Labor Day facts in figures

Labor Day was first paraded on September 5th, 1882 by 10,000 workers in New York City, as it is believed. It was seen that by the year 1893, over 50 percent of the states started observing “Labor Day” either the same day or any other day. In 1984 the Congress passed a bill for establishing a federal holiday to observe Labor Day. Then President Grover Cleveland, soon afterward, signed a bill that designated Labor Day to be celebrated on the first Monday of every September.

Below are some related facts:

As on May 2010, there were 154.4 million labor force of 16 and older.

There are 17.7 million workers who leave for work between midnight and 5.59 a.m.

76 percent of workers drive to work alone, 11 percent go by carpool and 5 percent of them use the public transport.

The average time taken by people to reach to work place is 25.5 minutes. It is 31.6 minutes in New York and Maryland.

Full-time workers covered by health insurance makes 83 percent.

In private industry workers who gets paid vacation are 78%

27% of workers 16 and above work over 40 hours a week. For 60 hours or more it is 7 percent.