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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

As of the first quarter of 2025, the average weekly number of hours worked by full-time workers in the United Kingdom was 36.5 hours. During this period, there is a dramatic drop observable in 2020, when the average number of working hours fell sharply due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jordan Avg Work Hours per Employee: Craft and Related Trade Workers data was reported at 215.000 Hour in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 211.000 Hour for 2015. Jordan Avg Work Hours per Employee: Craft and Related Trade Workers data is updated yearly, averaging 251.000 Hour from Oct 2000 (Median) to 2016, with 17 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 262.000 Hour in 2005 and a record low of 211.000 Hour in 2015. Jordan Avg Work Hours per Employee: Craft and Related Trade Workers 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 relate to the average hours per worker for which pay was received and is different from standard or scheduled hours. Factors such as unpaid absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, and stoppages cause average weekly hours to be lower than scheduled hours of work for an establishment. Group averages further reflect changes in the workweek of component industries. Average weekly hours are the total weekly hours divided by the employees paid for those hours.

The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).'

The source code is: CES0500000002

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.

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