Average duration of a working day by professional category France

This statistic represents the average length of a working day in France in 2011, by socio-professional category, in hours. In France, executives worked an average of nearly nine hours a day in 2011, while employees worked on average one hour less.

Average length of a working day in France in 2011 (in hours), by socio-professional category

Characteristic	Number of hours
Executives	8.8
Intermediate professions	7.9
Employees	7.8
Workers	7.7

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Release date

July 2013

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Region

France

Survey time period

2011

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

full-time employees in mainland France **

Method of interview

CAPI interview, questionnaire

Supplementary notes

* The source adds the following information: "For each individual, the average duration of a working day equals to the ratio of the effective annual duration to the number of days worked in the year."
""[T] he legal weekly working time is set at 35 hours for people working full time."
"Dares calculations."

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