides information on work and nonwork experiences, training, schooling, income and assets, health conditions, and other characteristics. The information provided by respondents who were interviewed annually from 1979 to 1994 and biennially since 1994 can be considered representative of all men and women born in the late 1950s and early 1960s and living in the United States in 1978.

... This release of the latest data from the longitudinal survey focuses on four aspects of labor market behavior: number of jobs held, labor force participation, earnings, growth, and promotions.

... The entire release is at: http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/nlsoy.toc.htm

Occupational Outlook Handbook:
http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm

Employment & Labor Force Projections
http://stats.bls.gov/emphome.htm

Howard N Fullerton, Jr. Office of Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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