This statistic shows the annual average of the length of a working week in the United States, for all employees from 2007 to 2020. Employed persons consist of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls. The average working week for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was at 34.6 hours in 2020.
Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2020
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 31, 2021). Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 07, 2021, 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 2020." Chart. January 31, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 07, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 07, 2021. 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 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2021, 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 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/ (last visited December 07, 2021)
