United States Average Weekly Hours 2006-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Average Weekly Hours in the United States remained unchanged at 34.40 Hours in May from 34.40 Hours in April of 2017. Average Weekly Hours in the United States averaged 34.33 Hours from 2006 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 34.60 Hours in March of 2014 and a record low of 33.70 Hours in June of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	Forecast
2017-04-07	12:30 PM	Mar	34.3	34.3	34.4	34.4
2017-05-05	12:30 PM	Apr	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4
2017-06-02	12:30 PM	May	34.4	34.4	34.4	34.4
2017-07-07	12:30 PM	Jun		34.4		34.37
2017-08-04	12:30 PM	Jul				34.39
2017-09-01	12:30 PM	Aug				34.39

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.30	4.40	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	138.00	174.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	147.00	173.00	1089.00	-816.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-9.00	1.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	-1.00	11.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	241.00	238.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1944.00	1936.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	253.00	174.00	384.00	-846.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	152923.00	153156.00	153156.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6861.00	7056.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.20	0.20	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.40	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.70	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.01	1.05	2.80	1.01	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.80	9.40	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	110.04	109.45	110.75	17.12	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	107.50	107.50	107.50	27.60	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	6371.00	5684.00	6371.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6044.00	5785.00	6044.00	2196.00	Thousands	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	51692.00	36602.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.00	21.96	22.00	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	3.67	4.22	13.77	-5.77	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	20.78	20.76	20.78	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.80	0.50	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Labor Market Conditions Index	2.30	3.70	32.00	-48.40	Index Points	[+]
Population	324.30	322.06	324.30	76.09	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	1496.20	1497.50	2680.00	1433.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1407.76	1399.20	1407.76	1302.75	USD/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	27366.00	27233.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	125620.00	125987.00	125987.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	60.00	60.20	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1780.00	1810.00	1860.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4130.00	4150.00	4150.00	4000.00	USD/Month	[+]

United States Average Weekly Hours Notes

Average weekly hours are the total weekly hours divided by the employees paid for those hours. Unpaid absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, and stoppages cause average weekly hours to be lower than scheduled hours of work for an establishment. This page provides - United States Average Weekly Hours - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Average Weekly Hours - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2017.