According to a July 2019 survey of white collar workers in the United States, 43 percent of respondents stated to be checking their work e-mails every few hours outside of their normal work hours, while only ten percent stated to be checking it constantly.
Share of workers in the United States who check their work e-mails outside of normal work hours as of July 2019, by frequency
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Never
24%
Every few hours
43%
Every hour
10%
Multiple times per hour
13%
Constantly
10%
0%10%20%30%40%50%
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Adobe. (September 12, 2019). Share of workers in the United States who check their work e-mails outside of normal work hours as of July 2019, by frequency [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com%252Fmarketing%252Ffacebook-campaign-objectives&hubs_content-cta=lead%2Bmagnets
Adobe. "Share of workers in the United States who check their work e-mails outside of normal work hours as of July 2019, by frequency." Chart. September 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com%252Fmarketing%252Ffacebook-campaign-objectives&hubs_content-cta=lead%2Bmagnets
Adobe. (2019). Share of workers in the United States who check their work e-mails outside of normal work hours as of July 2019, by frequency. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com%252Fmarketing%252Ffacebook-campaign-objectives&hubs_content-cta=lead%2Bmagnets
Adobe. "Share of Workers in The United States Who Check Their Work E-mails outside of Normal Work Hours as of July 2019, by Frequency." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com%252Fmarketing%252Ffacebook-campaign-objectives&hubs_content-cta=lead%2Bmagnets
Adobe, Share of workers in the United States who check their work e-mails outside of normal work hours as of July 2019, by frequency Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com%252Fmarketing%252Ffacebook-campaign-objectives&hubs_content-cta=lead%2Bmagnets (last visited May 06, 2025)
Share of workers in the United States who check their work e-mails outside of normal work hours as of July 2019, by frequency [Graph], Adobe, September 12, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/911592/frequency-consumers-checking-work-emails-outside-work-hours/?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com%252Fmarketing%252Ffacebook-campaign-objectives&hubs_content-cta=lead%2Bmagnets
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