United States Average Weekly Hours

Average weekly hours for all employees on US private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.4 hours in May 2019. In manufacturing, both the average workweek and overtime hours were unchanged (40.6 hours and 3.4 hours, respectively). The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 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 34.50 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
2019-03-08	01:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.4	34.5	34.5	34.5
2019-04-05	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.5	34.4	34.5	34.5
2019-05-03	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.4	34.5	34.5	34.4
2019-06-07	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours	34.4	34.4	34.5	34.4
2019-07-05	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours		34.4		34.5
2019-08-02	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours
2019-09-06	12:30 PM	Average Weekly Hours

United States Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.60	3.60	10.80	2.50	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	75.00	224.00	1118.00	-1959.00	Thousand	[+]
Nonfarm Payrolls Private	90.00	205.00	1092.00	-1766.00	Thousand	[+]
Government Payrolls	-15.00	19.00	427.00	-260.00	Thousand	[+]
Manufacturing Payrolls	3.00	5.00	655.00	-1715.00	Thousand	[+]
Initial Jobless Claims	222.00	219.00	695.00	162.00	Thousand	[+]
Continuing Jobless Claims	1695.00	1693.00	6635.00	988.00	Thousand	[+]
ADP Employment Change	27.00	271.00	360.00	-706.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	156758.00	156645.00	156949.00	57635.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	5888.00	5824.00	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	62.80	62.80	67.30	58.10	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	0.80	0.76	4.40	0.08	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	8.50	8.30	19.50	7.80	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	108.71	109.16	109.61	17.00	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	106.96	106.06	106.96	26.02	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	7858.00	7343.00	7858.00	2132.00	Thousand	[+]
Job Offers	7449.00	7474.00	7626.00	2264.00	Thousand	[+]
Challenger Job Cuts	58577.00	40023.00	248475.00	15100.00	Persons	[+]
Wages	23.38	23.31	23.38	2.50	USD/Hour	[+]
Wage Growth	4.19	4.22	13.78	-5.88	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	22.04	22.02	22.04	1.27	USD/Hour	[+]
Minimum Wages	7.25	7.25	7.25	0.25	USD/Hour	[+]
Employment Cost Index	0.70	0.70	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	60.60	60.60	64.70	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	129695.00	129778.00	130159.00	64640.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	26981.00	26915.00	28134.00	10086.00	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	[+]
Wages High Skilled	4520.00	4330.00	4950.00	4330.00	USD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1960.00	1760.00	2340.00	1760.00	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 June of 2019.