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
Noun
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Prosecutors accused Peters of stealing a Mesa County employee's security badge to help a man gain access to the county's voter systems to prove false conspiracies about the validity of the 2020 election results.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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However, starting in January 2026, employee paycheck withholdings should reflect the tips and overtime deductions, which means workers will see the benefit each pay period rather than via a lump sum next tax season.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Chats with friends and co-workers alike can do a lot to improve the flow of your schedule.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
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The two started out at the YMCA as community health workers and went back at least a decade.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Jobholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobholder. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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