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

Average Weekly Hours in the United States decreased to 34.40 Hours in August from 34.50 Hours in July of 2017. Average Weekly Hours in the United States averaged 34.34 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	TEForecast
2017-07-07	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.5	34.4	34.4	34.4
2017-08-04	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5
2017-09-01	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.4	34.5	34.5	34.5
2017-10-06	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours		34.4		34.47
2017-11-03	01:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours				34.46
2017-12-08	01:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours				34.45

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	4.40	4.30	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	156.00	189.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	165.00	202.00	1089.00	-816.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-9.00	-13.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	36.00	26.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	259.00	284.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1980.00	1936.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	237.00	201.00	384.00	-846.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	153439.00	153513.00	153513.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	7132.00	6981.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.10	0.30	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.50	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.08	1.11	2.80	1.01	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.90	9.00	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.81	108.75	109.07	17.12	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	108.08	107.66	108.08	27.60	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	6502.00	6138.00	6502.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6170.00	6116.00	6170.00	2196.00	Thousands	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	33825.00	28307.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.12	22.08	22.12	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	20.85	20.96	20.96	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	2.95	3.49	13.77	-5.77	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.50	0.80	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Labor Market Conditions Index	1.50	3.30	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	1497.50	1433.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1407.76	1399.20	1407.76	1302.75	USD/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	27569.00	27535.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Full Time Employment	125755.00	125921.00	125987.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Employment Rate	60.10	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

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 September of 2017.