EditorialDavita Bird, a computer science major at the Colorado School of Mines who has three part-time jobs, in Golden, Colo., March 10, 2023. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)
EditorialDavita Bird, a computer science major at the Colorado School of Mines who has three part-time jobs, in Golden, Colo., March 10, 2023. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)
EditorialDavita Bird, a computer science major at the Colorado School of Mines who has three part-time jobs, in Golden, Colo., March 10, 2023. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)
EditorialDavita Bird, a computer science major at the Colorado School of Mines who has three part-time jobs, in Golden, Colo., March 10, 2023. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)
EditorialJacqueline Benitez, who is limited to part time as a teacher because she doesn’t have a four-year degree, at a preschool in Cerritos, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022. (Ariana Drehsler/The New York Times)
EditorialKathia Ramirez, 24, works several part-time jobs while she prepares to enroll in college and saves $200 to $300 a month. (Anjali Pinto/The New York Times)
EditorialStriking part-time faculty members of the New School picket alongside students outside of the homes of the institution's trustees on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (Juan Arredondo/The New York Times)
EditorialNew School and Parsons School of Design adjunct professors on strike in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Juan Arredondo/The New York Times)
EditorialSarah Houska, a single mother with two sons who works part time and has no health insurance, outside her home in Sioux Falls, S.D., Oct. 25, 2022. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times)
EditorialEmily Matzke with a calf at the farm where she works part-time in Prairie du Sac, Wis., Sept. 22, 2022. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)
EditorialRuth Raudales, a single mother who works part time and attends college, with her son Gabriel at Don Carlos Cantina restaurant in Houston on July 26, 2022. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
EditorialJoey Boyd-Scott, left, and her wife, Maria, who both have part-time travel jobs, in Upland, Calif. on Aug. 5, 2022. (Beth Coller/The New York Times)
EditorialDwan?t Perry, who was laid off in 2020 and now sells her own candles while also working other part-time jobs, with her nearly two-year-old son in Queens, March 14, 2022. (Courtney Yates/The New York Times)
EditorialDwanét Perry, who was laid off in 2020 and now sells her own candles while also working other part-time jobs, with her nearly two-year-old son in Queens, March 14, 2022. (Courtney Yates/The New York Times)
EditorialJeong Hyun-min, a political science major, works part time distributing textbooks in a high school in Yongin, South Korea, Feb. 23, 2022. (Woohae Cho/The New York Times)
EditorialCharity Reyes, wife of the part-time mayor of Adelando, Calif., sings the national anthem at a send-off rally for truckers making their way to Washington in protest, in Adelanto, Feb. 23, 2022. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)
EditorialEnrique Romero Jr. outside a plasma center, where he donates to supplement his income, in Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 7, 2022. (Jovelle Tamayo/The New York Times)
EditorialShara Clark, right, works as a home health aide but that only pays $10 an hour, so she also has two part-time jobs. (Logan R. Cyrus/The New York Times)