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.
Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2023
Characteristic
Hours of work
2023
34.4
2022
34.5
2021
34.7
2020
34.6
2019
34.4
2018
34.5
2017
34.4
2016
34.4
2015
34.5
2014
34.5
2013
34.4
2012
34.5
2011
34.4
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 31, 2024). Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2023." Chart. January 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Annual Average Working Hours per Week of All Employees in The United States from 2007 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/ (last visited April 24, 2025)
Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2023 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/
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