A question about employment statistics

[Reeder]

I know the US government considers you employed if you work part time. But is there a minimum amount of hours to be considered employed? If I had job that just required 1 hour a week, am I employed for employment statistics purposes?

[Freddy_the_Pig]

Yes. Sometimes, you’re even employed when you work zero hours. As the Bureau of Labor Statistics explains:

Who is counted as employed?
Not all of the wide range of job situations in the American economy fit neatly into a given category. For example, people are considered employed if they did any work at all for pay or profit during the survey week. This includes all part-time and temporary work, as well as regular full-time year-round employment. Persons also are counted as employed if they have a job at which they did not work during the survey week because they were:

On vacation;

Ill;

Experiencing child-care problems;

Taking care of some other family or personal obligation;

On maternity or paternity leave;

Involved in an industrial dispute; or

Prevented from working by bad weather.

[Reeder]

So no matter how little you work, be it seconds, minutes or hours per week.

You have a job.

Answers a lot of my questions.

Thanks.