By the Numbers: Labor Day
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0.6
Percentage of Americans who bike to work.
4.4
Percentage of Americans who work from home.
4.9
The national unemployment rate, down from a recent high of 9.5 percent in June 2009.
7
Percentage of Americans who plan to fly somewhere for the Labor Day weekend.
7.25
The federal minimum wage, which has not been raised since 2009.
7.6
Length of the average American workday.
10
The number of vacation days earned by the average American worker each year.
11.50
The highest minimum wage in the country, in Washington, D.C.
23
Percentage of American workers who earn no paid vacation time.
40
Percentage of the American workforce that belonged to unions in the 1950s, the decade that set the record for union membership.
51
Average number of minutes spent commuting to work each day.
92
Percentage of occupational-fatality victims who are men.
76.4
Percentage of Americans who drive to work.
212
The number of Labor Day running events that will be held throughout the country this weekend.
438
Estimated number of traffic fatalities that will occur during the 2016 Labor Day weekend.
818
Number of hot dogs consumed every second between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
1882
Year of the inaugural Labor Day celebration, when 10,000 workers assembled for a parade in New York City.
1894
The year Congress officially made the first Monday in September a federal holiday.
50,300
Estimated number of people who will be seriously injured in a car crash this Labor Day weekend.
53,480
The national median household income.
4.61 million
The number of people who work in retail, which is the largest occupation in our economy, followed by cashiers (3.48 million), food preparation and serving (3.2 million), office clerks (2.94 million) and Registered Nurses (2.75 million).
159.3 million
The number of Americans age 16 and above in the labor force.
1.4 billion
Cost associated with Labor Day travel congestion caused by infrastructure problems.
Source: WalletHub.com