In July 2025, 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.

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.

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.

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.

In July 2025, surveyed employees of enterprises in China worked an average of **** hours per week. During 2024, the average weekly working hours of surveyed people employed in Chinese enterprises amounted to around 48.7 hours on average.

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

Average Weekly Hours in China remained unchanged at 48.50 Hours in August. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for China Average Weekly Hours.

Jordan JO: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Male: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data was reported at 16.310 Hour in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 28.000 Hour for 2007. Jordan JO: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Male: Aged 7-14: Hours per Week data is updated yearly, averaging 22.155 Hour from Dec 2007 (Median) to 2016, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.000 Hour in 2007 and a record low of 16.310 Hour in 2016. Jordan JO: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Male: 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 studying and working refer to the average weekly working hours of those children who are attending school in combination with economic activity.; ; Understanding Children's Work project based on data from ILO, UNICEF and the World Bank.; ;

Average actual weekly hours worked by industry, including by sex, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published quarterly. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

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

The average number of weekly working hours in Sweden decreased slightly over the past 10 years. From 30.4 hours per week in 2013, it had dropped to 30.0 in 2023, only being below 30 in 2020. The number of average weekly working hours in Sweden is lower than in the EU.

Graph and download economic data for Nonfarm Business Sector: Average Weekly Hours for All Workers (PRS85006023) from Q1 1947 to Q2 2025 about sector, hours, nonfarm, business, and USA.

Average Weekly Hours in France remained unchanged at 31.20 Hours in the second quarter of 2025 from 31.20 Hours in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for France Average Weekly Hours.

This report analyses the average number of weekly hours worked in New Zealand. The report includes all employed individuals and uses the actual number of hours worked during the survey period, rather than the usual number of hours worked. The data is an average of all weeks in a given financial year. The data for this report is sourced from Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa) and is measured in hours per employed person per week.

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.

Actual weekly hours worked including by sex, full-time, part-time and second jobs, UK, rolling three-monthly figures published monthly, seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Nepal Average Hours Worked per Week: Actual: Managers data was reported at 44.000 Hour in 2018. Nepal Average Hours Worked per Week: Actual: Managers data is updated yearly, averaging 44.000 Hour from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2018, with 1 observations. Nepal Average Hours Worked per Week: Actual: Managers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.G018: Nepal Labour Force Survey III: Average Hours Worked per Week: by Occupation.

Graph and download economic data for Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Manufacturing (AWHAEMAN) from Mar 2006 to Aug 2025 about hours, establishment survey, manufacturing, employment, and USA.

The Average Weekly Hours indicator provides the average number of working hours per week for those employed in private non-agricultural companies. The indicator is used when measuring the US labor