US workers with second jobs hits 8%

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EmploymentCrossing.com The number of Americans working multiple jobs to make ends meet stayed steady in 2007, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says. Nationally, 5.2 percent of American workers held at least one additional job last year, the same percentage as in 2006, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported Saturday. While 26 states and the District of Columbia experienced decreases in their multiple job-holding rates, 20 states recorded increases. Four states reported no change. Overall, 28 states had higher multiple job-holding rates than the national average, the newspaper reported. South Dakota had the highest percentage of workers holding multiple jobs at 10.2 percent, followed by Nebraska, Vermont, Kansas, Iowa, North Dakota and Minnesota.

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