Time spent sleeping, hours per day in United States
Time spent sleeping, hours per day in the United States was 9.03 hours per day in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.1% from 2024.
Time spent sleeping, hours per day in United States, 2003 to 2025
All 22 values
| Period | hours per day |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.03 |
| 2024 | 9.04 |
| 2023 | 9.07 |
| 2022 | 9.02 |
| 2021 | 8.95 |
| 2019 | 8.84 |
| 2018 | 8.82 |
| 2017 | 8.8 |
| 2016 | 8.79 |
| 2015 | 8.83 |
| 2014 | 8.8 |
| 2013 | 8.74 |
| 2012 | 8.73 |
| 2011 | 8.71 |
| 2010 | 8.67 |
| 2009 | 8.67 |
| 2008 | 8.6 |
| 2007 | 8.57 |
| 2006 | 8.63 |
| 2005 | 8.62 |
| 2004 | 8.55 |
| 2003 | 8.57 |
Definition
Average hours per day that people aged 15 and over in the United States spent sleeping as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01000247, activity code 010100). The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day. Includes naps and spells of sleeplessness.
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.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100) (Time spent sleeping, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData
MLA 9
American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100), Time spent sleeping, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 25 June 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-sleeping/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100). Time spent sleeping, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-sleeping/united-states.
Harvard
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100), Time spent sleeping, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-sleeping/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{bureau_time_spent_sleeping_hours_2025,
author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
title = {{American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100): Time spent sleeping, hours per day, United States, 2003 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-sleeping/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the time spent sleeping, hours per day in United States?
Time spent sleeping, hours per day in the United States was 9.03 hours per day in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.1% from 2024.
Where does this figure come from?
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day sleeping, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01000247, activity 010100). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
What was the highest time spent sleeping, hours per day in United States?
9.07 hours per day in 2023, the highest value since 2003 in this series.