Average working week U.S. by industry October 2022

In the United States, the average working week for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was at 34.5 hours in October 2022. 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 October 2022, by industry

Characteristic	Average hurs of work per week
Total private	34.5
Mining and logging	46.2
Utilities	42.5
Manufacturing	40.4
Construction	38.9
Wholesale trade	38.8
Transportation and warehousing	38.6
Financial activities	37.5
Professional and business services	36.7
Information	36.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	34
Education and health services	33.3
Other services	32.3
Retail trade	30.1
Leisure and hospitality	25.6

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Release date

November 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 2022

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 is preliminary