An average German employee works about 1.3k hours a year, in the US about 1.8k. There are some European countries where people work even longer on average. (Not

An average German employee works about 1.3k hours a year, in the US about 1.8k. There are some European countries where people work even longer on average. (Note that these numbers include all workers, so also part-time employees. There are also differences between countries on how they are exactly measured so comparisons should be taken with a grain of salt. But for a rough idea that should be enough). Source: https://data.oecd.org/emp/hours-worked.htm https://data.oecd.org/emp/hours-worked.htm