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The average work week in US is 43 hours. To be precise, it is on average 8.6 hours per day worked. Working 11-12 hours is definitely not common. Of the few peo
by bearmf 14y ago
The average work week in US is 43 hours. To be precise, it is on average 8.6 hours per day worked.
Working 11-12 hours is definitely not common. Of the few people I know who do it, all do it voluntarily.
- yummyfajitas 14y agoIndeed - people consistently overestimate the number of hours they work, particularly if they work more than 40. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/06/art3full.pdf http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/06/art3full.pdf
- jackpirate 14y agoThat's probably because most people have ridiculous commutes. Even if you only commute 30 minutes each way, and work 8 hours a day, it certainly feels like you've worked 9 hours that day.
- yummyfajitas 14y agoThe average commute is 2.5 hours/week (about 30 minutes/day, both ways). http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t01.htm http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t01.htm (Compute "Working and work related activities" - "Working", but that's actually an overestimate, since there are more work related activities than travel.)
- mbell 14y agoThe overall average is a poor metric to use in this context. How many jobs do you think are out there are are expressly limited to 40 hours a week to avoid over time? Or 20 hours a week to limit having to offer health insurance? I'd be far more interested in an average for "professional" employment paid on salary, it would be far more telling.