US Average Weekly Hours

34.3 as of Jun 2026 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Average weekly hours of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted.

LevelYoY %IndexedCSVJSON
34.0034.5035.00200920122015201820212024Drag across the chart or use the arrow keys to read each observation.

2006–2026 · 244 observationssource: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · vintage 2026-07-04

Methodology

BLS series CES0500000002 (average weekly hours, total private, SA), from the Current Employment Statistics survey, via the BLS Public Data API.

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