# Time spent on household activities, hours per day in United States

Time spent on household activities, hours per day in United States was 1.99 hours per day in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `time_use_household_activities_hours_per_day`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: hours per day
- Definition: 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.
- 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.
- Source: 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)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-on-household-activities/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=time_use_household_activities_hours_per_day&place=us

| Period | hours per day |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1.99 |
| 2024 | 2.01 |
| 2023 | 1.92 |
| 2022 | 1.89 |
| 2021 | 1.95 |
| 2019 | 1.78 |
| 2018 | 1.78 |
| 2017 | 1.81 |
| 2016 | 1.82 |
| 2015 | 1.84 |
| 2014 | 1.77 |
| 2013 | 1.78 |
| 2012 | 1.74 |
| 2011 | 1.77 |
| 2010 | 1.79 |
| 2009 | 1.8 |
| 2008 | 1.73 |
| 2007 | 1.84 |
| 2006 | 1.79 |
| 2005 | 1.83 |
| 2004 | 1.81 |
| 2003 | 1.83 |