The Average Weekly Hours indicator provides the average number of working hours per week for those employed in private non-agricultural companies.
The indicator is used when measuring the US labor market.
United States Average Weekly Hours
Last release
03 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
34.2
Forecast
34.2
Previous
34.3
Next release
08 May 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 10 days
Forecast
34.3
Previous
34.2
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
Previous
04 Mar 2011
Feb 2011
34.3
—
34.2
04 Feb 2011
Jan 2011
34.2
—
34.3
07 Jan 2011
Dec 2010
34.3
—
34.3
03 Dec 2010
Nov 2010
34.3
—
34.3
05 Nov 2010
Oct 2010
34.3
—
34.2
08 Oct 2010
Sep 2010
34.2
—
34.2
03 Sept 2010
Aug 2010
34.2
—
34.2
06 Aug 2010
Jul 2010
34.2
—
34.1
02 Jul 2010
Jun 2010
34.1
—
34.2
04 Jun 2010
May 2010
34.2
—
34.1
07 May 2010
Apr 2010
34.1
—
34.0
02 Apr 2010
Mar 2010
34.0
—
33.1
05 Mar 2010
Feb 2010
33.1
—
33.9
05 Feb 2010
Jan 2010
33.3
—
33.2
08 Jan 2010
Dec 2009
33.2
—
33.2
04 Dec 2009
Nov 2009
33.2
—
33.0
06 Nov 2009
Oct 2009
33.0
—
33.0
02 Oct 2009
Sep 2009
33.0
—
33.1
04 Sept 2009
Aug 2009
33.1
—
33.1
07 Aug 2009
Jul 2009
33.1
—
33.0