This statistic shows the annual average of the length of a working week in the United States, for all employees from 2007 to 2019. 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 2019.
Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2019
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 31, 2020). Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2020, 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 2019." Chart. January 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2020). Annual average working hours per week of all employees in the United States from 2007 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2020. 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 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2020, 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 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/261802/annual-change-of-the-average-working-week-of-all-employees-in-the-us/ (last visited February 18, 2020)
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