United States Average Weekly Hours 2006-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in the US decreased by 0.1 hour to 34.5 hours in July of 2018, following an increase of 0.1 hour in June. In manufacturing, both the workweek and overtime were unchanged in July, at 40.9 hours and 3.5 hours, respectively. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls remained at 33.8 hours. Average Weekly Hours in the United States averaged 34.35 Hours from 2006 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 34.60 Hours in March of 2013 and a record low of 33.70 Hours in June of 2009.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-06-01	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5
2018-07-06	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5
2018-08-03	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.5	34.6	34.5	34.5
2018-09-07	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours		34.5		34.4
2018-10-05	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours				34.4
2018-11-02	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours				34.4

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	4.00	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	157.00	248.00	1115.00	-834.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	170.00	234.00	1089.00	-821.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-13.00	14.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	37.00	33.00	572.00	-519.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	213.00	219.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1755.00	1726.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	219.00	181.00	384.00	-836.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	155965.00	155576.00	155965.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	6280.00	6564.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.30	0.10	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.50	34.60	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	62.90	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.74	0.80	2.80	0.74	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.60	8.90	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	110.16	109.37	110.16	17.13	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	109.05	108.94	109.05	27.62	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	6653.00	6671.00	7195.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	6662.00	6659.00	6840.00	2196.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	27122.00	37202.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	22.65	22.62	22.65	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.89	4.52	13.77	-5.77	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	21.43	21.40	21.49	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.60	0.80	1.60	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	325.72	323.41	325.72	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		[+]
Employment Rate	60.50	60.40	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129021.00	128568.00	129021.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26992.00	27028.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2240.00	2150.00	2240.00	2120.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1540.00	1460.00	1540.00	1420.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4290.00	4120.00	4320.00	3640.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2090.00	1830.00	2100.00	1650.00	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 August of 2018.