as in employee
one who works for another for wages or a salary
more jobholders than the state agency has ever had in the past
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Recent Examples of jobholder
Labor force indicators are at best mediocre, although the 800,000 reduction in jobholder numbers from a normal annual benchmarking with fully complete data is overblown.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Conservatives see in such a report only a vast political machine greased with the millions that each month line the pockets of federal jobholders.
—Marquis William Childs, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
An aging population, tighter immigration laws, fewer multiple jobholders and residual effects from the pandemic (long Covid, child care and adult care challenges, for instance) have led to constraints on the number of workers, while demand for labor has been strong.
—Dana Peterson, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
It’s neither racist nor misogynistic to point that out when the jobholder happens to be Harris.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
Today, women comprise more than half of US jobholders, with 76 million women working in full- or part- time roles, and their labor accounted for $7.6 trillion—or 40% of annual US gross domestic product in 2017.
—Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 2 May 2020
Women have replaced men as the majority of jobholders and participation for prime-age women has hit a record 19-year high, according to Labor Department data released earlier this month.
—Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020
The figures mark a divergence from the United States, where women eclipsed men as the majority of jobholders.
—Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
Among employed college graduates, one-third were in fields where a majority of jobholders considered college degrees unnecessary.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 25 July 2019
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Conservatives see in such a report only a vast political machine greased with the millions that each month line the pockets of federal jobholders.
—Marquis William Childs, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
An aging population, tighter immigration laws, fewer multiple jobholders and residual effects from the pandemic (long Covid, child care and adult care challenges, for instance) have led to constraints on the number of workers, while demand for labor has been strong.
—Dana Peterson, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
It’s neither racist nor misogynistic to point that out when the jobholder happens to be Harris.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
Today, women comprise more than half of US jobholders, with 76 million women working in full- or part- time roles, and their labor accounted for $7.6 trillion—or 40% of annual US gross domestic product in 2017.
—Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 2 May 2020
Women have replaced men as the majority of jobholders and participation for prime-age women has hit a record 19-year high, according to Labor Department data released earlier this month.
—Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020
The figures mark a divergence from the United States, where women eclipsed men as the majority of jobholders.
—Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
Among employed college graduates, one-third were in fields where a majority of jobholders considered college degrees unnecessary.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 25 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobholder
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Relatives can give up to $5,000 per year to the accounts, and companies can give their employees and employees' children $2,500.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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The Zalando prize money helped Gassanoff pay his rent, keep his one employee and two interns, produce the next collection, and compensate the artisans who made it.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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First, famed filmmaker James Cameron endorsed Paramount, saying a Netflix takeover would lead to massive job losses in the entertainment industry, which is already reeling from a production slowdown in Southern California that has disrupted the lives of thousands of film industry workers.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Labor Department published a rule Friday that would undo egregious attempts during the last administration to classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Jobholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobholder. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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