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.

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.

Average Weekly Hours in the United States decreased to 34.20 Hours in June from 34.30 Hours in May of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Average Weekly Hours - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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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 **** hours per week on average, and part-time employees about ** hours.

Graph and download economic data for Average Hours of Work Per Week, Class I Railroad Employees, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Shop Workers for United States (M08035USM065NNBR) from Jul 1921 to Jun 1943 about railroad, workers, hours, employment, and USA.

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

Graph and download economic data for Average Annual Hours Worked by Persons Engaged for United States (AVHWPEUSA065NRUG) from 1950 to 2019 about hours, labor force, labor, persons, and USA.

Number of average usual hours and average actual hours worked in a reference week by type of work (full- and part-time employment), job type (main or all jobs), gender, and age group, annual.

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.

Jordan JO: Average Working Hours of Children: Working Only: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data was reported at 49.880 Hour in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 52.700 Hour for 2007. Jordan JO: Average Working Hours of Children: Working Only: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data is updated yearly, averaging 51.290 Hour from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2016, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 52.700 Hour in 2007 and a record low of 49.880 Hour in 2016. Jordan JO: Average Working Hours of Children: Working Only: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Average working hours of children working only refers to the average weekly working hours of those children who are involved in economic activity and not attending school.; ; Understanding Children's Work project based on data from ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank.; ;

Average Weekly Hours in France increased to 31.20 Hours in the first quarter of 2025 from 31.10 Hours in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for France Average Weekly Hours.

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.

Graph and download economic data for Average Weekly Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees, Total Private (AWHNONAG) from Jan 1964 to Jun 2025 about nonsupervisory, headline figure, establishment survey, hours, production, private, employment, and USA.

In 2023, the hours worked by employees on the main job in Italy remained nearly unchanged, at around 36 hours. However, 2023 marked the third consecutive increase in the hours worked since 2020. More key insights about the hours worked per employee in countries like Greece, Slovakia, and Poland are available on Statista's website.

Jordan Avg Work Hours per Employee data was reported at 197.000 Hour in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 198.000 Hour for 2021. Jordan Avg Work Hours per Employee data is updated yearly, averaging 202.500 Hour from Oct 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 246.000 Hour in 2000 and a record low of 196.000 Hour in 2009. Jordan Avg Work Hours per Employee data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.G021: Average Work Hours per Employee.

Average Weekly Hours in Sweden increased to 32.10 Hours in May from 29.90 Hours in April of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Sweden Average Weekly Hours.