United States Average Weekly Hours

US average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.4 hours in September. In manufacturing, the average workweek and overtime remained at 40.5 hours and 3.2 hours, respectively. The average workweek of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees held at 33.6 hours. Average Weekly Hours in the United States averaged 34.35 Hours from 2006 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 34.60 Hours in August of 2014 and a record low of 33.70 Hours in June of 2009.

Average Weekly Hours in the United States is expected to be 34.40 Hours by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Average Weekly Hours in the United States to stand at 34.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Average Weekly Hours is projected to trend around 34.40 Hours in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-07-05	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours Jun	34.4	34.4	34.4	34.5
2019-08-02	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours Jul	34.3	34.4	34.4	34.4
2019-09-06	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours Aug	34.4	34.3	34.4	34.4
2019-10-04	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours Sep	34.4	34.4	34.4	34.5
2019-11-01	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours Oct		34.4		34.4
2019-12-06	01:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours Nov

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.50	3.70	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	136.00	168.00	1118.00	-1959.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	114.00	122.00	1092.00	-1766.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	22.00	34.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	-2.00	2.00	655.00	-1715.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	214.00	210.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1679.00	1689.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	135.00	157.00	360.00	-706.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	158269.00	157878.00	158269.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	5769.00	6044.00	15352.00	1596.00	Thousand	[+]
Average Hourly Earnings	0.00	0.40	0.60	-0.20	percent	[+]
Average Weekly Hours	34.40	34.40	34.60	33.70	Hours	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.20	63.20	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.71	0.87	4.40	0.08	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.00	8.60	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	111.98	111.28	111.98	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	107.54	106.93	107.54	25.99	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7034.00	7471.00	7884.00	2157.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7051.00	7174.00	7626.00	2264.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	41557.00	53480.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.65	23.59	23.65	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	22.25	22.19	22.25	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	5.34	5.25	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.60	0.70	2.00	0.20	percent	[+]
Population	327.17	325.15	327.17	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	61.00	60.90	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	131094.00	130789.00	131094.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Living Wage Family	2380.00	2270.00	2380.00	2160.00	USD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1660.00	1560.00	1660.00	1450.00	USD/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	27095.00	26974.00	28134.00	10086.00	Thousand	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]

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 October of 2019.