Average working week U.S. by industry 2024 | Statista

In the United States, the average working week for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was at 34.3 hours in April 2024. The data have been seasonally adjusted. Employed persons consist of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.

Length of the average working week of all employees in the United States in April 2024, by industry

Characteristic	Average hours of work per week
Mining and logging	44.3
Utilities	42.1
Manufacturing	40
Wholesale trade	39.1
Construction	38.7
Transportation and warehousing	38
Financial activities	37.5
Professional and business services	36.6
Information	36.2
Total private	34.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	33.8
Private education and health services	33.2
Other services	32.3
Retail trade	29.6
Leisure and hospitality	25.4

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May 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 2024

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

full-time and part-time employees

Supplementary notes

Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method for removing the seasonal component of a time series used when analyzing non-seasonal trend.

Data are preliminary

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