In October 2024, the average working week for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in the United States was at 34.3 hours. This includes part-time workers. The data have been seasonally adjusted. Employed persons consist of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls. U.S. working week As in most industrialized countries, the standard work week in the United States begins on Monday and ends on Friday. According to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average workweek for all employees (including part-time) working in private industries in the United States amounted to about 34.5 hours in 2022. Over the course of one month, the U.S. workforce works about 3.9 billion hours in total.The average work week can differ heavily from industry to industry. An employee in the mining and logging industry worked about 45.5 hours a week in April 2023, while employees in private education and health services worked for an average of 33.4 hours per week.

The graph displays the average work hours per week in the United States from 2006 to 2025. The x-axis represents the years, labeled from '06 to '25, while the y-axis indicates the average hours worked per week. The data shows that the average weekly work hours range from a low of 33.9 hours in 2009 to a high of 34.8 hours in 2021. Over this period, the average work hours have remained relatively stable with slight fluctuations, including a notable dip in 2009 and a peak in 2021. The 2025 figure is marked as not a full year yet.

This statistic shows the annual average of the length of a working week in the United States, for all employees from 2007 to 2023. Employed persons consist of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls. The average working week for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was at 34.4 hours in 2023.

Average Weekly Hours in the United States remained unchanged at 34.30 Hours in May. This dataset provides - United States Average Weekly Hours - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private (AWHAETP) from Mar 2006 to May 2025 about establishment survey, hours, private, employment, and USA.

The average number of weekly working hours in the United States has remained relatively steady over the last years. The highest value for the recorded period was in 2021, when U.S. workers worked an average of 34.7 hours a week. The lowest value was in 2009, following the financial crisis when workers worked 33.8 hours on average.

In the United States, the average working week for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was at 34.3 hours in October 2024. The data have been seasonally adjusted. Employed persons consist of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.

The statistic provides information on the average hours worked by full-time and part-time employees in the United States from 2001 to 2014. In 2014, full-time employees worked about 46.7 hours per week on average, and part-time employees about 26 hours.

Graph and download economic data for Average Hours of Work Per Week, Class I Railroad Employees, All Wage-Earners for United States (M08J4AUSM065NNBR) from Jul 1921 to Jun 1943 about railroad, hours, employment, and USA.

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United States TMOS: Average Workweek: Decrease data was reported at 44.700 % in Apr 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 31.200 % for Mar 2020. United States TMOS: Average Workweek: Decrease data is updated monthly, averaging 14.300 % from Jun 2004 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 191 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.500 % in Mar 2009 and a record low of 3.700 % in Jul 2018. United States TMOS: Average Workweek: Decrease data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.S016: Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

Graph and download economic data for Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Professional and Business Services (AWHAEPBS) from Mar 2006 to May 2025 about professional, establishment survey, hours, business, services, employment, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Average Hours of Work Per Week, Production Workers, Manufacturing, Total for United States (M0829BUSM065NNBR) from Jan 1932 to Apr 1969 about workers, hours, production, manufacturing, and USA.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, average work weeks in the U.S. were consistently longer than those in the Soviet Union. In 1970, non-agricultural workers in the U.S. worked 3.4 hours per week longer than their Soviet counterparts, and this gap increased to 4.2 hours in 1988. The gap was even wider in agriculture, where work weeks in the U.S. were 5.2 hours longer in 1970, and 3.8 hours longer in 1988.

Additionally, this data is for wage and salary workers in the U.S. only, as very few in the Soviet Union could have been considered self-employed given the socialist economic system. The gap between work weeks increases significantly when Soviet figures are compared with self-employed workers in the U.S., where average work weeks in 1970 for those in agriculture were 51 hours, and for those in non-agricultural work they were 45 hours, although both dropped to 47.5 and 41 respectively by 1988.

United States Diffusion Index: sa: New York Fed: Average Workweek data was reported at 5.600 NA in Jul 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12.000 NA for Jun 2018. United States Diffusion Index: sa: New York Fed: Average Workweek data is updated monthly, averaging 1.600 NA from Jul 2001 (Median) to Jul 2018, with 205 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.500 NA in Apr 2004 and a record low of -32.400 NA in Feb 2009. United States Diffusion Index: sa: New York Fed: Average Workweek data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.S009: Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

United States BAI: Richmond Fed: Mfg: Average Workweek data was reported at -30.000 % Point in Apr 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.000 % Point for Mar 2020. United States BAI: Richmond Fed: Mfg: Average Workweek data is updated monthly, averaging 0.000 % Point from Nov 1993 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 318 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.000 % Point in Mar 2004 and a record low of -45.000 % Point in Feb 2009. United States BAI: Richmond Fed: Mfg: Average Workweek data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.S013: Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Sector Activity.

The statistic provides information on the average hours worked by full-time employees in the United States. In 2013 and 2014, about 42 percent of the participants stated they work on average 40 hours per week.

This statistic shows the average length of a workweek for a chemical production worker in the United States from 2000 to 2019. In 2019, a U.S. chemical production worker had to work an average of 42.3 hours per week.

United States Diffusion Index: Philadelphia Fed: sa: Average Employee Workweek data was reported at 20.800 NA in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.600 NA for Sep 2018. United States Diffusion Index: Philadelphia Fed: sa: Average Employee Workweek data is updated monthly, averaging 0.200 NA from May 1968 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 606 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.400 NA in May 2018 and a record low of -45.600 NA in Jun 1980. United States Diffusion Index: Philadelphia Fed: sa: Average Employee Workweek data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.S010: Third District Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey.

United States Diffusion Index: New York Fed: Average Workweek data was reported at 1.500 NA in Nov 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of -2.500 NA for Oct 2018. United States Diffusion Index: New York Fed: Average Workweek data is updated monthly, averaging 2.000 NA from Jul 2001 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 209 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.200 NA in May 2004 and a record low of -31.000 NA in Feb 2009. United States Diffusion Index: New York Fed: Average Workweek data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.S009: Empire State Manufacturing Survey.