# Time spent on household activities, hours per day

Average hours per day that people aged 15 and over in the United States spent on household activities as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01009381, activity code 600003). The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day. Housework, cooking and cleaning up, lawn and garden care, pet care, vehicle care, home maintenance and repair, and household management such as paperwork, including related travel.

## Key facts

- Time spent on household activities, hours per day in the United States was 1.99 hours per day in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Published for 1 places, with figures from 2003 to 2025.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `time_use_household_activities_hours_per_day`
- Unit: hours per day
- Note: Only primary activities count: something done at the same time as another activity, such as watching TV while eating, is counted once, under the main activity. The population is people aged 15 and over living in households (the civilian noninstitutional population). United States only.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-on-household-activities
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/time_use_household_activities_hours_per_day

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | hours per day | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2025 | 1.99 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day on household activities, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01009381, activity 600003). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12. |