This shows the employment status of all adults in each of the income groups.

Only 24% of adults in the lowest 20% have paid employment, and less than half of these workers are in full-time jobs.

In the middle 20%, 68% of adult household members are employed, with 42% of these workers in full-time jobs. Typically in these households there is a primary income-earner in full-time paid work and a secondary income-earner in part-time paid work.

Within the highest 20%, 87% of adult households members have paid work, with 67% of them in full-time jobs. This suggests that these households are more likely than the middle 20% group to have two full-time wage earners.